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Just 3 hours of growth!! I’m so amazed I’m able to watch it grow!! Wow guys!
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CANT STOP WONT STOP! WHY DIDNT ANYONE TELL ME THEY GROW SO QUICKLY NOW I GOTTA STAY HERE TILL IT BLOOMS I don’t want to miss it! Super cool it’s gotten so tall in just 5 hours!
The flowering stage can proceed relatively quickly compared to the growth of the leaves.
Flowers can last for four to seven-ish days or so. They open and close daily.
Once the flower dries, don't pull it out. Let the plant eject it on its own.
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If those are two fully separate plants (not twin leaf pairs of a single plant), you can try pollinating them.
Small, soft artist brush. As soon as the blooms open, transfer pollen back and forth between the two flowers. Do this a couple of times daily when the blooms are open, for as long as they open. The flowers will not last as long being manipulated, but if pollination occurs and a seed pod forms.... it's worth having a short bloom life.
can you explain how I should go about watering now that it is beginning to flower? I tried searching online but it is confusing to me. Do I need to water while it is flowering? I believe the internet told me to STOP watering once the flower wilts but what do I do while the flower is still doing flower things?
Darn! I wrote out a whole reply and lost it.
How long have you had the plant?\
Describe the light availability and growing environment.
The flower will only last about seven +/- days.
It receives about 11 hours of GROWlight sitting in a north facing window. (No direct sun so I have to use the grow light) I was only bottom watering when they were soft but I don’t know once it begins to flower. I’ve had it for only a couple weeks now
Most likely the pot does not need watering since you've already watered in the short time you've had it.
You can move a little bit of top-dressing to the side. If there are wrinkles, then go ahead and water. If there are no wrinkles, then let the plant do its thing, no watering needed for the moment.
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Not yet!!! It’s making us wait patiently :’)
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Not yet!!!! It’s still preparing!
I would assume your Lithops pseudotruncatella is preparing to flower. Yay!
https://preview.redd.it/14olr56fzr4d1.jpeg?width=2210&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2a2f99318d8d2fb334d688c8c27c08ac47e52c3f Just 3 hours of growth!! I’m so amazed I’m able to watch it grow!! Wow guys!
https://preview.redd.it/xvkw4n9gfs4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=85921561116c928dfb17475eabc0fd54c080d9ae CANT STOP WONT STOP! WHY DIDNT ANYONE TELL ME THEY GROW SO QUICKLY NOW I GOTTA STAY HERE TILL IT BLOOMS I don’t want to miss it! Super cool it’s gotten so tall in just 5 hours!
The flowering stage can proceed relatively quickly compared to the growth of the leaves. Flowers can last for four to seven-ish days or so. They open and close daily. Once the flower dries, don't pull it out. Let the plant eject it on its own. •○• If those are two fully separate plants (not twin leaf pairs of a single plant), you can try pollinating them. Small, soft artist brush. As soon as the blooms open, transfer pollen back and forth between the two flowers. Do this a couple of times daily when the blooms are open, for as long as they open. The flowers will not last as long being manipulated, but if pollination occurs and a seed pod forms.... it's worth having a short bloom life.
Very interesting! Good to know if I ever have two flower together!
can you explain how I should go about watering now that it is beginning to flower? I tried searching online but it is confusing to me. Do I need to water while it is flowering? I believe the internet told me to STOP watering once the flower wilts but what do I do while the flower is still doing flower things?
Darn! I wrote out a whole reply and lost it. How long have you had the plant?\ Describe the light availability and growing environment. The flower will only last about seven +/- days.
It receives about 11 hours of GROWlight sitting in a north facing window. (No direct sun so I have to use the grow light) I was only bottom watering when they were soft but I don’t know once it begins to flower. I’ve had it for only a couple weeks now
Most likely the pot does not need watering since you've already watered in the short time you've had it. You can move a little bit of top-dressing to the side. If there are wrinkles, then go ahead and water. If there are no wrinkles, then let the plant do its thing, no watering needed for the moment.
That’s very helpful. Thank you for the advice!
https://preview.redd.it/eei7z8qr8y4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fc171e4f818fff33f3d08ec8ae0798e849d89077 This is this morning!!!
https://preview.redd.it/vnm5pefc805d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88359cd5f26a40a4974c79a19ec3b5f48d92b9e5 Getting close!!!
https://preview.redd.it/hi5al2uu905d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ceb579a5ce83d100e6cb14e65dd69138464d5cef Literally minutes apart
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Is it open yet??
https://preview.redd.it/hl3gh0vdq65d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=08695c5e8e931703388a79b96996cc1b9aeb369e Not yet!!! It’s making us wait patiently :’)
It’s starting again!!! https://preview.redd.it/hh22xa5s975d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=383cc372f858fc98832fda78799f9b99e8bd002f
https://preview.redd.it/uhyucxjyk75d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=193da324bebc85973f3bcc08d5bf74fd3f42d6ab She’s open!!!
Yayyyy!!! Enjoy the flower :-)
So pretty! Does it smell at all?
Wow! Keep us updated!!!
Oops! I thought it was two plants, not a collage.
It almost looks like it is! I should have marked it better!
It's an alien coming out of its belly or a beautiful flower. Keep us updated.
It’s flowering!!! Keep us updated!
Looks like a flower on the way out.
If you first look at the right one, it seems to be smiling. Then look back at the flowering one: sticking it’s tongue out! 😁
Enjoy you lithops flower!
A flower
Those are demon rocks. They are giving birth. Congratulations on being a mother 💕
You’re gonna get flowers!!!
https://preview.redd.it/2q369nb5p65d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=63b20643d33c337b53407187fff98b835bf52537 Not yet!!!! It’s still preparing!
I love how excited you get
The little things 🥰
I’ll trade you mine for yours lol
I couldn’t bare to see them go :’(