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- Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:52 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Cracker 2
- Replies: 5
- Views: 411
Re: Cracker 2
Mine has had a good show too. I also find Cheiridopsis speciosa to be a reliable flowerer, with a vivid purple flower, quite differnt to C. umbosa.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:15 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Ornithogalum / Albuca for ID
- Replies: 2
- Views: 181
Re: Ornithogalum / Albuca for ID
Thanks, Chris
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:02 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Ornithogalum / Albuca for ID
- Replies: 2
- Views: 181
Ornithogalum / Albuca for ID
This plant popped up as a volunteer in some bulbs I have, and its a very robust plant. The most striking thing is that the long bracts on the flower spike make it look like an ear of wheat. The flower stem is 50cm+ tall. Can anyone name it for me please? Its still in bud now, but if a picture of the...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:03 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: First flowers of the year
- Replies: 17
- Views: 961
Re: First flowers of the year
I wont count my Crassulas, many of which have been flowering over the winter, nor any of my bulbs, but apart from a couple of early Rebutias and Turbinicarpuses and a few Dorstenias, I had these today: Euphorbia aesthenacantha IMG20240322113447.jpg Euphorbia xantii IMG20240322114501.jpg Euphorbia ph...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:57 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Cracker
- Replies: 13
- Views: 630
Re: Cracker
They come on a roll, so as long as I like...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:51 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Cracker
- Replies: 13
- Views: 630
Re: Cracker
The current name is Daggodora sphalmanthoides.
I bought my original plant from an Alpine Garden Society show, which ties in with the cultivation comments above.
I bought my original plant from an Alpine Garden Society show, which ties in with the cultivation comments above.
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:54 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: First flower 2024
- Replies: 8
- Views: 470
Re: First flower 2024
Brightens up a dull day!
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:47 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Re-potting and itchy eyes
- Replies: 7
- Views: 473
Re: Re-potting and itchy eyes
Were you repotting Euphorbias? Just handling some Euphorbias then rubbing your eyes can cause intense eye irritation. Twice I had to have an eye bath at work after inadvertently touch the Euphorbias I was growing in my office, and then (I suppose)` rubbing my eyes. Fortunately my plants didn't get b...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:52 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Tradescantia navicularia Solved
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2232
Re: Tradescantia navicularia Solved
Hi Tony,
No, its as tough as old boots. No problem in the unheated part of my greenhouse.
Ralph
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:07 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Tradescantia navicularia Solved
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2232
Re: Tradescantia navicularia Solved
Not quite what you are looking for, Tony, but I have plenty of Cyanotis somaliensis if that is of interest (it used to be classified as a tradescantia, with hairy leaves and blue flowers).