Pleiospilos nellii

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  1. Fof

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    Popped into one of my local garden centres, yesterday, to pick up a couple of bits and have a nose around.
    I was very surprised to come across a whole heap of P. nellii. They had single headed plants, in ~5cm pots, at £3.99, most of which were P. nellii rubra, and 8.5cm pots, with multiple plants at £4.99. The one I grabbed was the only one with both variants.
    The growing medium looks absolutely terrible, so I will repot shortly, and I had to laugh at the label.
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    One I grew in Australia (2005), that really needed to be repotted
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    • Michael Hewett

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      A nice find, they're interesting plants. I have never been able to grow them, they always die on me.
       
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      • pete

        pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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        Never come across these, I only have a few lithops.
         
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        • Alan Clark

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          I have one, it has survived the last two winters in my unheated greenhouse and will soon flower.
           
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