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by SimonT
Sat May 11, 2024 10:06 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Time for a celebration ....
Replies: 2
Views: 90

Re: Time for a celebration ....

Hopefully the classification is stable now but there might be a few surprises yet.

Most of my plants are two weeks ahead judging from your A. 'celebration' and A. hoffmannii.
My plants are just finishing their first flush of flowers.
by SimonT
Sat May 11, 2024 9:54 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: A few more buds
Replies: 7
Views: 186

Re: A few more buds

What hybrids are you growing?
by SimonT
Fri May 10, 2024 7:25 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Tesco finest ( again)
Replies: 7
Views: 173

Re: Tesco finest ( again)

Do you mean the Tesco moler clay cat litter? They stopped that a while ago.
Kittyfriend Pink Cat Litter seems to be the current one- but this is only available from some Pet stores for some reason.
by SimonT
Fri May 10, 2024 5:52 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: At last ... the Rebutia shelf has woken
Replies: 2
Views: 172

Re: At last ... the Rebutia shelf has woken

Rebutia senilis var. lilacinorosea, nice plant to start off your Rebutia shelf flowering.
by SimonT
Thu May 09, 2024 5:55 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Chamaecereus crosses
Replies: 7
Views: 177

Re: Chamaecereus crosses

The flowers from the plant on the left looks like the flowers on the named parent?
by SimonT
Mon May 06, 2024 6:01 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: The biggest Escobaria?
Replies: 8
Views: 265

Re: The biggest Escobaria?

Nice plant! Looks like it is wearing a warm winter coat ready for the summer.
by SimonT
Mon May 06, 2024 5:57 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: No complete ring of flowers, but still very pretty
Replies: 4
Views: 198

Re: No complete ring of flowers, but still very pretty

Looks great. I'm starting to worry that those small seedlings I have will soon each grow into a very large plant.
Hopefully it'll take many years!
by SimonT
Sun May 05, 2024 5:48 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: I think I’ve finally got rid of my flat mites!
Replies: 12
Views: 357

Re: I think I’ve finally got rid of my flat mites!

I use a digital camera to spot pest which is another way to give a bit of magnification. I agree that a pesticide containing rapeseed oil pesticide works well for mites but it can mark some plants, so you need to test it first. I've not seen any mites this year yet but I'm just assuming they're just...
by SimonT
Fri May 03, 2024 10:51 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Rebutia or Aylostera?
Replies: 5
Views: 267

Re: Rebutia or Aylostera?

I like the combination of spine colour and flower colour.
ADBLPS lists this one as an Aylostera narvaecensis v. nova E._Aguilar_&_R._Lara under Aylostera.
It looks a bit like a cross between Aylostera narvaecensis and A. muscula!
by SimonT
Wed May 01, 2024 7:05 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: A week ago flowers were in short supply...
Replies: 6
Views: 322

Re: A week ago flowers were in short supply...

Aylostera hoffmannii at the front and Rebutia minuscula at the back. The R.minuscula plants I grew from seed obtained from three old clumps. The odd thing is that the light pink flower like R. violaciflora turned up in the seedlings but not on the parent plants. The parent plants all had red or red/...