I have a few photos (prints) of the glasshouse at Wythenshawe Park, taken in January 1994 - the only time I visited. I'll try to digitise them over the weekend. Without looking, I think the planting was a fairly unimaginative mix of Agave and large Cereus.

I always felt that the letters page missed something - a reply. In a way, the little short articles take the place of some of the letters.

Mamm hahniana, bombycina and Parodia haselbergii?

Isn't that like spreading manure on you patio to keep the flies out of the house?

I'll tell you what though, once they're rooted they don't half grow fast. I'll be starting a thread next week about mine, including some 'before' pics too.

I want to know why I've never had a RSM attack. I've had terrible problems with them on house plants in the conservatory but never on succulents in the gh.

Budapest's parentage isn't mentioned here so I assume it's unknown.

Are you thinking of Stenocactus?

A relevant question is this: Is having one rare plant sat in a greenhouse in the UK better than bulldozing it in habitat? In most cases my answer would be "No". It is a fact that there are plenty of habitat collected plants in collections in the UK, though they probably represent only a ti...