bought some new "Toes", they always lose the neat habit

Ooooooooh you lucky thing! H. cooperi venusta is so awesome! One day I will get one. Windows AND fuzzyness.

And the others are superb. Your truncata is really looking beautiful there. That photograph trumps mine. It's like glass.

And the 'toes' are so precious. I've never had the guts to get some, but with a greenhouse, I am really tempted now.

This post was edited by teatree on Sun, Apr 21, 13 at 2:26

Very nice windows, everyone! Congrats on a great thread, Colleen! Here's my addition... unfortunately, many of my Haws are in big bins that I cannot move to position them in the sun.

Aww, I'm sorry for everyone that you can't get those windows pictured right now--understandable, though. I should have considered those with Haws in large containers! You could certainly post them without their windows highlighted, though. ;)

Hard to figure out how to show Lithops windows in a pic... but I gave it a try

And you succeeded!

Wow! So beautiful! This was such a great idea to have people submit images of see through succulents with light coming through. I absolutely love it! Now I just need to get one of these so I can share in the fun :)

I'm bringing it back. Where's my Colleen?
H. pygmeae

H. tessellata

some type of H. cymbiformis?

H. emelyae var. comptoniana parts after surgery... thanks Howard

Discarded Lithops leaf

I ordered a flashlight with a fiber-optic extension just so I could take photos like this. So far, not so good. I think I need a professional.

Woo! Colleen's over here recovering from the flu! Don't get too close...

I have great hopes for those H. emelyae leaves! I don't have great hopes for my own Haw leaves I removed...I'll have to try again...but for you, I have hope. And not even at all secretly selfish hope, although I love that plant and need to get myself one. :)

Don't tell me those are recent acquisitions, Ryan? heehee

Ryan, you must post your progress. Here's hoping for 110% success!!!!! I have another large Haworthia... I may have to send it to you for surgery! It's the one on the right, as if you couldn't tell...LOL

Just browsing along and came across Show your windows............wow, you guys really have some nice pictures!!!!

Well as I must have missed this thread the first time around ...

Haw. emeylae (an older pic as I was too lazy to trot over and take current pic)

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In summer "tan" mode

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The closest i have to a window plant is the common hawthoria in the dish garden, and thats not even close.......

Great plants everyone!

I wish you'd not only see my windows, but do them too.

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Here's some that survived temps in the teens under a sheet. Hopefully that won't keep happening, extremely unusual here! Haworthias are definitely not tropical divas though.

Tiffany,

They look like they'll do OK - these plants can handle somewhat surprisingly lowish temps if they're dry, a trait they share with lots of other succs.

Nothing like your awesome collection, but TYVM! That's what the excellent advice given here said, seems to be working, for what such measures can do combined with this weather. There's some dead plants in this thing, but Haworthias in particular look OK, 6 diff ones (but not all window type - wow this forum is awful for enabling!) I haven't watered this for about 6-7 weeks now.

Tomorrow is designated for a drink - very warm nights predicted until Wed, a couple nights flirting with frost, then back to spring tease.

And BTW, the metal objects are to hold the sheet up above most of the plants a bit. It's hard to get a good pic of this thing with all the white paint around it.

Did you find anyone to wash your windows yet? That's no small task - wow!

Here's an update of one of my Haw's that I posted some time ago that is now growing a second pup on an old flower spike. And, I see a new spike just emerging to the right... could we have triplets????!!!!!

I don't have an ID for this but assume it is a hybrid of H. truncate and H. maughani. Any help with a proper name?????

After seeing the beautiful results Ryan (hanzrobo) shared with us of his seedlings, I thought I'd take a chance and share my meager presentation. These are truncate crosses.

Biker - I've never seen a pup grow from a flower spike! It's very interesting. Your hybrid does seem to be a cross between a truncata and maughanii - not sure if there are any specific names for these hybrids. Your seedlings also look great!

To contribute to this thread, here is my H. truncata before it lost all it's roots this winter. Hopefully it will grow them back this spring.

Here are some of mine:

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H. (truncata x maughanii) x 'Fired Iron' hybrid

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'Mirror Ball'

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Another truncata x maughanii hybrid

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H. 'Toby'

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H. truncata reverse variegated

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H. cooperi variegated

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H. 'Window Light'

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H. 'Cuspidata' reverse variegated

This post was edited by salt_creep on Fri, Jan 31, 14 at 20:28

sure am loving all these pictures. Those Haw plants fascinate me. Are they easy to grow. They look so delicate. Could they withstand the hot weather in California and then when it gets down in the 30's?

Neysa

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H. magnifica v.major ? In survival mode after about three seaons of neglect.


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Slat, your Haws are unbelievable. I would love to know some names and where you may have purchased them... I know that's a lot to ask....

Salt, your windows are truly amazing, Thank you. I too am curious about the names.

Here is my Baby Toes
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Big 'ole Lithops that could use a drink
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H. Truncata v. Tenuis
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H. Cooperii
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These might be Haworthia?
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Either H. 'Hummel's Hybrid' or 'Many''s Hybrid' as far as I can tell
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H. Tesselata
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H. Cymbiformis v. Obtusa
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H. Marginata
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H. Fat Retusa
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H. Mirabulis Mundula
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I also have a Mirabulis v. Badia that I apparently do not have a picture of.

I've edited my posts to add the names, sorry about that! :)
Bikerdoc, I buy some plants from online (eBay, etc) or at cactus shows, and the 'Toby' is my own hybrid that I grew from seed. The variegated truncata was a gift from my brother, who grows quite a few of them.

Here's another nice window plant:

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Bulbine bruynsii

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Here are plants that are mostly windows: Lithops!

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Hi Sundewd, your H. mirabilis mundula might actually be a H. pygmaea (it's got the nice rough texture on the leaves). H. mirabilis mundula has smoother leaves with jagged-edged windows.

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Well, I was actually struggling to recall the name of it, tbh. It was one I picked up at a store years back so it very well could have been mislabled from the start. Thanks for the name tip! :)

Turns out I have several more I haven't pictured yet.

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loving all your pictures

Neysa

What're all those little Aloe (?) leaves you've got going in that last pot, Jeff? A. arenicola? I also wanna get closer to that Gasteria in the center, and to its neighbors, the silvery little Gasteria twins. And that gorgeous variegated H. maughanii? Impressing everyone.

My truncata needs to hurry up and produce some offsets. They get so awesome when they do.

Really sweet H. cooperi, Sundewd. A variety I'm keeping my eye out for. I could have 400 different H. cooperis and not tire of them.

That is some incredible collection, Salt. H. 'Mirror Ball' is the biggest dream for me. I've seen it make its rounds on eBay, and I gotta say it's painful not to bid.

This post was edited by teatree on Sat, Feb 1, 14 at 2:24

Here's a Senecio showing it's windows in the sunlight

greets Harry

and a little Peromia columella

Harry

Salt Creep, you have some truly amazing plants! Absolutely LOVE the H. truncata reverse variegated, and that H. 'Cuspidata' reverse variegated! Never seen nor heard of Bulbine bruynsii before. That thing is awesome! How tall is it?

Gorgeous pot of Lithops. If I ever manage to master them, I would want a selection like yours!

I have just come to understand my lithops, having successfully grown them through a season and a half now. :) That seems to be the key with these rock plants... Have to keep them alive for a season or two so you can actually get a chance to learn about them. Unfortunately, all the literature on the web can't help you much with these plants, because while for me they may grow all year round, for you they may only grow during summer, spring or fall. Perhaps in the dead of winter. They are funny that way. The argyroderma still have ne stumped though... No matter what season it is, here's what happens: they shrivel to the point where I think "surely they need water". So I give them a few sprays from a mist bottle. They proceed to either. A.) Not respond. Or B.) Rot and die. I am convinced they don't really grow in the wild and some lab somewhere makes them as some sort of sick joke. D.

Paul, thanks for the compliments! The Bulbine bruynsii is about 3 inches tall... it's a winter-growing succulent that loses its leaves in the summer, and survives underground with tuberous roots. It's one of the more difficult species to grow. I only just got it this past fall and I sure hope it lives and comes back next fall!

With Lithops, you just have to keep them dry all winter until the new leaves emerge and absorb the old pair, then water them now and then during spring and early fall (just light spraying during the heat of summer, if it gets very hot where you live). And they need good air circulation all year.

I love how these windows look like Martian eyes.

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Haworthia 'Army'

Here's a few more. Looking a bit rough from being outdoors all winter.
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This has been inside though. It got wet by accident. I'm gonna let it dry so those layers on the smaller one will fall away.
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And more baby toes, young clustering division from the ones shown earlier.
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Here is one of my Haworthia... not exactly "windowed". I am not certain that the name is correct, so any other suggestions are welcome. Thx, Howard

Well, it's a beautiful Haworthia alright, Howard. One I'd like to find.