That's it, I'm watering you!
After many months of waiting for these lumpy plants to absorb their old leaves, I'm finally giving up and have started watering them again. Not sure if it's the right call - happy to hear any suggestions and what you all are up to with yours!
Cheiridopsis pillansii -Old leaves finally all dried up. Hoping to now fatten these guys up and get them taller!
Cheiridopsis denticulata - Old leaves are almost gone and it's clumping up nicely. Started watering lightly and going to go for size, rather than minimizing leaf pairs.
Cheiridopsis peculiaris - Really have no idea what to do with this one. Still can't figure out which form the new leaves are, but waiting for the old leaves to absorb was taking months and seemed to be a waste of time.
It looks to have started growing multiple heads, so I'm really hoping these leaves are new tall/skinny upper pairs.
It seems like most photos show nelii flowering from their second pair of leaves. If I get a third pair of leaves instead of a flower, this one will go back on a diet.
Would love to hear how everybody's nelii are going!
Lapidaria margaretae - Been trying to get this one to absorb two old pairs of leaves, but it's been going slowly. I'm thinking of watering it lightly to keep it going, instead of having it go completely dormant?
Not sure how much the old leaves have to dry up before they are 'abandoned' by the plant. Haven't been able to find any photos of them online. Can't tell if the inner growth is another flower or leaves.
Anybody have experience with old dried Lapidaria leaves?
Gibbaeum dispar - The new flower buds and heads are coming along well! Several old leaves have dried up to husks. There are still some old leaves present, but I think growing these larger and then withholding water later will be a faster way of getting them to dry up completely.
I completely stopped watering my other Gibbaeum after it flowered and now it's shaping up. It had several pairs of VERY large leaves which have shrunk to 1/3 their original size.
Lithops terricolor C345 - This one started splitting just after I received it and the old leaves are all dried up already. The old leaves were very greyish and plain, but the new ones are a very pretty brown!
All my other Lithops are still absorbing their old leaves. As they progress, I'll have to take some photos to show the difference between old and new.
And that's it for now!
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nomen_nudum
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoDo you have them under LED lighting ?? ( If so could you post your LED bulb specs)
Your watering habit sounds about the same as what I would use. I noticed that older leaves take a longer time to dry than any Lithops I have. I also noticed that several other Lapidaria ( not just yours and mine) seem to develop more heads in a pot than they would have in nature. With nature in a pot on the forefront ( allegedly impossible & also true) I tend to keep two pairs ( heads) watering inflated. The forth pair ( top) set of leaves seen in pic has been on scene the start of December
Your Gibbaeum looks great.
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoNomen - I was curious and unpotted my Lapidaria to take a look and put it into a slightly smaller pot. Watering it an extra time a couple weeks ago did nothing but plump up the lower leaves a little, so I believe it was the wrong choice.
There is so much water held even in the lower portions, I think the key is just to be patient. Here is what it looked like:
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8 years agoNomen - Thanks and good observation about the browning on the lower leaves. It was like that when I bought the plant (soggy peaty mix) and I was a bit wary. So far it hasn't spread but hasn't gone away either.
I'm a bit leery about surgical removal, but as long as it calloused over properly I don't see it as an issue? Doesn't really 'solving' the problem though.
Here is how mine's currently doing:
Determined to not water a drop until the leaves are gone now! Hopefully yours is making progress as well.
nomen_nudum
8 years ago
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Nice plant tray set up You have a very good understanding of mixing species with 'close to same' growing conditions
Minor feed back Brighter colors reflect brightness better than darker colors and also reflect more heat FWIW I find the strong solid white color used as a top dressing becomes to warm for the top parts here
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