I'd go for Haworthia cymbiformis

Agave attenuata is unusual among Agaves in not having a sharp spike on the end of each leaf. Much safer than most for use in areas with children. Commonly used as a (summer) bedding plant in botanical or other large gardens in the UK, but planted out year round in gardens and public areas in Austral...

Thanks Mike. How hardy is it, do you know? I don't have any Disocactus as they don't tend to be very hardy, if I recall correctly..... Both flagelliformis and x mallisonii survived the 2010-11 winter in an unheated greenhouse (many other previously hardy plants didn't) and had been fine without hea...

Is Aporocactus mallisonii a good species? Never heard of it until I saw a post there now on Facebook. Or is it some sort of a Disocactus hybrid? I can’t find much on it. It's a hybrid, so should be Disocactus x mallisonii. It's D. flagelliformis x D. speciosus. Stems are quite a bit thicker than fl...

Thanks to everyone who entered; I won't attempt to comment on every entry. I was very impressed by Juster's Aloe haworthiodes , superb plants, which would surely win first prize if the plants themselves were being judged. It must be quite a job to move one around or repot :eek: Also impressed by Ed'...

I'm not reading too much into this other than there is a need to do long-term tests first before moving everything over to a new formulation. Otherwise bad stuff can happen even if it takes a few years to show up... We have a problem, though, because although the label on the bag might be the same,...

Current batches of Westland No.2 in the south-east are 'good' for me :smile: Remember different parts of the country may get 'different' Westland product - I think - they are not all manufactured at one site, reflecting legacy companies, and to reduce transport costs, so are dependent upon local qu...

Sheffield Botanical Gardens had about 6 Aloe striatula planted in a small bed last year. By the end of the winter they all looked awful, 2 still had some signs of life. The apparently dead ones were dug out, which may well have been somewhat premature. One of the survivors lost it's growing point bu...

The last one (No. 6) looks as if it's the Cleistocactus straussii. No. 5 looks to be Mammillaria Uno Pico.

Not my plant Nothing in my criteria to prevent that. most of which are quite young and not impressive as individual plants. It's the photo that I'll be judging, not the plant. So a young plant is fine. The photo competition is a chance to post photos that may well be of interest, and maybe generate...