I will work on that, it is a bit difficult to get a decent picture this time of year due to the gloomy weather, and I dont have many pics from last year, only bought a digital camera a year or so ago. I did post a pic of a non-cactus/succulent plant of interest in the appropriate thread...
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Ali

Hi Marlon
the other problem with relocation is that it only saves the species you relocate, not the habitat and the numerous other species that depend on it .
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Ali

Sorry no picture ( I never got around to taking one) but plant of the year for me was Pediocactus simpsonii v. minor, flowering for the first time from seed sown in 1990. Not a very exciting flower, but a very long wait made it memorable!

Thanks Bill and Lindsey It is in a 4 inch pot at present having been restarted from a cutting of about 1 foot long last spring, I will certainly pot it on this spring. Lindsey, it is certainly toasty warm, being on my south west facing windowsill in the company of Discocactus and melocactus and othe...

Thanks Peter, I will persevere with plenty of feeding and water next spring and see what happens. I did wonder whether the persistent juvenile form had anything to do with raising it from seed, compared with cuttings. I was guessing that a cutting taken from a plant that had already produced twining...

Thanks Stuart
I have been browsing a few back numbers of cactus world so I may be rejoining...
Ali

Hi Mike I have grown cacti and some succulents under unheated glass for about 35 years in various places, including North Kent (very very cold in winter in the late 70s), halfway up a mountain in North Wales (warm but very wet) and now in the East Midlands. My advice for which plants to try would be...

Hi I have enjoyed reading your posts over the last few months, and decided that I had better join in! I have been growing cacti and succulents for 40 years now, about 35 of those under unheated glass. I have a very mixed collection in a glasshouse kept frost free for the benefit of my other non-succ...