Derek > I did see an Aloe like A. variegata in the veld > once just south of Aus in Namibia and it looked > pretty much just like the widespread A. variegata > in South Africa, a bit smaller perhaps, but > qualitatively the same. So a separate name is not > justified i.m..h.o. I defer to your vastly...

My Pterocactus tuberosus flowered one year, and I almost missed it - the flowers were dark brown - exactly the same colour as the stems...

Colin

I can see my "recognition" counts for nothing!

Ho hum. I bet your greenhouse is pretty empty - recognising only a few species in each genus, eh!?

You'll be lumping Stapelia into Pachypodium next, or something, I can tell!

(Not entirely seriously)

Dear All > Looks like bog-standard A. variegata to moi. I must say I am not too convinced by the picture at the top of this thread. But try looking at this picture: http://www.palkowitschia.cz/sukulenty/Galerie/sukulenty/slides/Aloe%20ausana.html This one looks a bit different (somewhat between &quo...

Aloenut > I was wondering if you knew of a formal description of A ausana or how the name originated? IPNI (International Plant Names Index) is the place to go to find where plants were first described. http://www.ipni.org/index.html It reports: Aloe ausana Dinter & Dinter -- Repert. Spec. Nov. ...

As far as I am concerned, early watering does NOT seem to be a problem for Rebutias, Lobivias, Sulcos, etc. The only genus where I suspect it may make a difference is Echinocereus: I have heard that if you water these too early, you may get more offsets than flowers. In the lasy couple of years, I h...

A couple of rules I use when buying off eBay are - make sure the seller says the plant you are getting is the one in the photo: I have seen some places show pics of say a 10cm specimen Ariocarpus while the small print says you will get a 1cm seedling of this species. - make sure the photo is clear, ...

Most books reduce A ausana to A variegata these days. I have seen plants labelled A ausana which look a bit different to A variegata. The leaves tend to be shorter and perhaps broader , and held more horizontal, and the body to be a bit darker green then A variegata as normally encountered. The flow...

Bill Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 23 miles definitely, a local branch, my nearest is > in a different blooming country and 90 miles away, > the nearest in Wales is 170 miles away. There's nothing else for it, you'll just have to move. :) I know North and South Wal...

Crickey, do you put a cow pat in the bottom of each pot? My plants haven't clumped up like that!

Can you edit your posts to say what species are these supposed to be?