A while ago, I showed a whole lot of loose unrooted plants that I was given as a gift here and promised an update so here goes.
Crassula and Cotyledon are winter growers so they have been very easy to root over winter and are establishing themselves well, the cotyledon is about to flower
Even the pieces that were so tiny that they barely showed up on the photograph, Crassula pyramidalis
and Crassula barklyi
It's extremely difficult to root Euphorbia over winter and I thought I'd just leave them but I got worried when the Euphorbia decaryi lost all its leaves and the stems started wilting so I put it on the heat mat. Luckily, the stems soon regained turgidity so I knew it had established itself underground and now that it is warming up, new leaves are forming.
I left the Euphorbia meloformis to do its thing and I see that it is making tiny buds for flower stalks so I suspect there's something going on underground too.
The Euphorbia ferox shriveled up and died but I suspected that it would, it was very dry. Luckily I had another piece from the grower previously that rooted successfully. Surprisingly, the unknown thing that I really didn't have positive expectations for also did nothing all winter but started making a root a week or two ago.
The stapeliads haven't done much growing and I didn't expect them to because they are dormant in winter although Echidnopsis is already showing signs of life in the growing tip. And the orbea is showing signs of roots forming. It's finally safe to water stapeliads so I will start again because they are looking very dry.
Tylecodon buchholzianus has rooted but isn't growing. I don't expect it to do anything before autumn though
Ceropegia woodii got through winter and will start an active growth phase now
I haven't sowed the Cyphostemma juttae seeds yet because I was waiting for spring but I'll do so soon.
Of all the plants I got, only the mesemb has refused to root and one euphorbia died which is better than I expected but I have also learned when to expect growth in these different species and when to intervene and when to leave alone
