I decided to get rid of the damaged head of the julii plant from before. Having cut it off with a cutter I waited for a day and then potted the remaining head into dry pumice. I'm not going to water it for a long time now.
About the other two troubled kids, I've looked into them (literally) and the new leaves are already visible waaay down there. It'd be nice if they could take care of the problem themselves. Although it won't be pretty either way.
Only several sunny days and it's mostly cold and dark again. Good thing Neohenricia sibbettii doesn't need sunlight to open its flowers. I've counted 5 flower buds so far, most of them growing out of the parts that went "overboard". I'll be checking on them at night. The pot is definitely too small. If I had more room I'd put the plant in a large but shallow container and let it grow in all directions. A large Neohenricia carpet must look really pretty.
I'll continue the introductions :) The new guys are the lovely L. dinteri C206 from Cono's Paradise nursery (german), L. lesliei v. hornii C015 from Rare Plants nursery (czech) and some surprisingly well-grown L. schwantesii from a local hardware store.
This is the 3rd time I'm trying to grow Aloinopsis malherbei from seed. And only now I realize that I should have been more patient. Apparently they germinate one month after sowing under my conditions (They probably germinate at the regular time under artificial lights, I don't know). Last time I've waited for a month and as nothing happened put one of the seeds (that I still could find) in the pot where I've just sown the new malherbei bunch. It hatched shortly after. And now, another month later, the seeds from the new bunch are starting to hatch. This way I have one seedling growing first true leaves and all the others just one day to one week old. The leaves look like Faucaria at this stage but it's normal. :) Ah, I think I got it! I germinate different species in one pot and make a moist environment during they hatch. After a month I let the substrate dry a little because the other seedlings don't need it anymore - and that's when the A. malherbei ha...
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