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- Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:44 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Smaller agaves (and their hardiness)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 475
Re: Smaller agaves (and their hardiness)
Forget potatorum, it isn't UK hardy. How small is small? Top of my list would be A. polianthiflora, which is very small, also good and hardy - a precocious flowerer with interesting red flowers. Things like toumeyana, toumeyana bella, schottii, parviflora are similar but not quite as nice IMO. A. l...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:14 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Pachycormus discolor - cuttings?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 191
Re: Pachycormus discolor - cuttings?
Hi Mike, I've not had any luck with these rooting. If you are going to trim wait until the stem is in fresh growth, I've had luck with bursera fagaroides rooting so its always worth trying. Good luck I've had the same experience with my attempts at rooting smaller cuttings of mine. After my failure...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:59 pm
- Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
- Topic: Identity required please
- Replies: 6
- Views: 500
Re: Identity required please
Although it's little more than a hunch, once a flower is formed, the first image may torn out to be an Aloe juvenna
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:54 pm
- Forum: Monthly Photo Competitions
- Topic: March 2024 Marvellous Mesembs
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1190
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:46 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: The first day of meteorological spring approaches
- Replies: 8
- Views: 495
Re: The first day of meteorological spring approaches
Aloes are on their second water. I did water Pterocactus araucanus today but it’s in a big clay pot and will dry out pretty quickly. Perhaps it will flower one day..... Same here. Once new growth appeared on Pterocactus tuberosus , and a few other Opuntiad s.. Echinocereus are also resuming growth,...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:30 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Repotting at this time of year in the UK?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1028
Re: Repotting at this time of year in the UK?
Is there a book that is accepted as a sort of bible amongst the Succulent community so i can learn? This book is a great source of information https://wiganlanebooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_3482.jpg It's available here: https://bcss.org.uk/product/the-genus-echeveria-by-john-pilbeam/ T...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:52 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Keeping my plants safe from the cats
- Replies: 7
- Views: 566
Re: Keeping my plants safe from the cats
For most of my plants, I grow them outdoors year round. So animals, such as birds can be a threat. I've found that an animal repellent spray works well. Since the wind can occasionally reach speeds of 50 mph, I use 2 methods for dealing with potted plants. For smaller plants, I pack them close toget...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:04 pm
- Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
- Topic: Gasteria pollination
- Replies: 1
- Views: 448
Re: Gasteria pollination
As far as the answer to fertility, I don't know. As to the pollination, I often observe hummingbirds feeding on these upside down blooms. The result from this are numerous self sown seedlings near the plants involved. I would assume that the analogous birds, like Sunbirds, may have a similar appetit...
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 4:21 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: My avonia quinaria won’t root and it’s been almost a year. Please send help
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1131
Re: My avonia quinaria won’t root and it’s been almost a year. Please send help
In the days before mass production of Mesembs,, a large percentage of these plants were field collected. A number of articles described the reluctance of these newly imported succulents to resume their typical growth period. From the findings discovered at that time, the nearly unanimous opinion was...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 1:31 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Today at Wythenshawe
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1467
Re: Today at Wythenshawe
As some of you know, John Foley and I look after a large arid house collection at Wythenshawe Horticultural Centre , ( see thread On the Move ) Today John was busy showing John Henshaw of Croston Cacti around the greenhouses so it was up to Paul and I to finish moving the donated plants we got just...