I like the tessellate. Is it from Crystal Star?

Wohoo! Yay to square pots and new plants! Can I ask where you got them?

Howard - Yes, the only Haworthia I picked up yesterday. I imagine it pups quite well since they had a very large number of them! Forgot to take photos of the roots of that one, but they are grown quite well.

Beth - Crystal Star Orchids. They're a commercial supplier but you can make an appointment to visit in person. No mail order service, but I'm trying to convince them to do it. =)

The small black pots are very nice and sturdy, 2.75x2.75x3" for $0.75 ea. The small green pots are the standard 2.5x2.5x2.25" for $0.35 ea. There were larger sizes too, but I didn't take note of which sizes they had.

Quite an interesting Faucaria! Looks like it has a bud too. :)

Like that Adromischus as well

What is your set up like?

Kim - whose set-up? (Kevins? Harrys?...)

Paul - A potential bud and a seed pod!

Harry - Appreciate the photos from your collection! I'm prepared to wait a long time for this one, haha. Perhaps I'll have some good luck and it will be as fast as my A. maculatus! (Maybe I'm just dreaming.)

Kim - I have two sets of T5HO lights for my succulents:

• 6x T5HO for those that like a lot of light (Mesembs, Crassulas, etc.).
• 2x T5HO for those that like less light (Mostly Haworthia).

Is that what you were wondering?

That is exactly what I was wondering. I very much want to be able to grow more succulents, namely Mesembs and Haworthia, but need lights. Do not want to feed any more succulents to the deer than I already do (they terrorize my hens and chicks), and gloomy WA winters do not make them happy. Thank you!

Sorry to hijack your thread Eewmayo, but I can not help picking your brain. Would you mind suggestion some good Haworthia species for a beginner, with lower light needs if possible? Want to try one under my grow light, will have to order since ot is nearly impossible for me to find them around here that havent been painted.

Eewmayo lovely additions to your collection. Would you mind telling me what exactly is in your mix. I am a newbie and got lots of haworthias recently.I want them to grow nicely. Do you fertilize your succulents? What do you use. Would appreciate your inputs...I have so much to catch up on regarding succulent growing.Thanks in advance!!

Kim - Not a problem at all. I think you should just go for whatever looks interesting. If you're worried, just don't order anything terribly expensive. Haworthia aren't that difficult to grow.

Some grow slower and are more difficult than others, but that's just like any succulent. I just get them anyway! For a while, many succulent species were intimidating and I thought I would never grow them. But when I finally got them, I realized they really weren't so bad. =)

Sinha - My mix is made of white granite grit (grower size), Turface, and fir bark (blended reptibark). The five photos above show its size and composition. I do customize the ratios of the mix for each plant species. Most important is the mix to be well aerated and not hold too much water.

I am fertilizing my succulents and am using liquid Miracle Gro 12-4-8. It's not very fancy, but is easy to get locally and is affordable.

One more question, a little more on point. What are the growth habits and care requiremnts on that lovely and reptillian looking Titanopsis like? Is it similar to other mesembs, like Lithops?

Kim - I'm not really the best person to ask about Titanopsis, keeping my current T. calcarea alive for 6 months is a new personal record. =)

From what I've read, T. hugo-schlechteri is the hardest Titanopsis species to grow. Here are some care tips :

• They are all winter growers.
• They require lean/quick drying soils with low water retention.
• Be very careful watering.
• Small pots are highly recommended.
• Lots of light is important.
• Cooler temperatures are better.

For me, they have been more difficult than other Mesembs, like Lithops. Titanopsis calcarea was supposed to be 'easy', but a few others here have had trouble with them too.

If you get one and have some growing tips of your own, please share them!

I had one for almost 10 years, in a small pot of C&S soil/perlite/grit. Last summer I bought another, and decided to put them both in gritty mix. Original one shrivel away to complete death, while new one is fine...who knows?

The two I killed were in gritty as well, repotted in June and August last year. They both slowly dried up. I suspect it was a combination of pots that were a bit too big and too much heat for the roots to re-establish quickly enough.

Hard to say! It was frustrating.