Beautiful plants and flowers

That's interesting, thanks iann I've seen some people say that their caudex stops growing if at all exposed to light, so to know they naturally grow a little exposed is reassuring.

Thanks for setting me straight iann, that’s a big help

I assume the seedlings will grow with their little caudexes buried, so at what age do you start raising them? (I’m thinking about risk of rot versus slower growth.)

No worries iann, thanks for looking

I'm assuming that, since they're so slow-growing, the seeds/seedlings should be treated much like aztekium (i.e. longer-than-average in the bag). Please correct me if that's a terrible mistake in judgement

That's good to know, thanks Terry

Hi iann,

I'd be happy to have a go at germinating those seeds, especially if the alternative is them going in the bin

I've had mine for about 18 months, running them alternately an hour on and an hour off. They're still working as when they were new, but I'm unsure to what extent giving them a 'break' in activity has increased their longevity.

I have a couple of these and have found them to be reliable:

https://bit.ly/39xOy86

Not the cheapest in the world, but not outrageous either. Fairly quiet and quite reliable.

Hello everyone, I hope all is well with all members of this forum in these difficult and unusual times. I'm wondering if anyone has any fresh seeds of avonia quinaria ssp. quinaria (or alstonii) that they'd be willing to send/sell me? I don't usually make requests like this but I've been wanting to ...

I've germinated quite a few of these from seed. Initially their reputation made me worried about losing them, but after the first couple of times I realised that they don't have any particularly special needs. The last batch I germinated weren't even in a bag. I just put them on a heat mat (28C day ...