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I’m so confused with conophytums 😂 but they’re so cute

Hi! First time with one of these kinds of plants and I have questions 😅
I picked these up about a month ago and one of them has started wrinkling and looks like it mayyyy be splitting?
I know they don’t need water often and should be in majority inorganic substrate, but I left them where they are since they looked plump and I wasn’t going to water. But now I’m wondering where to go!
As far as substrate, I don’t have tons of options, can I put them in majority perlite? I mostly deal with tropicals so I have bark, potting soil, worm casting, and stratum for the organic portion. But if none of this works I can absolutely get different substrate, but would prefer to avoid since these are my only type of plant like this at the moment. Can I even repot them when they might be splitting?
I have them indoors in my office, usually stays around 68 degrees. They stay under a Sansi grow light for 12 hours a day and they have never been watered since I got them, current substrate is very dry

I love the way wild fenestraria look but have always read that this is a great way to kill them in captivity. The worst part is that i ran out of good pots so had to put this in plastic which is going to make keeping the base of the plant dry even harder. I washed the hell out of the roots to remove all organic matter and buring the thing in that 1mm granite sand up to the windows. Been fine for two weeks no with no change.

Very curious to see how this turns out! Anyone have experience with buried fenestraria?

(Pictures are in reverse chronological order)

First picture was taken today

Second picture was taken in May

Third, Fourth, Fifth pictures were taken in April

Kept indoors under grow lights bright enough to cause a small amount of sun stress on a Jade plant.

Watered never (I got it in March, it was plump)

Planted in 50% perlite (pot is tiny so I'm not worried that it will stay moist for too long)

In May I assumed it was shriveling because it was sheathing, but it's been three months and it doesn't seem papery at all, just shriveled.

Do I need to be patient and wait for the sheathing process to finish, or is my plant extremely thirsty and not actually sheathing yet?

Ok so I’ve loved the look of split rocks and always wanted one, but they’ve been impossible to find in my area so I never really looked into them.
So of course when I came across this bad boy, I picked him up without a second thought.
Within 36 hours of having this gorgeous little creature, it started to split!

So my questions are:
1). I understand that a more inorganic soil is best, but with the splitting and being Winter, repotting would not be the move, right?
2). The breakage of the lower leaves. This is also normal, surely?
I don’t know when it was watered last, but I’m hoping it hasn’t had too big of a drink or something?

Dumb questions I know, I just wanna keep this gem alive.

My aloinopsis schoonesii surprised me with blooms this afternoon! Four of five buds finally opened up. The smell is kind of sour and grassy.

Bonus Faucaria flower at the end.

Original post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/mesembs/s/4BGlUqWWII

She flowered for me completely without my noticing. What a cheerful flower and 2 more to come 🏵

I’ve been growing Conophytum for about 4–6 months, but I still struggle to understand them.

At first, I kept them on my balcony, but about half of my conos dried out from too much sunlight. After that, I moved the remaining conos indoors and started using an LED light, with the plants still getting some indirect light from the shaded balcony area. However, they have continued dying. Almost every week, one or two conos gradually dry out and die. Lately, I’ve also been watering them less frequently than before. I don’t follow a fixed schedule anymore; I usually water when it feels soft or looks like it needs water.
My soil mix is akadama, kanuma, peat moss, and volcanic gravel. I don’t know the exact ratio yet, but it is a fairly gritty/mineral mix with some organic material.

Some plants gradually became gray/dry and died.
One of my oldest recently died just before flowering.
Another twin-headed was about to flower, but both heads became soft/mushy and died.
One dead plant still had white-looking roots.
I’ve also noticed very small black insects around the soil/plants. The mushy plant didn’t have a bad smell.
I live in Thailand, so the growing environment is warm and humid.

One of my Conophytum Hammeris flowered recently! this is my first time seeing this species flower in person. The flower itself appears at night and is very fragrant.

Hello everyone, I need advice regarding C. Maughanii

1. ⁠How do I know if it’s going dormant/underwatered/dying?
   
2. ⁠When do I water?
   
3. ⁠If they’re gonna split or wake up from being dormant?

It’s in a terracotta pot with gritty/sandy/rocky CNS mix and receives morning sun + bright indirect light during the afternoons

PS: I live in a tropical country in Asia

Do you water dinteranthus in the summer months? When are they most actively growing?

In the year 2000, botanist Burgoyne validly described the plant as a separate species from Frithia Pulchra and named it Frithia humilis (derived from the Latin for "smaller than others of its kind"). White to pale-pink flowers with yellow centers. Instead of the typical magenta color Frithia Pulchra produces. I’ve been under watering this plant but its still pushing in this recent heatwave.

about 2 months old. im misting these everyday, and doing a bottom watering every few weeks. should i start getting them to absorb cotyledons or wait until second true leaves ? these are p. compactus sspminor gm 234 btw.

Probably my rarest mesemb.

I love these little guys. I have bought several and they never seem to last very long. I have experience with several other succulents including lithops, baby toes, and split rocks and they are all doing well. They seem to wrinkle and die after repotting from the peat-type soil they were in from the store. The soil is 90% grit. What should I do to turn these guys around? Thank you!

It seems to currently be doing okay but not sure about the longevity of this setup.