Thursday, August 22, 2013

mesemb seedlings update

My youngest seedlings are doing fine so far. Aloinopsis schooneesii are cute as a button. Aloinopsis malherbei are growing 2nd and 3rd true leaves which finally look much flatter and malherbei-like. Among the Aloinopsis "giants" two little Frithias are hiding. They seem to enjoy some shade.
PS: Sorry for taking so long answering the comments and emails. It's difficult during the week. I really need to buy one of those smartphones kids use nowadays so that I can write from the bus ;) 

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  1. I think you are doing just fine dealing with a new time consuming job, growing great mesembs, and sharing your wonderful plants with us. Thank You Very Much.

    All the youngsters look great. Great photos also. I really want to grow Frithias again, and I hope Mesa Gardens has them on their list next year. If not I'll to look elsewhere. You're going to have a great collection of Aloinopsis. But.....just how big is that windowsill of yours?? :D

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    1. Thank YOU for reading and commenting :)

      My windowsil is 151x29 cm to be exact :D
      And as you see seedlings of 3 different kinds have to share a 5cm pot!
      *sigh* Aloinopsis, I want them all.... The seedlings start to look like something, don't they? :) Exciting phase.

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  2. 5cm pot??? so they must be really small! how are they now?
    they already look beautiful!

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    1. Ah, sorry, just checked, it's 6,5 cm, muuuuch bigger XD
      It is a recent photo, last weekend. They look fine so far, appropriate for their age (almost two months) :) Frithias are always tiny at first and the others grow 2nd and 3rd pairs of true leaves at the moment.
      Thank you!

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  3. Very beautiful plants! Thank you for sharing the pictures! Even Aloinopsis schooneesii are like the buttons :) but it already tended to be like an mature plants. Dots, leaves form, color are like on the mature one.

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    1. Thank you for reading :)
      This is an advantage of other mesembs over lithops, I think. While with lithops we have to wait for a long time to see adult-like colors and markings and shapes, other mesembs start to look mature much quicker (even though they are still small). I'm discovering other mesembs at the moment :)
      But lithops are of course far from forgotten!!

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