Late season Lithops flowers Lithops marmorata "Polepsky Smaragd" IMG_1620.JPG Lithops villetii deboeri one of my favorites IMG_1625.JPG Lithops olivacea v. nebrownii IMG_1623.JPG Lithops olivacea IMG_1628.JPG My biggest Lithops cluster, at least 30 years old Lithops karasmontana IMG_1631.J...

Nice
They were probably grow in a well shaded green house

Pleiospilos require more water than most mesembs to keep them happy
other wise they get flaccid
I water them all year long

To the specific issue for the thread.

You should spray down your seedlings using a fungicide/antiseptic

See if you can get Physon 20 where you live
that should work

Rather than the baggie method, I use the container method, that way I can spray down the seedlings with chinosol anytime any algae or fungus starts growing. Once the seedlings are big enough, you can take the lids off, or leave agar to encourage drying. Also, spraying the seeds once in a while with ...

If you use the baggy method, the whole pot needs to be sterile before sealing
otherwise it's haven for fungus growth

You need to sterilize the soil first, then sow the seeds, then sterilize the seeds

Frailea atrobella Hard to get the purple color right in bad lighting From Tony Marino IMG_1551.JPG More purple Sulcorebutia rauschii Cherry Bomb, from seed IMG_1561.JPG Uebelmannia buiningii Many flowers this year IMG_1564.JPG Ariocarpus retusus trigonis hybrid? Still have not ID'ed this form of ret...

Euphorbia horwoodii
This new growth on this grafted stem should be interesting

Really great plants
good work

Some new friends had some great new plants for me

Albuca dilucula Trachyandra tortilis
that are way more wavy than my form Muiria hortenseae

I've been making successful crosses of Astrophytum caput-medusae not sure of the species it crossed with, for sure not myriostigma My first one was mystery cross from a batch of pure caput seeds, 2015 IMG_8586.jpg I grafted it after a year IMG_9094.jpg It grows like crazy on it's own roots named &qu...

Thanks

Ariocarpus hintonii,
20 ish year olds
Ariocarpus scaphirostris
cross pollinated Some plants from seed

Unknown Gymnocalycium
yellow green flower

We have some nice hanging Jungle Cactus The heavy rains this Spring encouraged flowering Selenicereus anthonyanus Rick Rack, Fish Bone IMG_1050.JPG IMG_1054.JPG IMG_0859 (1)a.jpg Selenicereus pteranthus We call it the Octopus, since it's got long tentacle like limbs The buds start out with a coverin...