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by MaciejW
Sun Dec 31, 2023 6:46 pm
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Aloe pictures
Replies: 13
Views: 2440

Re: Aloe pictures

ralphrmartin wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2023 4:22 pm That Gonialoe sladeniana is a super plant. Nowehere as easy to grow as G. variegata. I'm on the look out for G. dinteri if anyone has one spare or ever comes across one.
G. dinteri has been on my wants list for a number of years now and I have never come across it.
by MaciejW
Sun Dec 31, 2023 6:45 pm
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Aloe pictures
Replies: 13
Views: 2440

Re: Aloe pictures

Great plants Mike!

For whatever reason I have struggled with sladeniana in the past. Seems like flowering has completely exhausted and a single head I am left with looks very sorry for itself. Do you treat yours as a winter growing plant?
by MaciejW
Sun Dec 24, 2023 4:40 pm
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Aloe flowers today
Replies: 9
Views: 1926

Re: Aloe flowers today

Thanks Mike - the plant looks similar to mine then and distinctively different to the type. Now, an interesting point - according to the book 'The Aloe of Madagascar' by J-B and JP Castillon, the type is rare in the filed and its flowers are described as white-pink, while v aurantiaca being more com...
by MaciejW
Fri Dec 22, 2023 10:26 am
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Aloe flowers today
Replies: 9
Views: 1926

Re: Aloe flowers today

Hi Mike, I love the shapes and the colours - small Aloes are great plants to grow and offer lots of variability in leaf shapes, colours and flowers of course. Could you please post a picture of your A. haworthoides v aurantiaca? I have one as well, but it is very different to the pure A. haworthoide...
by MaciejW
Fri Dec 01, 2023 3:36 pm
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: Aloe broomii
Replies: 13
Views: 7152

Re: Aloe broomii

These are seed raised plants of Aloe broomii var tarkaensis. I have kept 3 differently coloured plants. The light one was the only in the whole batch of that colour.
by MaciejW
Mon Nov 20, 2023 7:07 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: What seeds did you order? 2023
Replies: 16
Views: 3825

Re: What seeds did you order? 2023

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Thank you for your kind offer, I won't be needing to take you up on it as I have received the response today, everything I ordered is in stock except for the Aloe florenceae.
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No worries. As for A florenceae, I might have beaten you up to it 😉
by MaciejW
Sun Nov 19, 2023 5:06 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: What seeds did you order? 2023
Replies: 16
Views: 3825

Re: What seeds did you order? 2023

esp wrote: Sun Nov 19, 2023 12:04 pm ALOE perrieri [PR/15]
If you are out of luck for the above, let me know, as I have my own seeds that I would be happy to share.
by MaciejW
Sun Nov 19, 2023 12:16 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Fockea time
Replies: 16
Views: 1861

Re: Fockea time

Tina wrote: Thu Nov 02, 2023 2:27 pm Hi macie
I'm pretty sure my spelling is correct, would be nice to see your plant
Hi Tina - delayed response, but there you are. I let the branches climb so not many of them visib :shock: le in the picture.
by MaciejW
Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:41 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Fockea time
Replies: 16
Views: 1861

Re: Fockea time

I guess I will be changing my label then! Thank you all who contributed!
by MaciejW
Fri Nov 03, 2023 11:46 am
Forum: Aloes, Gasteria, Haworthia Etc (The Haworthia Society)
Topic: October journal
Replies: 5
Views: 2871

Re: October journal

That's really interesting, but the watercolours were the part that attracted my interest and awe the most as well. I would not mind seeing more of these in the publications going forward (tu)