Welcome Great pictures!

I was expecting the joke about the reclassification of Parodia - where it turns out it's not a cactus!

Do we have many much younger than 25 in the society anymore? I'm now 20 and joined the society when I was 17 - Dave, we do exist! The summary of the 2015 AGM states 17 junior members. A tv series on cacti would be great, but like said by others the potential for Youtube videos etc is massive. Altho...

Hi, These are very random little plants and seem to sprout when they feel like it. Mine came into growth mid-september for the first 2 years and only the other week this year (perhaps the odd summer-autumn weather we had) - I've heard people say they can even just skip a whole season if they feel li...

I was under the impression it was a similar mechanism by which a mutation has conferred resistance of some sort, survival of the fittest has selected those resistant to the said pesticide and the resulting offspring/population inherit this trait. Although insects certainly don't have reproduction ra...

There you go then-*everyone* loves a good cuppa! I might try out some kenco on my lithops

My favourite plant: Leuchtenbergia principis. Described by Hooker in 1848 and named in honour Maximilian de Beauharnais the 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg an amateur botanist and stepson of Napoleon with an excellent moustache. Despite only having a 6x4 greenhouse I've developed quite a fondness for them ...

JoZoo wrote:Oh my goodness is it really worth £2,500? I had no idea that a cactus would ever fetch that much. Im going to look at better security

Things are worth as much as people are willing to pay for them Each to their own, but I wouldn't pay £2.5K!

It's that sellers lucky day. Have a look at the other items they're selling that end today!

Truly bizzare, thanks for sharing Dave.