Dear Folks, Someone has at last shown interest in my Lithops-for-Sale post in the For Sale section. Now I need to ask for advice on how best to package Lithops for travel through the post . I will also need this presumably if I am donating plants in future via the MSG excess plant sharing-out scheme...

I third this excellent suggestion (tu) following on from the earlier thread http://www.bcss.org.uk/foruma/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=114719 Seems to me that the easiest way would be for everyone to send in details of cactus-and-succulent sites near / known to them, including the address of the place an...

It looks South African and Mesemb-like, but what is it?

And can it stay outside all year round?

E

iann wrote:Yup. L. julii ssp fulleri to be precise.

For my education, what distinguishing criteria are you using? I was looking for "football stitching" at the edges, but could not really see any?

Yours, E

I like the idea of a living legacy of plants passed down the generations. A cheering article about Amazonia reported that local farmers had started planting slow-maturing Amazon-native hardwoods again, despite the fact that only their grand-children would reap the benefit of harvesting the timber. W...

Euan, Yes, please let us know your secret! It must be your mix, thats all I can think of. Beginner's luck? Genetic luck? Lightbox and food? In my earliest attempt before learning from the Forum about soil sterilisation and Chinosol, I sowed 100 Lophophora williamsii seeds from the less-than-ideal s...

What I'd really like to find is the yellow form that used to be called Lewinii... Nice picture - and a very different variety from mine... Dear Peter A, I think the name " lewinii " as originally published by Hennings in 1888 [ sic ] on ths basis of re-hydrating desiccated "mescale b...

As promised in original posting:

Which one is Chevy Chase?

So is this C300 or C124? Neither. This is not a listed Cole population, but is known to the appropriate organisations in South Africa. Glad to hear that there are in fact other colonies of this beauty. Sound from what you say about this being a threatened population that the precise location should...