Cactusgirl wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 06, 2018 8:16 am

What temperature do root mealy bugs die out (if they do) and the upper plant mealy bugs?

I wish!

Welcome to the forum, Cheryl - and both of you to the society.

MikeDom wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 28, 2018 12:29 pm

Keep it dry above 10 degrees over winter and start watering carefully from about April as the weather warms up.

Mine has happily coped with winter temperatures down to 3 deg C without any problem over several winters. I agree that the plant should be kept dry in winter.

I agree with habanerocat. His photos show classic signs of root mealy bug. Clusters of white fluffy powdery deposits with individual grey/white mealy bugs prominent as well.

Welcome to the forum, conolady. Don't worry about the photo orientation. We get them all ways on the forum. It seems to be a particular problem with iphones.

Nice specimens Ernie. Sorry I can't identify the Trichodiadema.

This is a credit to all the volunteers who work at Winterbourne. My wife and I visited the collection several years ago with Northampton & Milton Keynes branch and judging from the photos it looks as good as ever, especially with some of the plants in flower. Thanks for posting these photos, Christi...

It looks more like a mammillaria to me but the species eludes me - there are so many.

It doesn't look good. If it is continuing to progress I think I would do as you suggest and remove one of the pups. It is not an ideal time to root offshoots but you might find that it already has some roots. Leave it to callous then put it on some porous substrate containing little if any moisture....

Lovely flower - well done to catch it before it closed. The plant looks in very good condition.