Looking good! Your A. Luckhoffi makes me realize how much mine has etiolated, sadly. Time to move it closer to the lights!

Perfect!!

Ihlenfeldtia vanzylii and Aloinopsis luckhoffii stifera just jumped way up on my "want" list!

I love their chubbiness.

Beth - Which A. luckhoffi do you have? Apparently the sun barely exists this January in Canada.

Leslie - Just note that when you get an Ihlenfeldtia it's impossible to remember how to spell the name, haha.

Socks - Me too. =)

Your plants are always beautiful. We've had so much rain in Cali that all my plants are on the verge of an explosion, but this morning when I was getting the paper, yes I still read the paper;) I noticed my Faucaria and I was shocked on how much it has grown. I agree the day after a good watering is the best. I love drying out my Glottiphyllum and then giving it a good drink. It get so plump and green. Like it shouldn't even be from this planet!

Kara - Your Faucaria is doing great! What a huge clump! One of mine is overflowing from its pot and I'm not sure what I'll do about that.

Another friend of mine in California is letting his Mesembs get rained on for the winter and his always look impeccable.

Which Glottiphylum do you have? Post a photo! I've seen G. depressum locally but it's a little too large and sprawling for my grow area. There was another I was looking for but forget the name and never found it yet...

all of your plants are just beautiful <3. especially the Aloinopsis.

Kevin,

My A. luckhoffi was just labeled as that, but it looks more like your first photo...

Oh my Kevin, each and every one is to die for!

Must say in the Ihlenfeldtia vanzylii in your picture looks very similar to my Pleiospilos nelii "royal flush".

Pretty sure the Faucaria is gonna take over that pot in a couple years;).

here's my Glottiphyllum

Kevin

Would like to see time-lapse of them from 'thirsty' to 'after having a good drink'...

Rina that's a good idea!

Beth - There's so many variations in the Aloinopsis luckhoffii, which I think is why the taxonomy is so confusing. I think it's my favourite variety. My Aloinopsis schooneesii is doing alright but doesn't look anywhere nearly as good.

Christina - Thanks!

Kara - That's the Glottiphyllum I want! G. pygmaeum. Reminds of weird little gummy candies. Very jealous. =)

Rina - Hmm... that just might be possible. Need some lights and things. Ideas for next time I water...

Oh! Forgot to post the photos I just took.

Connie - Here is a different photo of my Ihlenfeldtia vanzylii. The leaves are more elongated and a bit more keeled. It has lots of tiny windows all over the leaves, similar to Pleiospilos nelii. Pretty neat when you hold it up to the light!

Kara - Here is my biggest Faucaria felina. We don't have pennies anymore in Canada, so I included a Canadian quarter for scale on the left side. Sorry the finished flower is not very pretty! It's overflowing a 4" pot.

It's all rainbows, unicorns and perfection for those who know what to do but here is what it looks like when the entire genus hates you lol

Gibbaeum dispar, now on its second year of misery in my so-called "care".

Eww your Faucaria is about to overtake that container! I have so many pennies it's not even funny. You know who else likes that type of Glottiphyllum? Snails and rodents:(. I usually see Glottiphyllum Depressum, but if I see another like mine I will pick it up.

kara, i'm now curious, where did your glottiphyllum come from? local nursery, online purchase...seeds...etc

Pagan - For me Gibbaeum dispar are one of the harder to care for. Mine aren't looking that great either:

It takes some effort to get them to absorb old leaves as they tend to hold onto them. My squirrel damaged leaves are on way out at last.

If left completely without water for too long then they just slow down and then stop absorbing the old ones. Or if you wait too long to rewater then the roots don't have time to grow back and you can get dead heads. That's my experience anyway.

Your Glottiphylum nelii looks okay to me for a new addition.

Maybe your Faucaria just needs a bit more light to flower? Not sure where it was kept bit it looks grown well.

Kara - The squirrels liked my Mesembs last fall too much. If you do find one more, depending when it is we could maybe arrange shipment or something. Canada is far but possible.

It's not a MUST have for me, but something I've been on the lookout for.

Two years ago from a local nursery. Pretty sure my local nursery got it from Lone Pine Gardens in Sebastopol California.

Eww I will keep my eye open:)

Mayo fantastic looking mesembs :) The teeth on that setifera are perfect!

Kara you are quite lucky to live near Lone Pine I've been wanting to go there for ages!!

My Faucaria tigrina was really looking worse for wear a while ago. I gave it some water, but to no effect whatsoever. Last weekend I discovered mealies all over, arghh. I unpotted the plant (bone-dry old soil), carefully applied some rubbing alcohol/neem, cleaned the roots and repotted into two separate pots in gritty mix. Will water this weekend, I hope it will pick up.

Conny

Faucarias are mealy magnets, in my experience...

I hate mealies, but I love mesembs. This series of pictures clinches it: I want mesembs. That Ihlenfeldtia and that that setifera! I want...

Thanks for the pictures, eww.

Gdinie - Ihlenfeldtia you should be able to find at many of the local nurseries. :D Don't hunt too far or pay too much! Setifera I got from Valley Succulents but I'm not sure if they have them still. You can always ask Jamie in the spring.

That sounds good about the Ihlenfeldtia, I will keep my eyes peeled. And I will have to contact Valley Succulents later in the year. That would be my first on- line plant purchase :-). Thanks for the info.

We should stay in touch for Valley Succulents. Jamie told me to get back to him in the spring for some plants I was interested in and I know Rina may join in for a group order to save on shipping. So three of us would be even better. =)

I am in :)

Sure!

Wow, beautiful plants and awesome photos. makes me want to collect more than Echeverias, like I have room for more collection:-)

They are just small plants. Easily fit between others in your collection! Haha. =)

The colors on the Aloinopsis luckhoffii setifera are beautiful... Do you do anything in particular to bring them out, e.g., do certain temperatures or more/less light help?

Eww you're so right I have all these little potted plants stuck in between my big ones;). Honestly it's sick I think I have a problem.

There there, Kara. We got you. Have you checked out CandD Plants?

Kevin, let's see if I got this right. Mesembs like to be dry unless that means not getting water which they do like until you give it to them. Brilliant plants.

Xero nice to see you on the boards, many of your older posts have been very educational, thanks :) !

Conny, I wonder if your pleiospilos are mis-identified. The color of them has always been so stunning, yet unlike any p. "royal flush" I've seen anywhere else.

X - I totally agree!! Hopefully I can convince the Gibbaeum above to flower this winter still. The purple blooms are so pretty.

Didymaotus flower is quite cool. I know it's a monospecific genus, but it really does look like a Pleiospilos crossed with an Antigibbaeum!