PLEIOSPILUS NELII CV "ROYAL FLUSH"

This is PLEIOSPILUS NELII CV "ROYAL FLUSH". I do possess a bunch of this species for I adore the magnificent colour it exhibits.

The substrate is as allways a mineral one . No peat is added.

The culture is the same as for Conophytum. PLEIOSPILUS NELII is the only PLEIOSPILUS which you will have to cultivate like Conophytum. The other species of PLEIOSPILUS need the same treatment as Lithops.
This means that the species starts growing in autumn, in August or September, and may end growing in winter, in January or February or March. The exact dates may depend of the plants and where you may live.

In winter they stand inside on my windowsill. For the ultraviolet rays of the sun will not penetrate through the window glass, the colour and habit of the plants will suffer. To reduce this effect I cultivate them as hard as possible. This means I water and fertilize them as seldomly as possible.
Temperature will allways be above 15 C.

From spring through summer to autumn the plants stay outside. They stay unprotected from the sun but sheltered from rain. By doing so their colour and habit should recover from the "bad" culture conditions I offer them in winter.
Temperature in their resting period will be above 5 C. Under 5 C the plants stay inside.
Water will only be offered by spraying them in mimicing the natural fogs and mists.