This forum is aimed at providing an opportunity for people to share their knowledge and experiences of the genus Lithops (N.E. Brown). It was created on the...
Just to let other new members know: I'm in. Some of my store bought lithops seem to have survived the dreary Dutch winter. The older ones died, the younger...
Hi and welcome to the group Jessica and all other new members. I hope that we can all learn from each other the best way to care for these precious gifts of...
Hi A small observation I have made this week is that all my Lithops that are flowering up till now have been yellow-flowerered ones and none of them white. It...
Hi I am new member this group.I live in mexico in a region with hot climate. It is bit humid on summer and autum, but, my lithops are growing well. I hope to...
hello! thats very interesting. my lizhops arent flowering. probably theyre to young or something. but what if we freeze the pollen form the yellow lithops and...
david senekovi wrote: hello! thats very interesting. my lizhops arent flowering. probably theyre to young or something. but what if we freeze the pollen form...
Greetings Jessica And good luck with growing in natural light, it's sure as hell going to be challenge for you in Europe! Nerine Cape Town South Africa Send...
Hey Andrew I have all my yellows finishing now. The whites are staying stubbornly closed for now... so I guess they will be later? I'll keep checking. Of the...
Hi D I think Prof Cole did try the freezing pollen bit with the white and yellow... but it did not work. Or the plants were just not vigorous... I remember...
Hi All I have often asked myself the question why is L. steineckeana regarded as a species in many lists, when all the other "hybrids" are simply listed as...
I mist not so much: water is evaporated few minutes later. Is it just waste of time or such light misting is useful? Should I mist heavily (especially...
Hi Ivan The subject of misting is one of personal choice. Some people like Stephen Hammer, "swear" by it, especially after a particularly hot day. Others say...
Hi Ivan I normally only bother misting my Lithops about once a week during winter... Just to "wash their faces" and moisten them ever so slightly. This I do...
Hi Ivan, I have to agree with Andrew. Your own experence and climatic conditions do influence your plants and their treatment. I live in Wallasey in England,...
Andrew I think it is purely because it has been described as a "species" by Tischer and nobody has since "proved" what its real origin is. Kotie Retief ...
Hi Kotie So does this mean that because it doesn't have any known "parents" it is not allied to any specific genus like the other known cultivars which would...
http://cgitftp.uiggm.nsc.ru/~ib/plants/succulents.2005.04/ This server is under my control, so you can be sure that it is virus-free :) There are faucaria, new...
A bus conductor by the name of John Bates (1884-1966) grew a collection of succulents in his small greenhouse in southwest London. He became very well-known...
I guess with plants that are close to extinct in the wild, personal collections could be important for conservation reasons. Not sure how "pure-bred" many of...
ian said: "The UK has a system of national collection holders, sometimes private and sometimes nurseries, for many genus' of plants, with the intention of...
Hi there Pellies aside (got one that survived my staffie X lab playing chew-toy with it)... Perhaps it would be a decent exercise for everyone onlist to...
Hi Nerine What happens when we have a membership of over a hundred members, won't things get a bit untidy? Maybe it would be better to provide a service ...
Hi Andrew You are right... It could get too messy... But I am thinking along the lines of creating a file where people can post a list of seed capsules that...
Hi Nerine You are most welcome to do this if you feel you have the time! Maybe we should gauge the need for such a list first by how many requests we have for...
On the 17th of Feb. 2004, on a visit to Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, I happened to come across three different species of the genus Lithops. It...
Andrew Now you can see why I was willing to sell my husband for that book! The old copy is actually in the Wynberg Library. We take it out from time to time,...
I was reading the new Cole book and came across something which I found quite interesting. Desmond Cole tells us he has seen a Lithops, which after being out...
Some of you may remember me from several months ago. Since my lithops were dormant through the NY winter, I had nothing to say. Now that it is Spring, here I...
