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Post by fredg on Aug 22, 2019 10:42:33 GMT
Initially I'd no intention of acquiring Conophytum but when this appeared on ebay for £2.99 I just clicked BIN.  I may get around to an ID eventually. Some of the species go for really silly prices. I've seen them on ebay @£9 a seed  . |
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Post by dvg on Aug 23, 2019 18:34:21 GMT
Yikes! Those are silly prices.
Your plant looks very healthy.
dvg
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Post by fredg on May 2, 2020 14:20:34 GMT
The plant is looking slightly different at the moment.  |
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Post by fredg on May 19, 2020 18:56:32 GMT
The skin is looking very poor. It's like the plant is on its way out. The signs of green rejuvenation can just be seen through the splits in the leaf ends.  |
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Post by dvg on May 19, 2020 19:30:38 GMT
There is some improvement in the new growth showing, when compared with the previous pic here, so hopefully with a bit of warmer weather, this one will shed it's old skin and spring forth with new growth for you Fred.
dvg
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Post by fredg on May 24, 2020 15:47:53 GMT
The insides are solid  .  |
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Post by fredg on Jun 20, 2020 9:47:37 GMT
The latest plants of this genus. Conophytum praesectum  |
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Post by fredg on Jul 12, 2020 18:35:16 GMT
Conos are winter growers so not a lot of movement in these. The new leaves are emerging well on C. praesectum though.  |
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Post by fredg on Aug 12, 2020 8:37:56 GMT
The Conophytum sp. has finally started to split its sheath in earnest.  Fingers crossed for some flowers. Possible id as C. bilobum x C. violaceum |
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Post by fredg on Aug 18, 2020 9:55:18 GMT
I'd put this Conophytum minutum to the side because it was just a tiny shrivelled up skin. I know the Conos do this but the old skin was thick and shrivelled. Now it's a tiny green thingy.  It's also looking like there may be more than the one tiny green thingy in there. |
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Post by fredg on Aug 18, 2020 16:42:50 GMT
The Cono. sp had 11 heads before it went dormant this spring. There were still 11 heads covered in the old skins as they were coming out of summer dormancy, which was a result as far as I was concerned being new to this genus. However, now the skins are splitting I'm finding that there are far more heads than I'd bargained for.  I'm now estimating heads numbering in the high twenties. I must be doing something right. |
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Post by fredg on Aug 20, 2020 10:04:32 GMT
Here's the plant cleaned up a bit. I removed one head from a triple ( centre) that looked very sad. The one I thought was a triple turned out to be a quad so I'll get round to counting them all sometime.  The C. minutum turned out to be a triple I'm still waiting for C. pillansii to show its body/ies off. |
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Post by fredg on Sept 6, 2020 9:20:54 GMT
At long last, C. pillansii has started to split its dried skin.  C. minutum almost naked.  |
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Post by fredg on Sept 29, 2020 13:54:15 GMT
Oh dear! I lost my resolve to keep the Conophytum to a minimum. I've spotted several at my prices prices so this section has increased. Conophytum longum an Ophthalmophyllum type   Conophytum pellucidum pardicolor
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Post by dvg on Sept 29, 2020 17:54:07 GMT
Your C. longum reminds of one we used to have, commonly know as Baby Toes.
It had those light window caps as well.
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