"BRITISH Cactus and Succulent Society (Spalding branch) has a cactus and succulent plant sale on Saturday, 10am to 4pm, at the community centre, Fishpond Lane, PE12 7DE. Sales by at least 12 leading cactus nurseries and growers. Free admission. Ample free parking. Refreshments available. Furthe...

"How Some Leaves Got Fat: It's the Veins" - good read.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 123957.htm

"Expert David Rushforth will be talking about grafting and seed raising at the next meeting of the Sheffield branch of the British Cactus & Succulent Society."
http://www.thestar.co.uk/community/talk ... -1-5560581

he knows his stuff! worth a visit.

http://www.koehres-kaktus.de/shop/index.php/language/en

new list

Hi Lindsey, The Mionack theater is superb - take pleanty of food and some plastic bags to sit on, get there early and it becomes a place of magic. Their plants are lovely, even things like Aloe plicatilis (which some would now not place in Aloe if I understand correctly). Both day shows and night ar...

Hi Ali,
Yes - not for those without a steady hand.... but worth a try.

best regards
chris

Hi Ali, Good news that your plants are still with us - it does take time (actually things grow slowly for me I think, I grow them quite hard) but who takes on a plant like this without committing to a long term project? Hi Brain, Well spotted on the Aloe - I thought it perhaps had passed people's at...

Hi Martin,
It is aboout 6" across and it must be 10 years old I guess. Slow but steady....

best regards
chris

It seems it's a boy....




and this one is flowering A. pearsoni


chris

bit here on light transmission:

http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/content/5 ... l.pdf+html