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by Kees
Sun Jul 04, 2021 6:31 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Why do some plants cluster in cultivation?
Replies: 18
Views: 1983

Re: Why do some plants cluster in cultivation?

When we sow seeds most germinate as we sow under optimal conditions. We go on to keep the ones we like most. Those are probably not the ones that would have survived in habitat where only a few seeds of the same lot would have germinated and only the fittest would have survived. The fittest in habit...
by Kees
Tue Jun 08, 2021 7:52 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Helping seedlings
Replies: 6
Views: 1140

Helping seedlings

Do you guys and gals help seedlings? Or is it survival of the fittest in your seedtrays?

I help seedlings' roots by covering them with soil when they seem to need help and remove seed coats when seedlings seem to have a hard time shedding them.
by Kees
Sun Jun 06, 2021 9:55 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: 13 yeard old Avonia alstonii dead from Sunburn
Replies: 3
Views: 773

Re: 13 yeard old Avonia alstonii dead from Sunburn

That's a very sad occurrence.
Unfortunately I cannot see the pics.
by Kees
Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:48 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: WR493
Replies: 15
Views: 2049

Re: WR493

https://www.cactuspro.com/biblio_fichie ... 1999_1.pdf

Did you see this one in my above post?
by Kees
Thu Jun 03, 2021 6:39 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: WR493
Replies: 15
Views: 2049

Re: WR493

Do you read German? Pp 59-63 Take a look at this: https://www.dkg.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Infobrief-2000-30-FE.pdf And: https://www.dkg.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/kuas_1972_9_opt_1476.pdf Is this the Cactus & co you are waiting for? https://www.cactuspro.com/biblio_fichiers/pdf/Cactus_C...
by Kees
Tue Jun 01, 2021 9:50 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: The latest of many recent poaching arrests in South Africa
Replies: 7
Views: 1073

Re: The latest of many recent poaching arrests in South Africa

History is repeating itself. Not so long ago big game was brought to the brink of extinction by trophy hunters.
by Kees
Tue Jun 01, 2021 7:24 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: The latest of many recent poaching arrests in South Africa
Replies: 7
Views: 1073

Re: The latest of many recent poaching arrests in South Africa

For successful protection the cooperation of local people is paramount. If they are allowed to grow plants from harvested seeds they will become interested in protecting the wild specimens. Problem of course is to tell cultivated plants from wild specimens. The latter providing relatively effortless...
by Kees
Tue Jun 01, 2021 7:12 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Poaching......Conophytum burgeri
Replies: 5
Views: 965

Re: Poaching......Conophytum burgeri

Very sad.
This underlines once more every collector's responsibility to only buy from reputable sources and never pay high prices for a specimen of a rare species. High prices paid are perverse incentives for illegal collectors.
by Kees
Sat May 22, 2021 10:24 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Interesting plant on bcss Facebook page
Replies: 18
Views: 2127

Re: Interesting plant on bcss Facebook page

When I was a child I put a non-succulent Euphorbia cyparissias in front of an ancient luminous alarm clock. The stem closest to the clock started growing in a tight spiral and always did afterwards. I should have taken cuttings and made my fortune. Assuming you slept next to your alarm clock that i...
by Kees
Thu May 20, 2021 8:06 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: A rare sight for me
Replies: 3
Views: 940

Re: A rare sight for me

Hope the seeds will germinate.