Growing lithops from seeds

In the end of May I planted some lithops, which I got from succseed. There were 3 types:

Lithops fransisci
Lithops marmorata v. elisae
Lithops schwantesii v. marthae


I dont have any experience with lithops, and I had limited success with these. L. marmorata seems to be most difficult one, with only 3 survivors out of aprox. 15 seeds. The L. fransisci, however, had a germinating rate of around 90%.



The picture shows 3 L. marmorata on the top-left, L. fransisci on bottom-left and L. schwantesii on the right. As you can see, there is some moss growing too which is caused by too much humidity.. it will probably disappear as I will keep it in more dry and ventilated conditions which is ideal for Lihops.

Cacti on steroids: grafting

3 months ago, I mentioned little Pete, my first graft ((L. Williamsii v. Huizache). This summer has been quite hot and sunny, and this has resulted in tremendeus growth for most of my plants.

Here is Pete 3 months later:



It measures ca. 2.7 X 2.8 cm, which I guess is not bad for just 3 months growth :)