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by Stuart
Sun Sep 27, 2020 11:01 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Hello from sunny north Worcestershire!
Replies: 6
Views: 1922

Re: Hello from sunny north Worcestershire!

Welcome to the Forum, you can never have too many succulents! If this was a normal year I'd recommend the Cactus Show at Birmingham Botanical Gardens which would have been in a week or so. Hopefully it will be back to normal for early October next year.

Stuart
by Stuart
Sun Sep 27, 2020 10:55 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Aeonium 'Mardi Gras' Variations
Replies: 3
Views: 1095

Aeonium 'Mardi Gras' Variations

Aeoniums clearly to be flavour of the month. I've been growing 'Mardi Gras' since it first became available in 2014 and it soon branches when cut. All my plants are the same clone but I've had a few colour changes over the years. aeonium mardi gras a.JPG The one on the left has grown with very pale ...
by Stuart
Sun Sep 27, 2020 10:32 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Aeonium 'Superbang' and 'Inferno'
Replies: 8
Views: 1629

Re: Aeonium 'Superbang' and 'Inferno'

With species names, it's botanists trying to justify their own existence, at least the species name is usually constant, ie. Neoporteria Napina might be called Eriosyce Napina but generally the species stays even though botanists like to mess about with genera. With hybrids it's a minefield with nur...
by Stuart
Sun Sep 27, 2020 9:37 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Aeonium 'Superbang' and 'Inferno'
Replies: 8
Views: 1629

Re: Aeonium 'Superbang' and 'Inferno'

Aeoniums tend to vary in colour during the year. The one in the photo is 'Fiesta' , another hybrid from Renee O'Connell at Altmans in California, the same lady that came up with 'Mardi Gras'. Altmans have plant breeders rights for all of the plants they have hybridised but usually for the US only. T...
by Stuart
Sat Sep 26, 2020 11:04 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Digital thermostat
Replies: 11
Views: 1995

Re: Digital thermostat

The specs for the inkbird model seem to vary depending on where I look. Some show max output 1100w and some show 2200w. Are there different models or different models for different countries, max output of 1100watts wouldn't be much use.

Stuart
by Stuart
Fri Sep 25, 2020 5:16 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Collected plants
Replies: 22
Views: 3785

Re: Collected plants

I'm still sticking with No.3, it looks like a cluster of old original heads with the whiter newer offsets forming in cultivation. However, I'm happy to split No.2 with Tina, it looks like it could be cut in half quite easily. You can bring my half to the next meeting whenever that may be.

Stuart
by Stuart
Fri Sep 25, 2020 3:41 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Collected plants
Replies: 22
Views: 3785

Re: Collected plants

My guess is No.3 also, what's the prize for guessing the correct one, I don't mind splitting one with Tina. No 3 looks like it might have had a bit of red spider many years ago to give it that sort of habitat type look. Superb bit of growing there John, it's not easy keeping them as clean as that. S...
by Stuart
Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:25 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: plants from Africa- Passport required?
Replies: 64
Views: 9081

Re: plants from Africa- Passport required?

Going back to the original post, and knowing the commercial side of the market fairly well, I would expect that the plants arrived via the Belgian nursery which has two farms in South Africa.

Stuart
by Stuart
Fri Sep 25, 2020 9:49 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Fading colors
Replies: 3
Views: 768

Re: Fading colors

After all the years I've been growing plants, there's always something to learn, I can always rely on looking at the Forum each morning and reading what I call 'Terry's Words of Wisdom' Thanks Terry.

Stuart
by Stuart
Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:55 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Sansevierias in Garden Centres
Replies: 19
Views: 2843

Re: Sansevierias in Garden Centres

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Here's two that I didn't buy. Interesting bit of marketing but unfortunately the pattern was carved into the plant, not painted as it might look. They were expensive too, very wide leaves but about £25 each, presumably paying extra for the artwork!

Stuart