Thanks Aiko, Unfortunately someone else decided that it is time to open the jar by knocking it over... But fortunately the seedlings were not severely affected and are doing fine. They're growing faster than I expected having already a second tubercle within 9 months. They're not as difficult as one...

Hi Suzanne, The soaking of the monilarias shouldn't be much of problem at this time of the year. They're fully active and can take some water now. Maybe it even encouraged the flowers to develop further... The mitrophyllums actually need such a flooding during their active period to be in good shape...

Hi Suzanne, This is truly exceptional. I never managed to flower any of the monilarias, dicrocaulon or meyerophytums back at the time here in Belgium. I once had a plant with a single but, but it never progressed. Based on the photo you can check the Hartmann key ("aizoaceae F-Z"). I would...

Hi Suzanne, This is indeed one of my old seedlings based on the label. I had a quick check and it was sown spring 2006, so 16.5 years by now. Full details are Argyroderma subalbum HH5231 Koekenaap, seeds were ex mesa garden. It's a very fast clustering species in contrast to most of the other argyro...

Hi iann,

Out of curiosity, what's the age of the arios in the back and on the right?

Bye,
Tom

Excellent reference to Iann's post. Back at the time, I kept them in full sun in the greenhouse with infrequent watering, very little at a time. Essentially due to their origin at the north west coast of South Africa, they evolved towards fog-oriented plants. They almost never see any rain, but regu...

Thanks Tina. I have 2 follow-up questions: 1/ They're now in luxury, moist circumstances, whereas I used to grow my plants in a very harsh way (restricted watering, limited or preferably no fertilizer ever). Would such a long baggy/jar period potentially result in seedlings having difficulties to co...

Hi, I rejoined the forum after more than a decade: I had to stop the hobby due to the impossible combination of family, work and moving to a house without the possibility of a greenhouse, but never lost the interest. Last Christmas, Debby asked what I'd like to have, you know, the typical question w...