Hello everyone, I have just joinned this group in the hope to learn more about this interesting and beautiful plant group. I collect succulent plants and...
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Andrew van Ginkel
bispinosum
Jul 16, 2009 11:52 am
Hi New Member (you did not give your name) Growing from seed is the best way to establish a good collection of Lithops. It is not that difficult and buying...
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JEMMA HANNIGAN
hannigan986...
Jul 16, 2009 12:12 pm
Hello Andrew, My name is Jemma and I'm in bedfordshire UK ... From: Andrew van Ginkel <flatrock@...> Subject: [Lithops-SA] Re: Hello -new member To:...
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CARLOS BERKOWITZ/BERK...
berkotek
Jul 16, 2009 12:54 pm
ANDREW TXS FOR YOUR EMAIL, SORRY DID NOT GIVE MY NAME, CARLOS BERKOWITZ. I LIVE IN U.S.A. IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA AREA, I WAS WONDERING Â IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE...
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bty398393
Jul 16, 2009 8:59 pm
Hello Jemma, Growing from seed is certainly the best way to create a collection and the only way to get many varieties, but it is a little slow and I imagine...
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JEMMA HANNIGAN
hannigan986...
Jul 16, 2009 10:38 pm
Hello Ian, Â Thank you I will take a look at that site, I went over to populars nursery in toddington earlier I thought I was bound to find some or even one...
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Andrew van Ginkel
bispinosum
Jul 20, 2009 8:10 am
Hello Due to the fact that there is little going on on the Lithops front (in the Southern Hemisphere that is), I have something a little of the topic. I went...
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Christiaan van Schalk...
krisjan_vs
Jul 20, 2009 9:07 am
Hi Andrew You did not by any chance had a look at its roots ? If they were thick and fleshy, I would suspect it to be one of those weird Bulbines. (Possibly B....
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andrewvg@...
bispinosum
Jul 20, 2009 9:22 am
Hi Christiaan I thought it might be a Bulbine as well, but I am not too clued up on them. The plants bodies were quite soft to the touch and there were a lot...
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Andrew van Ginkel
bispinosum
Jul 20, 2009 9:36 am
I put up two more photos to show the type of vegetation that the plant is growing in. Andrew...
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johanua
Jul 21, 2009 4:24 pm
Hi there, If you are lazy like I am you could just order it from Conos Paradise. All you have mentioned are readily available. I had bought from this seller...
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bty398393
Jul 23, 2009 3:36 pm
Bizarre that this is in the same genus as the big grassy ground covers. Other than Euphorbia, I can't think of anything showing such huge variation. --ian...
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wernerdutoi
Aug 23, 2009 8:19 am
This morning I went into the aridarium and my eye caught the struggling schwantesii - for more than two years the plant just sat there, apparently content with...
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Jonas Aaberg
jonas.aaberg...
Aug 23, 2009 8:50 am
Looks like you have some issue with the gravity, the poor lithops does not know where up is ;-) So how are you going to repot it, downside up or upside down?...
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mar_ko@...
marcoorozcoj
Aug 23, 2009 4:01 pm
. BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; } On Sun 23/08/09 4:50 AM , "Jonas Aaberg" cja@... sent: Looks like you have some issue...
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wernerdutoi
Aug 23, 2009 5:57 pm
Good question, if the root can become leaves then the leaves can become roots?? I think I should remove the old leave pair and plant the new pair as a cutting...
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bty398393
Aug 24, 2009 9:07 pm
Looks like that meristem has gone pretty wonky! Its going to struggle unless it grows some roots though. Do you think cutting it in half would encourage...
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Xavier Pentelbury
xspentelbury
Aug 24, 2009 11:16 pm
Hi Werner, Hectic! Your schwantesii grew backwards or down rather. A real die-hard specimen! Cheers, Xavier ... From: wernerdutoi <wernerdt@...> To:...
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wernerdutoi
Aug 25, 2009 3:55 pm
Hi Ian, I think it is worth a try. I just hope I don't end up with yet another gravitationally impaired head :-D...
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wernerdutoi
Aug 25, 2009 4:02 pm
Hi Xavier, I was wondering...whould it have flowerd underground if the plant was mature......
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mar_ko@...
marcoorozcoj
Aug 27, 2009 3:30 pm
. BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; } On Tue 25/08/09 12:02 PM , "wernerdutoi" wernerdt@... sent: Hi Xavier, I was...
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Andrew
bispinosum
Sep 29, 2009 7:35 am
Hi Sorry for being so quiet, my father has been in a coma for the past 3 months and things have been a little chaotic. Keith Green has kindly sent me some...
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nando
nandohaw
Nov 4, 2009 7:04 pm
Hi,I add new photos in my album :haworthiaplanet...
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Xavier Pentelbury
xspentelbury
Nov 5, 2009 6:43 pm
Hello Nando, quite a big collection you have there! It looks like a lot of hard work, but must be very rewarding for you. It's interesting to see how your...
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ross
rosshardy...
Nov 5, 2009 10:27 pm
lithop regards ross...
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KEITH GREEN
k.green97...
Nov 6, 2009 12:54 pm
Hello Ross  My best guess is that the photograph is Lithops hookeri var. hookeri.  Hope that helps  Keith. Hello Ross My best guess is that the...
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werner
wernerdutoi
Nov 6, 2009 1:01 pm
The lithops in the picture is Giraffa camelopardalis, but is better known as L.hookeri var.hookeri a little closer to ground level...
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ross
rosshardy...
Nov 6, 2009 7:05 pm
thnk you for your input regards ross...
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ross
rosshardy...
Nov 6, 2009 7:07 pm
thanks regards ross...
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nando
nandohaw
Nov 6, 2009 7:44 pm
Hi Xavier , the seedlings are developed well under 2 neons Philips TLD 865 36w, then to 6 months I transfer they in greenhouse with natural light. I only use...
