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by DaveW
Sun May 07, 2023 1:15 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: It’s Sulcorebutia time!
Replies: 24
Views: 1046

Re: It’s Sulcorebutia time!

Nice plants Diane. I bought a some a few years ago from one of Nick Gash's offerings on this Forum. They apparently flower best if given a cool winter rest. I remember Brian Fearn in a talk years ago saying after a trip to a warm part of India those there said their Sulco's grew fast but hardly ever...
by DaveW
Sun May 07, 2023 12:48 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: S. Mirabilis soldiers on...
Replies: 21
Views: 834

Re: S. Mirabilis soldiers on...

Maybe not a long lived plant, but certainly not a flower once and die plant. As Ralph says they set fertile seed without needing to be cross pollinated. You need to keep setting a few seeds periodically to ensure you have replacements coming along since not all cacti "live forever", some r...
by DaveW
Fri May 05, 2023 11:46 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Hutchison Borzicactus/Cleistocactus
Replies: 7
Views: 1713

Re: Hutchison Borzicactus/Cleistocactus

Evidently we are able to update this now since it was published in Bradleya 28: 3 (2010) by Graham Charles. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77106238-1#:~:text=Borzicactus%20hutchisonii%20G.J.Charles%20First%20published%20in%20Bradleya%2028%3A,primarily%20in%20the%20desert%...
by DaveW
Thu May 04, 2023 6:22 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Is the forum dying?
Replies: 62
Views: 3098

Re: Is the forum dying?

Really on this type of Forum you can only go by the number of views since the subject started to get an idea of what interests people enough to view.
by DaveW
Thu May 04, 2023 10:47 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Acharagma
Replies: 6
Views: 418

Re: Acharagma

Interesting Tom,

There is also of course the form Alfred Lau found called Acharagma roseanum subsp. galeanense having his number L1187.

http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACT ... /Acharagma roseanum subs. galeanense

Will have to look out for Acharagma roseanum v. robustior
by DaveW
Tue May 02, 2023 11:08 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Is the forum dying?
Replies: 62
Views: 3098

Re: Is the forum dying?

Hi Zoom, It rather depends on the advice? Some complain they get few replies, but generally if somebody gives say the correct identification or advice others will not bother simply repeating it. Not in your case, but one thing you do get is some new members joining and not waiting for answers to the...
by DaveW
Mon May 01, 2023 5:20 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Is the forum dying?
Replies: 62
Views: 3098

Re: Is the forum dying?

As to the "knowledgeable" disappearing from the Forum, most of those were the pre 1970's -80's members of the Society who have now largely died off. The younger generation are the Social Media generation, mostly more attracted to "chatty" type Social Media groups having only a su...
by DaveW
Mon May 01, 2023 12:59 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Who ate all the pies - Lophophora
Replies: 8
Views: 361

Re: Who ate all the pies - Lophophora

I had in the back of my mind there was a white flowered form of L. friccii therefore looked it up and it appears similar to Tina's if you scroll right down the link below. "This white flowering variety of L. fricii is known for having a peculiar yellowish epidermis, and can be found southwest o...
by DaveW
Mon May 01, 2023 12:31 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Who ate all the pies - Lophophora
Replies: 8
Views: 361

Re: Who ate all the pies - Lophophora

Looks like Lophophora diffusa? Not sure either Tina's or yours is L. fricii since that has a reddish flower. though flower colours can be variable. http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACTI/Family/Cactaceae/1752/Lophophora_fricii Left to right. L. williamsii, L. fricii, L. diffusa. lophophora's.jpg A...
by DaveW
Mon May 01, 2023 11:03 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Who ate all the pies - Lophophora
Replies: 8
Views: 361

Re: Who ate all the pies - Lophophora

Don't worry Tina. I have split them in the past almost to the crown and within about two years or so the split disappeared down the base. Whilst Lophophora's don't seem to gain size fast they do grow quicker than people think since they "concertina" at the base. I was given one somebody ha...