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Post by fredg on May 5, 2020 7:59:09 GMT
Mitrophyllum mitratum , the seed was dispatched from Australia on the 24th March, arrived on the 2nd May and this is it this morning the 5th May.   It's a long term project, they take many years to get to flowering.
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Post by fredg on Nov 14, 2020 11:46:57 GMT
My six remaining seedlings.  They suffered in the first hot sunny days we had which reduced the numbers. These last six are doing well but boy are they slow. I think if they can be kept in the family my great grand children may be able to show their children a Mitrophyllum flower  It's amazing how delicate the desert succulents are and how sensitive they are to very bright sunlight. It's not as if our brightest days have any comparison to what they encounter in habitat. I'm still learning as I've only been growing succulents since the 70s. The carnivorous plants love the hot sunny days as long as their roots are wet. Water many of the mesembs on a hot day and they'll just sit and rot. |
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Post by fredg on Mar 24, 2021 11:59:42 GMT
The Mitrophyllum 6 are still going. I'm not exactly sure where they're going because it's taking an eternity to see any movement.  You're looking at a 6cm pot  |
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Post by fredg on Oct 16, 2021 9:20:05 GMT
A sudden growth spurt in the Mitrophyllum pot   Everything's relative 🙄 |
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Post by fredg on Oct 16, 2021 10:46:53 GMT
They looked a little tatty in that last photo so I brushed off as much of the old skins as I could. Now the one on the right looks like a fish has stuck its head out of the water.  |
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not here it isn't