These Adromischus species are quite attractive. Unfortunatelly they are also fragile and slow-growing. And even though they can be propagated by rooting their leaves it can take months until the leaf will turn into a new plant.
The two green forms below have been separated from the mother plant in September 2013 and this is how they look like now. While the roots came out quickly (in a month or so) it took half a year for one of them and almost a year for the other to develop new leaves. As you can see even the rooted leaves get quite fat roots. I might raise them in time... in ten years time most likely.
This one has grown its roots to this size in two months :)
In conclusion, if you got a dwarf Adromischus in the mail and some leaves have come off don't be sad - they will make new tiny plants if you're patent!
I was repotting my Adromischus marianea last weekend so now have some leaves to root. I was given some leaves of other Adromischus earlier this year which must have rooted quickly as I have just noticed the new plants coming to the surface
ReplyDeleteNice! Congratulations :)
DeleteI noticed that the roots come out quickly but the leaves take time. At least with mine and under my conditions and care.. which is more or less "stick the leaf into pumice and wait" XD
It's good to be able to grow them from leaves as a back-up. If a plant isn't doing so well you get a leaf and reboot it :) (I always loved it about African Violets. When I was little we always exchanged leaves.)
Hi Rika. How do you water them in the summer? And how much sun do you give them? I keep getting conflicting care instructions. I just put my A. marianiae fa herrei outside on the deck where it heats up to 35C. I'm thinking it probably should come back inside?
ReplyDeleteHi Mr Eyeballs :)
DeleteI water mine a little all year round. They gat as much sun as my lithops on a sunny windowsill which can get really sunny and hot. But I don't keep any of my plants outside so I can't tell if it's ok or not...
Hm. My lithops get watered in August and September only. I'll probably finally lose those this year, cats have kicked them out of their pots twice now! Thanks for the benchmark. I have my adromischus in pure pumice as well. Congrats on your successful spawning!
Deletep.s. female eyeballs here!
Apologies Ms. Eyeballs :)
DeleteActually lithops have their resting period around August and September and are not being watered then. Basically you water them from April till it's too hot, then stop for a while and then water in September-October until the flowering is finished. Something like that.
Good luck with your Adromischus. :) With a lot of patience they will thrive.
Apologies Ms. Eyeballs :)
DeleteActually lithops have their resting period around August and September and are not being watered then. Basically you water them from April till it's too hot, then stop for a while and then water in September-October until the flowering is finished. Something like that.
Good luck with your Adromischus. :) With a lot of patience they will thrive.