habanerocat wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 2:05 am Sounds to me like this one.
A 'remarkable' book.

9780195084153-uk.jpg

Is it possible for you to expound on the outstanding merits which you used to arrive at the conclusion which is deserving of that complimentary adjective?

AllanA wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:36 am Todays photo:-PP909.jpg
Artisan plants PP909

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I checked PP 909 |= Pyrrhocactus horridus?

el48tel wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2023 9:24 am Nice plant.
For me it's the texture. The range in the genus is truly amazing.

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If it is soft and spongy, then I would cut it out until you come across nothing but fresh looking greenish tissue, and all the brown stuff is gone. If one of the parts is hard, I would have a look to see if it spreads. You could take a pen and mark the edges, to see if it spreads the next week / we...

When I 1st saw the image you posted, it reminded me of a pair of plants I bought in '04 from the long gone Great Petaluma Desert. They were sold as T. stenocaulis [/i]. The owner said he had 2 forms. One met the description accurately, but the other looked like the one you posted. A few months later...

I've owned this book since the '80s. It was published in Prague in '81. Here's a link to a book seller:

https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/ ... 7333583/bd

It contains the topics that were described.

This one a very recent purchase. Labelled as t. striatus but I’m 99% sure that’s not the case. Stem reminds me of wallichii, which I’ve been looking for for ages, but again I don’t think it’s that. Does anyone have any ideas? Could be a small grandiflorus now I think about it. IMG_9938.jpeg I've gr...

This plant is naturally a scrambler through surrounding vegetation. I would advise keeping the stems upright - next year they should be large enough to attempt to flower, which is the whole point of growing this species. If you loop the three stems together with a tie, they should balance upright, ...

Mike P wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 7:43 am For me the winner is Darren’s close up of a Trichodiadema.

Are you nominating this nice macro?


If so, I agree.

el48tel wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:26 am 2023-04-13 16-43-42 (C,S4).jpg
Trichodiadema spines

Great macro!