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by ralphrmartin
Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:36 pm
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: H. truncata root cutting propagation anyone?
Replies: 6
Views: 1012

Re: H. truncata root cutting propagation anyone?

What exactly did you do? Slice through one of the roots at soil level, and wait for it to grow an offset? Or something else?

I find Haworthia roots tend to be deciduous in my growing conditions (i.e. plants often lose roots and grow new ones) - so how would a root cutting work in such a case?
by ralphrmartin
Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:03 pm
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Aloe pictures
Replies: 14
Views: 3593

Re: Aloe pictures

It looks like it needs a lot of space...
by ralphrmartin
Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:14 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Unexpected Volunteer Seedling
Replies: 4
Views: 514

Re: Unexpected Volunteer Seedling

It was nestled up agaainst the back of the parent (which is how I missed it at first). I thought the parent had offsetted (which in itself would have been unusual), but the seedling had its own roots and was not attached when I repotted the parent.,
by ralphrmartin
Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:12 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Sedum Palmers 'rayones'
Replies: 13
Views: 997

Re: Sedum Palmers 'rayones'

habanerocat wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 1:46 pm Is there any hardy succulent plants associated with graves and graveyards in the UK?
Various Petrosedums (rupestre and similar) do well in such places...
by ralphrmartin
Fri Feb 16, 2024 7:14 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Kew's Tree of Life
Replies: 7
Views: 562

Re: Kew's Tree of Life

Thanks for bringing this interesting paper to our attention. I'm going to study it carefully...
by ralphrmartin
Fri Feb 16, 2024 5:49 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Unexpected Volunteer Seedling
Replies: 4
Views: 514

Unexpected Volunteer Seedling

I get plenty of volunteer seedlings in my Aylostera pots, and have even had Lophophoras, but this one is something unexpected Turbinicarpus valdezianus which I find very slow if you deliberately sow it... Anyway, it is now repotted in pumice. It has 2 heads, each about 5mm across IMG20240216150218.j...
by ralphrmartin
Thu Feb 15, 2024 5:13 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Sedum Palmers 'rayones'
Replies: 13
Views: 997

Re: Sedum Palmers 'rayones'

Another Mexican Sedum which has survived outdoors for the last 2 winters for me is Sedum kimnachii, even in Wales where the last 2 winters have been very et as well as cold.
by ralphrmartin
Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:16 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Kew's Tree of Life
Replies: 7
Views: 562

Re: Kew's Tree of Life

Get yourself a DNA sequencing machine and some supplies ? :twisted: :grin:

More seriously, amateur lichenologists have for years had to deal with identifying species which can only be readily separated by chemical testing.
by ralphrmartin
Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:32 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Kew's Tree of Life
Replies: 7
Views: 562

Re: Kew's Tree of Life

On the contrary Mat, I hope they will include many more taxa which are morphologically the same, but are genetically different....
by ralphrmartin
Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:31 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Hildewintera 2024
Replies: 6
Views: 338

Re: Hildewintera 2024

I saved some seed from my Hildewintera hybrids last year, and will be sowing them in March. I look forward to seeing the results...