"Fat Plants" : cacti,succulents, caudiciforms, whatever..

[François Lambert]

Wow. What a beauty. My admiration...François.

Thomas

Thank you Thomas.

The other part of the growing secret is to keep them bone dry from October till end of March.  Even if they have their 'growth' during the dry season, that's when they make new 'leaves' er even split to double in number.  I let them shrivel over winter because I almost lost another Lithops by giving some water over winter.  I managed to save that one by keeping it almost dry for more than a year.  It's now happy and starts to make buds as well.  Soon I will have that yellow Lithops flowering at my home.

[JanB]

Where do you advise I look to buy lithops please? I’m in the uk.

[Maggi Young]

Chilterns sell seed of them .... https://www.chilternseeds.co.uk

I have heard of this German nursery .... https://www.conos-paradise.com/en/shop/index.html?m=lithops   -which sells plants and seeds

[JanB]

Thanks Maggie, I’ll have a look see.

[François Lambert]

Where do you advise I look to buy lithops please? I’m in the uk.

I bought mine in a garden center as plants ...

I tried to pollinate the flowers.  will see if anything happens

[GordonT]

I haven't ordered from them before, but Mesa Garden in New Mexico, seems to have an extensive list of Lithops species seed for sale.... along with seed for many more fat plants. Has anyone ordered from them before?

http://www.mesagarden.com/

[François Lambert]

The yellow lithops are also flowering now.  That's the one I almost lost to (over)watering during winter.  only 2 plants survived.

[Rob-Rah]

My yellow one is the same species I think - it's also flowered well this year, but just about finished now so no pics.

[ruweiss]

Hildewintera coldemonis and Conophytum are still in flowers. I don't know the species name of this Conophytum,
maybe somebody can help me with the exact name

[Michael J Campbell]

Lithops pseudotruncatella. flowers.
Lithops pseudotruncatella.
Pleiospilos nelii.
Notocactus scopa

[Michael J Campbell]

Melocactus.
Melocactus seedhead.
Fenestraria rhopalophylla

[Michael J Campbell]

Echinopsis subdenudata.
Notocactus leninghausii.
Notocactus magnificus.
Lost the label for this one.

[Leucogenes]

Rudi & Michael...

Unbelievable. These shapes and colors. My infinite enthusiasm for these bizarre plants. 👍👍

Thomas

[ashley]

Great plants Michael, and beautifully grown as usual
Could your last one be a gymnocalycium?

[Michael J Campbell]

Cleistocactus strausii.
Mammillaria geminispina.
Mammillaria  hahniana.
Mammillaria spinosissima