You can find Ceropegia fusca growing in the Fataga Valley in the south of the island. I posted an article a while ago in the Travelogues foum here: http://www.bcss.org.uk/foruma/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=139116&hilit=ceropegia+fusca As others have said, both Cactualdea and Palmitos Park in the so...

I agree with Dennis and Phil. I never harvest Lophophora seed from the moist fleshy fruits, only from the older dried up ones, and I always get great germination from them that way.

During the great storm we had a few years back, every panel of polycarbonate blew out of my greenhouse. The place looked like a bomb had hit it. The insurance company (CIS) paid out to reglaze the greenhouse without any hassle. I didn't try to claim for any of the plants though; they might be pricel...

Hi Trevor I think they'll appreciate all the warmth you can give them and they can tolerate being dry for a remarkable length of time. You can perhaps just about see from the first photograph how shrivelled many of the stems are. Gran Canaria is often subjected to a sirocco (called locally " la...

This article was first published in the March 2000 journal of the BCSS. It is reproduced here by kind permission of the editor. http://www.carlhoward.co.uk/images/ceropegia/015.jpg Ceropegia fusca in habitat in Fataga Valley, Gran canaria It is not always necessary to travel to remote parts of the ...

Peter,

Glad the sulco's still with us after all this time (more than I care to remember, as I haven't lived in Irlam for almost fifteen years )

Carl

Dot,

No, I didn't get my S. schinzii plants from John; mine are seed raised by myself from a 2003 IAS seed list.

Carl

Thanks for the words of welcome everyone! Dot - You can find Ceropegia fusca about 5km into the Barranco de Fataga on the road to Fataga, travelling north out of Playa del Ingles/Maspalomas. It grows mainly on rock strewn scree slopes about half way into the valley, mostly on the left side of the ro...

Wiebe Do you happen to know the collection number of the S. schinzii seed you sowed from the IAS in 2003? Is it specifically the angolensis variety that you're looking for or the schinzii variety, as I have several S. schinzii v. schinzii plants seed raised from that source with the collection numbe...

Hello everyone, I have just joined the forum and would like to post an introduction by way of a hello. My name is Carl Howard, I'm 47 years old and live in Blackley, North Manchester, UK. I began growing cacti and succulents when I was 11 years old, which means I've been growing them now on and off ...