First time for flowers- Conophytum

[AllanA]

I have never flowered this before. It is 6 years old from seed:-

Conophytum comptonii
I am a better grower than camerman

[Diane]

Congratulations on your first flowering! However it doesn’t look like C. comptonii (quite a rare species) which would normally have straw yellow flowers. Hopefully someone else might be able to identify it.

[juster]

Well done Allan, always satisfying when a plant flowers for the first time. I also have a 'first time flowerer' in bud.

[AllanA]

Congratulations on your first flowering! However it doesn’t look like C. comptonii (quite a rare species) which would normally have straw yellow flowers. Hopefully someone else might be able to identify it.

Hi Diane, this is the pink flowered form, if you look on Chris's Conophytum site you will see one of the pictures has a pink flower. It is nocturnal and scented.

[Diane]

Ah, OK! Well done!

[iann]

Not sen the pink one before. Here's the more typical colour.

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These are well worth looking at magnified, very intricate patterns and windowing.

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[AllanA]

It is unusual Ian, SH discovered it and Chris has one also.