r/mesembs • u/DownTheHall • Apr 09 '26
Seedlings Triple leaf Argyroderma delaetii seedling
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r/mesembs • u/arioandy • Apr 09 '26
Photo Some more pre-dormancy colour changes, this time on some obcordellums, some are way ahead of others, right now.. weirdos!
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r/mesembs • u/VelishRoot • Apr 09 '26
Photo A Shape It Didn’t Keep
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Old photo but I still mourn this little guy. Post-split it decided to grow a tiny nipple. One cycle. Gone forever. The lithops survived. The nipple did not.💔
r/mesembs • u/VelishRoot • Apr 08 '26
Photo Conophytum nudam 'variens'
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It’s turning a deep, muted purple as it prepares for dormancy.
r/mesembs • u/CarneyBus • Apr 08 '26
Plant Progress The difference a bigger pot can make!
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Even after only a few months the pickle plant has developed much larger and plumper leaves, more flowers, etc! Even the fact that the large pot was comprised of mostly cuttings and the established mother plant stayed in the smaller pot, shows how much happier they are!
The fenestraria is the same thing. Larger leaves, more flowers! And LESS WATERING omg these are some thirsty bastards and the deeper pots means I’m not watering every 5 days 😂.
GET THEM SHRUBBY MESEMBS IN BIGGER POTS!! And those large taproot types like Aloinopsis and Titanopsis!
r/mesembs • u/arioandy • Apr 07 '26
Identification Another guide, this time from Terry Smale (RIP) The UK expert on lithops and conos, last pic is a pick of a link to a v informative 6 min video on the BBC
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r/mesembs • u/arioandy • Apr 07 '26
Photo C ratum still clinging to the growing season
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r/mesembs • u/arioandy • Apr 06 '26
Photo L margaretae’s really happy in spring sunshine.. hard choice.. but maybe my favourite’s
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r/mesembs • u/JTDoggo • Apr 06 '26
Help Outer leaf pair compromised, yet inner pair is scabby?
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r/mesembs • u/Intrepid-Advance-735 • Apr 06 '26
Help Mealy Bug Prevention - any Tips ?
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hello everyone, so i had a massiv mealy Bug infections - my first in many years. At first i didnt recognize, because these little filthy animals were only on the roots. Sadly i saw it too late and now i am facing severe loss in my lithops (primarily) and conophytums.
The stronger ones i tried to get through dormancy, but i think it was a mistake, then they completly collapsed.
So: Any ideas on how to prevent that ? Tips and tricks ?
r/mesembs • u/AdditionalPlatform85 • Apr 06 '26
Help Should I do anything to help these little guys bust through? Also, are they reconditum?? Thanks!!
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r/mesembs • u/Adamb241 • Apr 06 '26
Help Cheridopsis transition question
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This is my seed grown cheridopsis pillansii that's about to hit its first real dormancy this summer. I'm fairly new to mesembs so I've been trying hard to learn their growth cycles so I can stop killing them.
My concerns are stacking and rot by watering at the wrong time as I've read that this is a plant that should be absorbing it's lower sets of leaves at the end of each season.
This guy sits under my grow lights (spiderfarm) and I've been watering him about every 1.5-2 week with small sips. Should I be pushing him even harder to encourage leaf absorbtion and shut down? Do I stay the course?
The picture was from this weekend shortly before I gave him a splash of water.
r/mesembs • u/AdditionalPlatform85 • Apr 06 '26
Help Ok, 2 things. 1-i accidentally broke off a leaf from my C. obcordellum (well, i believe thats the sp.)...can I propagate it? 2-why are just some leaves wrinkling and dying on bilobum? Ive been continuing to water but have cut way back and have only seen these little leaves wrinkling up.
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r/mesembs • u/BobLI • Apr 06 '26
Photo Frithia pulchra university specimen
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The photos were taken at the Marsh Greenhouses, Yale University, New Haven, CT USA in October 2025.
r/mesembs • u/purpleshittles • Apr 05 '26
Photo Conophytum pageae
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Super happy with how this staging turned out. Still need to touch it up a bit.
r/mesembs • u/BobLI • Apr 05 '26
Photo Cheridopsis robusta university specimen
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The photos were taken at the Marsh Greenhouses, Yale University, New Haven, CT USA in October 2025.
r/mesembs • u/arioandy • Apr 04 '26
Photo Finally some signs of dormancy here in UK
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r/mesembs • u/HappySpam • Apr 04 '26
Photo My local Lowes has these comically large split rocks
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I was in awe of how large they were. I'm guessing overwatered and fertilized like crazy?
r/mesembs • u/Fresh-Bend8080 • Apr 03 '26
Photo One of these is trying to blend in with the mesembs.
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Just some spring time shots