I prefer the name crispa but either will do, capensis is the older name isn't it. Must admit there is so much rubbish on the WWW that unless its in a book or Colin tells me otherwise it keeps the label, sometimes with a revised name on the other side. Tina, Mike, Maciej, As well as 'relying on Coli...

Thank you, Allan, for recommencing this thread.

habanerocat wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 11:40 am

el48tel wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 9:36 am 8 - 1.jpg

Today's offering of plant pictures for those who enjoy plants There's a separate thread should you want to talk "politics".

What's that one called? It's 7 of 9 with the twisty spines.
I'm not familiar.

Echinocereus lindsayi - one of the very best for showing.

Tina wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 4:58 pm Thanks Tony, is it humming bird pollinated or bugs

I would think humming birds, but I don't have any in my greenhouse, only paint brushes!

Hi Tina,
It has had several names over the years, both other genus and species, but the current view is as in POWO:

Loxanthocereus pachycladus

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn: ... s:144103-2 and
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn: ... s:144101-2

Great plants & photos.
Class 4, 2nd place - 7 plants in a pot, NAS, I wonder?

Mat, The only intermediate dates I saw were: “The first part of the project sees the renovation of the A-Listed Palm Houses. Throughout 2023 and 2024, we will repair or replace the old glass, rusted ironwork and degraded sandstone fabric of the buildings, ensuring these important buildings are prote...

Mike P wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:50 am Lovely watercolours in the October journal. Especially the H reinwardtii on the back cover - I can now claim to be able to grow habitat like plants……

Here is a similar one I saw at Drivers Bush east of Grahamstown back in 2011:

I'm pleased you liked them, MIke!

They were at both the Portishead and Lullingstone events this year, I believe.