I checked the Conophytum and Lithops pots when I got home today and was delighted to see little lime-green specks in one of the pots! I'm pretty sure they are baby Conophytum. I didn't label the pots but I put the Lithops are in the one with less substrate. I barely had enough mixture for the two pots and I figured Lithops spend half the year dormant, so they can have slightly less.
So these are probably little Conophytum sprouts. I left the under the light during the day and just set them on the concrete floor through the night to emulate their natural heat cycles (supposedly helps to break dormancy). I planted them on the 17th so it's only been 5 days. I'm super excited. They're just these adorable little lime-green blips - *Breathe*. You can even see that each one has a pair of leaves! They almost look like little tiny molars. Yeah!!
And yes. One picture of tiny little green dots was not enough. So here are two! You can see 4 in the first and 3 in the second and there are around 6 total so far.
UPDATE: The Lithops are now sprouting (about 3)! They actually look slightly more plant like than the green molar Conophytum. No pics of them in this post but definitely in a later one.
your conophytum and my escobaria...
ReplyDeletewe're just the proudest papa's around, aren't we?
I've never been tempted to grow these, and I don't really know why. I always liked them... They sure are cute though...
We sure are! I thought they'd be interesting to grow but I didn't realize I'd be this excited. I was pretty much squealing when I saw them.
ReplyDeleteWow! They are tiny.
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Sure are! I hope you get the reserves sorted out. What a pain...
ReplyDeleteAwww! So cute. Yes they are tiny. So are the seeds! I'm going to plant mine soon, and hope that 1. I can *see* the seed (as in where I cast them on the medium), and 2. that they are viable as yours were. They are so bizarre/neat. I'd be squealing w/ delight if mine emerged too!
ReplyDeleteHopefully they grow well. Be careful of them drying out. I mist several times a day and have ziplock bags sitting over the pots.
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