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by John Dos
Sun Dec 08, 2019 6:17 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Unconventional Lithops Practice
Replies: 9
Views: 2659

Re: Unconventional Lithops Practice

I don' t get it. I love blackcurrants, but I can't grow them at my place (no cold winters). So I don't even try. I could torture them, that's true ...
by John Dos
Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:30 am
Forum: Monthly Photo Competitions
Topic: November 2019 - Grown From Seed
Replies: 14
Views: 8467

Re: November 2019 - Grown From Seed

dicroram.JPG Dicrocaulon ramulosum , from seeds (S.Hammer, Riethuis), sown in December 2014. Sometimes I think the plants we cherish so much might be just weeds at their home. Alas, it's the only one that survived and I am hoping for flowers and seeds this year. The flower is white and big, quite n...
by John Dos
Sun Nov 10, 2019 5:44 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Lithops karasmontana
Replies: 6
Views: 1826

Re: Lithops karasmontana

These are very beautiful indeed!
by John Dos
Sat Nov 09, 2019 4:48 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Lithops karasmontana
Replies: 6
Views: 1826

Lithops karasmontana

This has been the tenth day for the flower- and I suppose it will be the last.
lithops karam.JPG
And yes, today the flower didn't open.
by John Dos
Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:05 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Pondering photosynthesis
Replies: 10
Views: 3499

Re: Pondering photosynthesis

With moderate tº and high relative humidity the plant has no need to protect from evapo-transpiration.
by John Dos
Sun Jun 24, 2018 9:18 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Albuca spiralis
Replies: 26
Views: 6861

Re: Albuca spiralis

Oh wow! Beautiful!
by John Dos
Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:30 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: That Avonia is off again
Replies: 15
Views: 5501

Re: That Avonia is off again

Oh wow! I need one! My one and only Anacampseros cf. namaquensis is doing well for years now, so Avonia should be ok to grow. Very nice!
by John Dos
Fri Jun 15, 2018 2:18 pm
Forum: Monthly Photo Competitions
Topic: June 2018 – My most beautiful flower
Replies: 24
Views: 23502

Re: June 2018 – My most beautiful flower

Just flowering, Trichodiadema.
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by John Dos
Thu Jun 14, 2018 1:44 pm
Forum: Travelogues
Topic: A week in Gran Canaria
Replies: 22
Views: 35401

Re: A week in Gran Canaria

Just found this thread - a year too late. Some of the names in the pictures are mistaken, but then, in Aeonium , many things are changing now. There is much more to see on GC. And even that I'm no fan of opuntia and agave, these plants have been used in former times for the precarious economy of the...
by John Dos
Sun May 27, 2018 10:10 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Des Cole
Replies: 6
Views: 7937

Re: Des Cole

So sad. My condolences to the family.

His books will stay alive for many, many years.