These are two specimen of an utterly beautiful fulleri cultivar called 'Kousougyoku' (jp. 紅窓玉) from Y. Shimada. Seing it on pictures before I couldn't believe it's a julii at all. The colors and patterns are just so unusual and mesmerising. I also have 'Kousougyoku' seeds but from another source. Will they turn out anything like these beauties, I wonder.
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This one looks like a starry sky. I think I can see the Great and the Little Bear, can you? :)
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they don´t belong to this planet :)
ReplyDeletean outer space lithops haha :)
ReplyDeletethey are really not fulleri type at all ))) this is so strange selection - shimada is so crazy on selection!
ReplyDeleteCrazy and beautiful :)
DeleteGot more of them last year and hope for flowers~