Well that was more simple than some would have guessed.😅 Has anyone tried to see if these can be cross pollinated with something like a San Pedro cactus, or are they too different to be compatible in that way? Plants are amazing 😄👍
Hi Tiffany, it sure is fun :) We have done a video on harvesting the pods and getting the seed out. Here is the link - ua-cam.com/video/fZNF6T5CRLk/v-deo.html Hope that helps :)
Thanks for the video. My lithops just flowered for the first time so I'm waiting to pollinate. It seems they only release the pollen after a few days, as the flower that's a few days old has pollen and the two new ones that just opened look different and haven't released any yet. It seems the pollen is stuck tight to the end of the stamen on the new flowers, which is opposite from what I read. I had read that pollen is released rather immediately and is best to pollinate an older flower with a newer flower. Also, I found it interesting that the flowers only open up for about 2 hours in the evening.
Hi Missy, that is interesting. I pollinate mine in the early afternoon and I just brush the pollen from one flower to another, doesn't matter if it's an old or new flower and that seems to work :) I haven't seen them open up at night, but that would look really cool. I have heard of some Cacti flowering at night.
What's the name of the one you held up at 1:40 if you wouldn't mind sharing? Second ... I was looking at the lithops you have for sale (because your shop was recommended by a lady in the Love Lithops Australia group) but I was a little bit disappointed that they were mixed lithops and didn't come with a name and variety etc? Please don't think this is a criticism ... just thought it would be nice to buy named varieties.
Hi Virginia, thanks for your feedback, we really appreciate it :) We are working hard on named varieties. We did buy a lot of seed and are currently growing them atm. Sadly they take awhile before they are at a sellable size. We have bought our assorted ones in from a wholesaler, but they sadly don't have much names ones available.
@@mickssucculents I hope that comment wasn't taken as a criticism at all ... I did find some named varieties on later pages. I'm a bit OCD-ish, so I like knowing what I have. I have tried to grow using seeds from a couple of suppliers. I've had so little luck with these, that it isn't even worth mentioning. Three tiny plants have survived from several varieties grown ... AND they take a lo-o-ong time to get to a lithops-recognisable size too. So I'd much rather buy them at around the 15-18mm size and grow them on. One thing I have found though, is the seed from Oz Lithops is viable (from the photos of others) and seems to be very generously packeted, and named down to the C number. [Just mentioning that as a way of expanding named stock supplies] ... Also, I know that Lithops are a growing interest here in Aus ... the small group I joined at around 300 members (Love Lithops Australia) has grown to over 1,000 in just a couple of months. People are always asking where to find them ... so I'm not sure if you have time/space to pursue this but it looks like this is a growing hobby for quite a few. Many thanks for your replies.
Hi Lacy, we sure do. They are semi dormant atm and are splitting, which we try to avoid selling them through this stage. Hopefully Spring we will have some available :)
Well that was more simple than some would have guessed.😅
Has anyone tried to see if these can be cross pollinated with something like a San Pedro cactus, or are they too different to be compatible in that way?
Plants are amazing 😄👍
I don't think they will work as they are totally different plants, but you can experiment and see 🙂👍
@@mickssucculents yeah, i tried. Nothing happened 😅
This is such a fun process, would you be able to show when it's ready to harvest? I've been curious to see how succulents replicate via pollination.
Hi Tiffany, it sure is fun :)
We have done a video on harvesting the pods and getting the seed out.
Here is the link - ua-cam.com/video/fZNF6T5CRLk/v-deo.html
Hope that helps :)
Thanks for the video. My lithops just flowered for the first time so I'm waiting to pollinate. It seems they only release the pollen after a few days, as the flower that's a few days old has pollen and the two new ones that just opened look different and haven't released any yet. It seems the pollen is stuck tight to the end of the stamen on the new flowers, which is opposite from what I read. I had read that pollen is released rather immediately and is best to pollinate an older flower with a newer flower. Also, I found it interesting that the flowers only open up for about 2 hours in the evening.
Hi Missy, that is interesting. I pollinate mine in the early afternoon and I just brush the pollen from one flower to another, doesn't matter if it's an old or new flower and that seems to work :) I haven't seen them open up at night, but that would look really cool. I have heard of some Cacti flowering at night.
I only have one plant thats sending up just one flower bud! Can you pollinate one plant with its own pollen ?
unfortunately not:(... Self pollination for lithops is quite difficult (sometimes even from a Cluster)... You need a second flower.
Hi can you pollinate
from two flowers on the same plant
Yes you can 🙂👍
Does this flower smell..?
From memory I don't think so. It would be lovely if it did 😁
@@mickssucculents thanks for info..🙏🌿
What's the name of the one you held up at 1:40 if you wouldn't mind sharing? Second ... I was looking at the lithops you have for sale (because your shop was recommended by a lady in the Love Lithops Australia group) but I was a little bit disappointed that they were mixed lithops and didn't come with a name and variety etc? Please don't think this is a criticism ... just thought it would be nice to buy named varieties.
Sorry .. just found some further into the shop, but sold out for now.
Hi Virginia, thanks for your feedback, we really appreciate it :) We are working hard on named varieties. We did buy a lot of seed and are currently growing them atm. Sadly they take awhile before they are at a sellable size. We have bought our assorted ones in from a wholesaler, but they sadly don't have much names ones available.
The one in 1:40 is an assorted variety that we have kept and grown on to breed from. The marking on it, I would say it is some sort of leslei.
@@mickssucculents I hope that comment wasn't taken as a criticism at all ... I did find some named varieties on later pages. I'm a bit OCD-ish, so I like knowing what I have. I have tried to grow using seeds from a couple of suppliers. I've had so little luck with these, that it isn't even worth mentioning. Three tiny plants have survived from several varieties grown ... AND they take a lo-o-ong time to get to a lithops-recognisable size too. So I'd much rather buy them at around the 15-18mm size and grow them on. One thing I have found though, is the seed from Oz Lithops is viable (from the photos of others) and seems to be very generously packeted, and named down to the C number. [Just mentioning that as a way of expanding named stock supplies] ... Also, I know that Lithops are a growing interest here in Aus ... the small group I joined at around 300 members (Love Lithops Australia) has grown to over 1,000 in just a couple of months. People are always asking where to find them ... so I'm not sure if you have time/space to pursue this but it looks like this is a growing hobby for quite a few. Many thanks for your replies.
Do you sell any of your lithops?
Hi Lacy, we sure do. They are semi dormant atm and are splitting, which we try to avoid selling them through this stage. Hopefully Spring we will have some available :)