Further Reading
For current, expert information on growing members of the genus
Conophytum, you can't do better than looking up some of Steve Hammer's
many articles on the subject, or his "Conograph," The Genus Conophytum
, published by Succulent
Plant Publications, Pretoria, South Africa, in 1993.
Specialist Groups
Serious aficionados of Conophytum and other succulent Aizoaceae
might want to join the following societies:
Mesemb Study Group
Cactus and Succulent Society of America.
You can also join an email list devoted to mesembs, including
Conophytum, on
Yahoo Groups.
Nurseries
The two best sources for conos in the U.S.A. are:
Mesa Garden -
extensive list of seeds and some plants.
Steve Hammer's Sphaeroid Institute - fabulously well grown plants,
so inexpensive you'll feel guilty. Contact
sphaeroid@juno.com
to order.
Selecta
Succulents - a nursery located in South Africa that offers a superb
selection of greenhouse-propagated of conos and other succulents native
to that part of the world.