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The flowering continues! There are several 'Sulphurea' flowers opened at the same time this year so I'm going to pollinate. The little Prepodesma orpenii has decided to flower again, too. Compared to the A. malherbei from the previous post it always seems to find the strength for it.

Do you have any advise or explanation? I can't figure out what these guys are missing. They've been starting flowers, then drying them off and replacing them with leaves... And then start all over again. It's been going on for so long with both seedlings and my adult plant that I've come to see it as normal. Still, I'd really like to actually see the flowers develop and open someday. I water them well (no fertilizer since months though).

On August 20th I've posted this photo of this plant.  I've decided not to prune just yet and wait for the spring. I think it was a good decision because this is how it reacted to the recent repotting :) Two of the other Adeniums from this post are growing new leaves as well.

Looks like my Lithops are heaving an early flowering season. I have 4 flowers at the moment and more coming soon. What a happy sight! :) One of my own L. bromfieldii v. glaudinae seedlings has flowered for the first time and the flower is HUGE! In fact, this is one of these little kids . All grown up now. Good thing they flower in the afternoon. This way I can catch them on camera even when I come home after six. And even though it is already getting dark the flowers are still brimming with sunlight they've soaked up during the day. The L. fulviceps 'Aurea' flower looks very relaxed... ... and the one on L. fulviceps v. lactinea is already a week old. It has an interesting shape now but still such shiny petals! The newcommer, L. verruculosa , decided to bloom, too. This is the first time I see a cream-colored flower on a lithops. It's so unusual. It looks more like red gold to me and fits the color of the plant leaves.