Some more, rather more variaion than I would have expected. This time with Aylostera oculata (euanthema) LF1153, another Ladislav Fischer number originally found at Volcán, Jujuy, Argentina. Seed was sown in 2020 from a single pack and plants are now flowering well. A-oculata-LF1153.jpg A_oculata_LF...

I sowed a lot of seed supplied by Ladislav Fischer in 2020, and these are now a reasonable size and flowering well this spring. Among them were several different collection numbers of Aylostera einsteinii . This species is rather different from the other Aylosteras with a distinctive look about it, ...

MatDz wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 5:41 pm Oh, what a display! How much longer do you expect the plants to be in flower, Paul?

They are not quite at peak yet Mat, probably peak next week or two, thereafter probably still lots of flowers into early June.

Thanks all who came along to the Open Day yesterday. The sun shone all day!
41 people in all. I was so busy talking I forgot to have lunch, or take pictures. Here are a few Rebutias and Aylosteras from today.

A reminder that our Open Day for the National Collection of Aylostera, Rebutia and Weingartia (including Sulcorebutia) is on Saturday, 11th May, 2024, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Approximately 6,500 plants on show, many of which are in flower just now. Free entry, free teas and coffees, and there will be some...

Hi all, Although I've stepped back from the coal face I am still keeping one eye on things until we get a better system in place which will hopefully be soon. Yesterday, it wasn't the Forum causing issues. The server itself had issues beyond our control, which I beileve are now fixed. It was affecti...

I guess as staff change, people with different interests come on board. One would think that maintaining the garden's collection is more a matter of professionalism and skills, and not necessarily personal interests of staff or management... It still does look better than many collections around, a...

Some other parts. Insectivorous plants garden, potted flowers corridor, tropical / bromeliads area.

Yesterday I visited what is now called the David Welch Winter Gardens, formerly the Duthie Park Winter Gardens, in Aberdeen. It is a few years since I last visited, and although I enjoyed the visit it is a bit depleted from what it used to be. Several large mature specimens of cacti that had been th...

Possibly odd q, I applied compo bi 58. Its A systemic, should you wait a while before watering so its absorbed & spread thru the plant to hopefully kill the bugs or does watering a few days later make no difference or even help spread it around the plant or we haven't a clue. Note that Compo Bi...