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by Lindsey
Fri Dec 26, 2014 8:42 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: ... and a Happy New Year to one and all.
Replies: 34
Views: 10445

Re: Merry Christmas one and all.

jpp13 C. smorenskaduense blooming today, a Terry Smale's baby (tu) "Lo, how a Cono e'er blooming..." (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lo,_How_a_Rose_E%27er_Blooming&redirect=no ) This was my mother's favourite carol, originally in German (hence WP redirect page) We know it a...
by Lindsey
Wed Dec 24, 2014 2:40 pm
Forum: Genus Of The Month
Topic: December 2014 - Genus of the Month - Gibbaeum
Replies: 9
Views: 6478

Re: December 2014 - Genus of the Month - Gibbaeum

Thanks, Tony, lzrddr, Richaud - and Eddy Harris who wrote the Genus of the Month article on the BCSS page (link is in Tony's post :D ) I find Gibbaeums fascinating, though difficult in the UK climate. Too much humidity in yer typical greenhouse methinks :roll: Mine are (or were when I grew more of t...
by Lindsey
Fri Dec 19, 2014 11:30 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: My Lithops
Replies: 13
Views: 4669

Re: My Lithops

Well-grown-looking young plants, beautifully displayed :notwo: I had guessed 5x5 cm pots :D Some very pleasing colour forms there. I can hear a small cry of "Help!!" from the pot at left of the 3rd row in the middle picture... L.salicola, or possibly L.hallii, tend to clump anyway. Next sp...
by Lindsey
Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:58 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Painted cactus ID!
Replies: 18
Views: 4286

Re: Painted cactus ID!

Not-a-cactus grandiflorus ceramicus :lol:
by Lindsey
Sat Dec 13, 2014 2:30 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: What on earth is that!
Replies: 6
Views: 1805

Re: What on earth is that!

Cover is now viewable on http://www.bcss.org.uk/2006-15.php for those who are not BCSS members, you need to scroll down to the end of the page to see 2014's CactusWorld journals! Obviously a Pachypodium, this is a S.African genus (along with Anacampseros/Avonia) that I've never tried growing. Maybe ...
by Lindsey
Fri Dec 12, 2014 2:58 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Carpobrotus glaucescens
Replies: 2
Views: 972

Re: Carpobrotus glaucescens

Nice photo Mike, brings back memories of Guernsey and Tresco (Scilly) in summer. Are you enjoying an Oz summer just now? or recently returned - if so, that must have been a shock to step into a Sheffield winter.
by Lindsey
Fri Dec 12, 2014 2:48 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: L. pseudotruncatella var. reihmerae 'Green Ivory' ?
Replies: 10
Views: 4957

Re: L. pseudotruncatella var. reihmerae 'Green Ivory' ?

Hi all Lithophiles :D As you see from Marc's post above, (a) the spelling is now correctly "riehmerae" on Keith Green's website, which I warmly commend to anyone interested in named Lithops forms or cultivars; and (b) there is a detailed explanation of the origin of 'Green Ivory'. So, if t...
by Lindsey
Thu Dec 11, 2014 10:32 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: L. pseudotruncatella var. reihmerae 'Green Ivory' ?
Replies: 10
Views: 4957

Re: L. pseudotruncatella var. reihmerae 'Green Ivory' ?

That was a new one to me :???: but I see it is on Keith Green's cultivar list, updated Nov 2014: - and recently published in the MSG Bulletin. "‘Green Ivory’ Lithops pseudotruncatella subsp. pseudotruncatella var. reihmerae 'Green Ivory'. First published by Bernd Schlősser in “ 'Green Ivory' A ...
by Lindsey
Thu Dec 04, 2014 9:59 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Brief History of the Genus Lithops
Replies: 2
Views: 1549

Brief History of the Genus Lithops

Found this on the CSSA website:
http://cssaarchives.com/Lithops_history_2014.pdf
Thought some people may be interested.
by Lindsey
Thu Dec 04, 2014 8:57 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Still a little colour left
Replies: 4
Views: 1241

Re: Still a little colour left

Wow, Hammeruby flowering!! :woho: :notwo: :notwo:
Are they under artificial light?