u/VelishRoot

Conophytum achabense SB1600, seed-grown and heading into year 4

Picked it up for that chunky, chaotic growth form. Flowers look more like dodosonianus, but the smell is pure migiurtinus.

My first P. migiurtinus — 9 years in my care, blooming again this season.

Visually? Stunning. Those dark burgundy star flowers are everything.
The smell? Deadliest odor out of all my Pseudolithops. My room is a crime scene right now. 🤢

~18 month old Conophytum turrigerum seedlings from a cross between a rugose-bodied parent × a red-keeled parent. Really loving how they're coming out — that glaucous blue-white body with bold dark red lines is exactly what I was going for! 🌱

Edit: correction — 21 months, not 18! I can't count apparently 😂

3 years 7 months of growth

Edit: Watering — currently every 1–2 weeks as we're in early summer, always waiting for the soil to fully dry out. Liquid fertilizer once a month during the growing season. In winter, just enough to moisten the top layer, once a month on warmer days. Slightly drier than migiurtinus, but they sulk if too parched! Soil mix and conditions vary, so this is just what works for me.

C. pageae pv1380 going into dormancy. New bodies already peeking through the lips 👄

They look good enough to eat🍄‍🟫

This one has been a quiet grower, but now it's making up for lost time. Flowers are impossibly small and just keep coming in waves.
And yes, the scent is full Pseudolithos. 🪰
For those who are curious: this is also the easiest way to tell it apart from migiurtinus — without flowers, they're nearly identical.