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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
- 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 ...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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.
http://cssaarchives.com/Lithops_history_2014.pdf
Thought some people may be interested.
- 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!!
Are they under artificial light?
Are they under artificial light?