ragamala wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 26, 2019 9:54 am

Is my memory right that the ISI list was published regularly in the BCSS journal and there was a UK person through whom plants could be ordered? But this was discontinued some time ago?

See: viewtopic.php?t=137489#p137489

Cidermanrolls wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 26, 2019 8:00 am

Hi Stuart
What was your route for obtaining plants from the ISI list? I think I must be missing something obvious here. Huntington tell me they cannot send to UK.
Thx
Jon

Like collecting in person when in the USA perhaps?

Yes, probably, it should really be x Gasteraloe 'Flo' without the w. It originated in Europe, whilst many Americans have named/spelt it incorrectly as Flow.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/349764/x- ... lo/Details

Thanks, Phil for spotting the Supplement to CCC3.
Probably the last piece of work by the great, late David Hunt.

... Aylostera ... A name I thought was dead and buried many years ago. See Ivor Crook's article in ESR for a good starting point and further references re. Rebutias et al. https://www.essexsucculentreview.org.uk/assets/downloads/2015/esr-march-2015.pdf If this link does not work for you, go to the ...

Two inch sq. pot, probably 4-6 months old some years ago.

You know my view on large opuntias these days hah, but great flower, Mike.

A nice double flower - I get these occasionally on the odd tunilla too.

Well done both

Well done, Malcolm. In fact, Opuntia in the strictest sense are relatively straight-forward to grow from seed. It's the smaller opuntias (tephrocactus, cumulopuntia, maihueniopsis, etc) which are much more troublesome to germinate. Unlike many Cactaceae seedlings, Opuntioideae seedlings start as a l...