Hi Folks I have one using kebab sticks which are very inexpensive from supermarkets. When repotting spreading plants such as Huernias, Piaranthus and the likes. I lay several horizontally on the top of the pot in a course grid. Place the plant on the sticks, threading a stick through where needed. T...

More coming into bud for next month but for the moment Aloe longistyla is looking nice.

Echeveria rosea in mid winter.

Hi Rogan

Good luck as it would be nice to find that plant more widely available.

A nice plant to grow. As you see it likes to spread underground. Be a little cautious with watering as they can easily rot. My plant grows happily enough under the benching in a sunny greenhouse so gets broken sunlight.
The flowers are such a reward when they arrive.

Such nice succulents Dorstenia's. For me they have a lot of character with their strange flower structure and knarled Bonsai like appearance. Here are two of mine. the first D. foetida I have grown for over a decade and the second D. hilderbrandtii ssp. crispum I have grown for one year aquiring it ...

Hi All Throwing my little bit into the melting pot of Ariocarpus culture. I have grown a few successfully for many years and yes have lost a few seedlings whilst getting them established through root rot. I water in Spring and Autumn starting late March/April then mid September to mid November appro...

Crassulacea Network Thanks Ian I will get in touch with John. Looking further on the Crassulacea Network site it does give me hope that they are good species. Liz & Ian if you are interested I have a couple of E. trianthina spare clones from leaves. Any swaps appreciated :razz: It would be good...

I looked on the International Crassulacea Network and found not very much about E rodolfii and a fair bit about E trianthina. They appear to be correctly identified as far as I can see. Thanks Liz and well spotted. Just hoping that someone has germinated E. Rodolfii from Gerrard Koehres seed list. ...

Eric Williams wrote:Hi Martin, sorry I cannot help with the ID's of these plants, but I must say they are beautiful indeed. I would try Google for Id . Cheers

Hi Eric
Yes certainly worth growing and propagating. Unfortunately very little on Google.