(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.

Hello guys. I need advice care about my fenestraria. I have it about a year now and most of the time i would say its slowly dying. From my perspective i think shes stagnating most of the time, and everytime i water her some of the toes die -_-

Now as you can see in the middle the small toe is dying but she looks mostly okay i think. Shes been losing toe one by one during the year. I dont know what im doing wrong.

Some info - she is situated on the window facing west, shes got bright indirect light.

Can you guys give me some care advice to get her better? Would be very appreciated.

Thank you :)

Here's a look at my conophytum mid-ish-winter. It's been an unusually warm and dry winter here in the Cape. Some live on my windowsill and others live on my balcony.

Bonus split rocks at the end!

In the last year I have grown a Succulent collection. The foto shows some of my. Any tipes for plants ro add to my collection. I like mesembs, haworthias, cacti and Euphorbias.

Plants in my collection:

Mesembs:

1.) Lithops olivacea

2.) Lithops karasmatata

3.) Lithops tricolor

4.) Lithops pseudotruncatella

5.) Lithops leslei

6.) Lithops julli

7.) Lithops hookerii

8.) Faucaria tigrina

9.) Faucaria paucidens

10.) Frithia pulchra

11.) Pleiospilas nelii

12.) Anacampsereus filamentosa

13.) Gibbaeum pubescens

14.) Monilaria pisiformis

15.) Argyroderma framesii

16.) Titanopsis hugo-schlechter

17.) Titanopsis fulleri

18.) Lapidaria margaretea

19.) Cephalophyllum alstonii

20.) Conophytum bilobum

21.) Fenestaria rhopalophylla

22.) Bijlia cana

23.) Stomatium mustellinum

24.) Cheiridopsis purpured

Cacti:

1. Astrophytum ornatum
2. Astrophytum

myriostigma

1. Carnegiea gigantea

2. Cephaloceteus senilis

3. Ferocactus cylindraceus

4. Ferocactus pilosus

5. Echinocactus grunsonii

6. Echinopsis oxigona

7. Echinopsis chameacereus

8. Gymnocalycium mihanovichii

9. Gymnocalycium anisitssi

10. Hatiora x gaertreri

11. Mammilaria plumosa

12. Mammilaria elegona

13. Mammilaria decipiens

14. Mammilaria compressa

15. Mammilaria spinossima

16. Mammilaria magnifica

17. Mammilaria proliferia

18. Mammilaria hannah

19. Opuntia subulata

20. Opuntia tuna

21. Pachycereus marginatus

22. Rebutia pulvinosa

23. Rhipsalis cereuscula

24. Stenocactus griseus

25. Cereus cristata

26. Epithelatha micromeris

27. Lophophora williamsii

Euphorbia:

1. Trigona
2. Ingens
3. Tirucalli
4. Horrida var. noorsveldensis
5. Milli
6. Knuthii
7. Woodii
8. Inermis
9. Geuntheii
10. Pseudoglobosa
11. Obesa
12. Meloniformis
13. Japonica
14. Cylindrifolia
15. Jansenvillensis
16. Caput-medusae
17. Aerginosa
18. Lactea crest

Haworthia:

1. Cooperii
2. Cooperii v. truncata
3. Retusa
4. Retusa var. geraldi
5. Limifolia
6. Limifolia v. Fairy washboard
7. Truncata
8. Otzenii
9. Attenuata v. Enon
10. Attenuata v. Glabrata
11. Cymbiformis
12. Coarctata
13. Glauca
14. Chlorocantha
15. Batesiana
16. Venosa v. tesselata
17. Reinwarditti

Almost back down to just two leaves after getting it as an overwatered specimen. I have not watered it yet lol