In answer to Trevor's question - I've grown M. luethyii from my own produced seed. I bought two grafted plants about 6-7 years ago hoping that they would be different clones, and cross-pollinated them, the first year I got seed, nothing germinated, but the second year I got about twenty seeds. These...

As I've been taking the journal for over 30 years, (originally the CSGB ) I have seen all these things come and go over time. There have been articles for newbies, and "spotlighted" genera, for which John Pilbeam is famous. But I do agree, there needs to be something for new growers, to ke...

The Mamm looks a bit like M. boolii, or M. insularis (close relation).

You want difficult? Try Anacampseros comptonii! except you probably can't get the seed anywhere. They are teeny-weeny plants from Van Rhyn's Pass (known as Compton's Corner) with a tiny caudex and almost black-green leaves a few mm in size, and pale pink tiny flowers. I had a plant quite a few years...

Yep, Phil, this is the one I've got. It gets quite bristly in old age!

If you get any seeds this year, I'll happily take some off your hands!

Cheers, Diane

Why should he? He's selling loads of plants and just calling them "A very big cactus" - anyway people seem to be buying them. Wonder where they are all coming from? Surely not his collection? Anyone know who he is?

Cheers,

Diane

Tom J Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Julie, I agree that you don't need to focus solely > on trying people join, but also to ensure they > resubscribe year after year. And to be honnest, > that's starting to become a serious issue, not > only for the bcss, but also ...

What are using? Elephant dung???

Looks like they'll all flower, Ian, you have to be around about 4pm when the sun's out!!!!B). Well done for growing these from seed, they're sooo slow!

Cheers, Diane

Apropos my previous posts on variegated Haworthias, here is a pic of some of my others. From the top clockwise - H. subattenuata (from Geoff Southon) which grows quite large and takes on a lovely pink tinge in good light, next is H. cooperi v. pilifera cv 'Milky cloud' making a nice clump, bottom is...