Most people will be surprised if I tell them that these tiny plants are now one year old but most succulent plants are extremely slow-growing. Still, I am pleased with their progress
This is Pachypodium succulentum, now showing its tiny little caudex and some typical adult leaves. I should repot it but it would have been better to do so in winter, when it was dormant. Caudiciforms do not like having their roots disturbed. Perhaps I will just leave it alone for another growing season.
The cacti seed mix that was 7+ years old germinated quite well although only 2 kinds, you can see them in this pot
Hoodia gordonii has woken up from its winter dormancy and are growing strongly. These have a reputation for being difficult but they were actually easy: the mistake comes from the assumption that these are winter growing plants and people water them when they are dormant, something that stapeliads hate. I did water them lightly throughout winter, but only when they looked wrinkled. There was no active growth, though
Looking carefully at the base, you'll see that this one is forming offsets already
The haworthia seedlings have done well and are showing signs of how they will look as adults. They are ready to be potted into individual pots, a task I need to tackle very soon.
Haworthia splendens GM452, A species mix of seeds which are showing a lot of variation already. These will make good candidates for further hybridisation
Haworthia bayeri with a complex hybrid of H. comptoniana
This is the same complex hybrid of H. comptoniana, crossed with H. pygmae this time
All of these seeds were sowed in a mix of equal parts of c&s potting mix, perlite, vermiculite and washed silica sand and watered mostly with rainwater, especially when the seeds were first germinating.