Given time, I think this orcuttii form may also get quite big

The biggest in my greenhouse too.
How do you keep it so white? Mine always develops grey/black colouration on the spines

I have what I believe to be the same species, raised from seed from the BCSS seed pool.
That was supplied as a form of Rebutia spinosissima, which I believe to have been reassigned to Aylostera.
Pretty, aren’t they.

This topic creates a lot of discussion and people appear to be deeply entrenched in their opinions, not all of which can be correct. Personally, I have used this link https://planthealthportal.defra.gov.uk/trade/plant-passports/am-i-a-professional-operator/ and, with many years experience of working...

I have just spotted signs of a bud on my Ferocactus electracanthus. I’ve had this plant since I was a schoolboy, I’m over 60 and this will be the first time it’s bloomed, I think. Maybe that is related to me putting it outdoors last summer, for the first time.

I don’t add any feed before germination, but I also don’t use the baggy method so I can easily add a small amount of soluble feed to the water I spray the seedlings with, once germinated. I’ve seen people say that seedlings don’t need feeding, but my experience is that a small dose of fertiliser doe...

I use sulphur in my cricket grounds work as a way to reduce the pH of our local natural soils, which sit on limestone. It does appear to work, though slowly over several years, but I’d be concerned about its use in pot-culture. Across a 1500m^2 cricket square I will apply 25kg each winter. That’s ab...

Whatever the truth, the listing has gone.

Can someone please explain the point of catching and killing harmless insects? Mealy bugs maybe so, but all others - no. We should be helping them thrive, not killing them. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2022/may/uks-flying-insects-have-declined-60-in-20-years.html The male mealie bug flies…. ...

I share your concern over this behaviour. It is clearly wrong. I also suspect the Facebook page is the something that causes a lot of angst in the committees of BCSS. There is lots of behaviour on there that risks bringing the society into disrepute. There was recently a very public discussion about...