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by Diane
Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:37 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Idetification help please
Replies: 7
Views: 484

Re: Idetification help please

Pachypodium, probably P. lamerei.
by Diane
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:11 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Repotting at this time of year in the UK?
Replies: 9
Views: 1064

Re: Repotting at this time of year in the UK?

Thanks. I have purchased another Echeveria Miranda Chameleon. https://i.postimg.cc/zBk28NT0/20240228-172758.jpg Without flash https://i.postimg.cc/D0jC4cjG/20240228-172808.jpg With flash He/She looks like they have had a bit of a heard life. At first i thought the holes under the leaves were the re...
by Diane
Fri Feb 16, 2024 3:20 pm
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Haworthia first aid advice required.
Replies: 7
Views: 945

Re: Haworthia first aid advice required.

I suspect it is a truncata hybrid, rather than the true species which doesn’t usually offset as prolifically, and Tony’s advice is good. I find that Haworthias root very readily in moler clay granules, so if you have that to hand maybe give it a go.
by Diane
Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:30 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Hildewintera 2024
Replies: 6
Views: 359

Re: Hildewintera 2024

Beautiful!
by Diane
Sun Jan 28, 2024 7:37 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Insect ID please
Replies: 6
Views: 669

Re: Insect ID please

Agree with Thrips - they love yellow mesemb flowers, and can run very fast. Unfortunately there are no current insecticides which will eliminate them, alas. The life cycle is that eggs are laid in the soil, and the young nymphs which are usually yellow, hatch out and feed on young growth, resulting ...
by Diane
Wed Nov 22, 2023 2:08 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Dobbies latest stapelia plant?
Replies: 5
Views: 1384

Re: Dobbies latest stapelia plant?

Scented flowers? Odoriferous more like! You’ll only know when it flowers.
by Diane
Fri Nov 17, 2023 9:35 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: First time for flowers- Conophytum
Replies: 6
Views: 1567

Re: First time for flowers- Conophytum

Ah, OK! Well done!
by Diane
Thu Nov 16, 2023 9:19 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: First time for flowers- Conophytum
Replies: 6
Views: 1567

Re: First time for flowers- Conophytum

Congratulations on your first flowering! However it doesn’t look like C. comptonii (quite a rare species) which would normally have straw yellow flowers. Hopefully someone else might be able to identify it.