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No Kris, here they flower in the autumn as well (March - April). Lovely little plants and flowers, they always seem to do better in the northern hemisphere than they do here in the south, or is that just because you are better growers?
Cohan,Darren and Rogan maybe you also like this plants? First two pictures , Lapidaria margarethae Picture 3 & 4 ,Conophytum.
Thank you for describing your growing conditions too. I have a theory that I can grow the winter growing Mesembs (including argyroderma and other highly succulent genera) quite well because the winter atmosphere in my greenhouse is very damp (it leaks at the ridge too). Whilst none of the drips touch the plants the atmosphere is often quite wet all winter. Fine for the conos but I wonder if this prevents the lithops from absorbing their old leaves properly?
Hi Kris,One of the reasons I grow so many conos is that they can have almost the same watering regime as my bulbs so it is easy to remember They get a complete summer dormancy (april until late july/early August). Then a good watering in august to wake them up. After this I do not let them get completely dry again until the following april. At this time of year (september to november) they get watered every two weeks - more in a sunny autumn. I let them get a drier in december to february. March and early april I water them again before stopping completely in late April. They are all housed in 6 or 7.5 cm plastic pots which do dry out quickly. Some species make useful indicator plants as they wrinkle a little when dry at the roots - then I know to water the whole lot. I do find that conos like a lot more water than most succulents. There are exceptions - the real xerophytes like the Opthalmophyllums and C maughanii, C ratum etc easily get bloated and 'stack' if they get too much water. My guess is you would find these the easier conos in your conditions?
A very flat cactus .This one grows very ,very ,very slow.When in flower you even can't find the body of the cactus.Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus and kotschoubeyanus albiflorus.I have bot raised this from seed in the late eighties...