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by Phil_SK
Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:12 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: scottish cacti ?
Replies: 3
Views: 825

Re: scottish cacti ?

I can't bring to mind a nursery in Scotland but I will plead the case of mail order suppliers. I've bought plants, over the years, from loads of nurseries and amateurs by post (too many to recall) and have never, ever been disappointed. I know some people like to see a photo of the very plant they'r...
by Phil_SK
Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:45 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Aloe polyphylla
Replies: 15
Views: 3791

Re: Aloe polyphylla

Have you tried putting it out in the garden whilst there's still a chance of a few frosty nights?
by Phil_SK
Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:44 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Flowers or new pads?
Replies: 11
Views: 2167

Re: Flowers or new pads?

by Phil_SK
Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:54 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Flowers or new pads?
Replies: 11
Views: 2167

Re: Flowers or new pads?

It's a fascinating guessing game. My big Maihueniopsis subterranea has some promising signs - I'll get a photo tomorrow. It hasn't flowered before (for me anyway, it came from John Marsden's collection dispersal) but it's certainly big enough and the buds are higher up on the stems than I'd expect f...
by Phil_SK
Sun Apr 13, 2008 11:45 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Planting up a trough
Replies: 3
Views: 435

Re: Planting up a trough

You could sink the plants, still in their pots, in gravel - either to check how it looks or longterm, to allow you to change it fairly easily should necessity or whim dictate.
by Phil_SK
Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:31 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Went into Homebase in Shrewsbury....
Replies: 54
Views: 7693

Re: Went into Homebase in Shrewsbury....

Fresh from a Spanish field, do you think?
by Phil_SK
Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:27 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Double headed astro
Replies: 8
Views: 875

Re: Double headed astro

There's a 2 ribbed form too!
by Phil_SK
Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:43 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Cactus auction Ident please
Replies: 9
Views: 2044

Re: Cactus auction Ident please

Gymnocalycium ragonesei, probably Pachycereus pringleyi, don't know the Aloe, then Echinopsis ancistrophora 'subdenudata' would be my guesses.
by Phil_SK
Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:08 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Read any good books??
Replies: 8
Views: 1649

Re: Read any good books??

"Succulents. The Illustrated Dictionary" by Maurizio Sajeva and Mariangela Costanzo 1995) is a nice general book. It sometimes crops up in cheap bookshops too, though less so nowadays. There's about 1200 photos, 6 to a page, with a fairly brief description. There is a 'vol 2' published mor...