It was nestled up agaainst the back of the parent (which is how I missed it at first). I thought the parent had offsetted (which in itself would have been unusual), but the seedling had its own roots and was not attached when I repotted the parent.,

habanerocat wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 1:46 pm Is there any hardy succulent plants associated with graves and graveyards in the UK?

Various Petrosedums (rupestre and similar) do well in such places...

Thanks for bringing this interesting paper to our attention. I'm going to study it carefully...

I get plenty of volunteer seedlings in my Aylostera pots, and have even had Lophophoras, but this one is something unexpected Turbinicarpus valdezianus which I find very slow if you deliberately sow it... Anyway, it is now repotted in pumice. It has 2 heads, each about 5mm across IMG20240216150218.j...

Another Mexican Sedum which has survived outdoors for the last 2 winters for me is Sedum kimnachii, even in Wales where the last 2 winters have been very et as well as cold.

Get yourself a DNA sequencing machine and some supplies ?

More seriously, amateur lichenologists have for years had to deal with identifying species which can only be readily separated by chemical testing.

On the contrary Mat, I hope they will include many more taxa which are morphologically the same, but are genetically different....

I saved some seed from my Hildewintera hybrids last year, and will be sowing them in March. I look forward to seeing the results...

Cidermanrolls wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 8:18 am Some of mine, three weeks after sowing. The platyacantha have come up really quickly. Note the three lobed aoracanthus.
These have had no pretreatment at all. I’ve got a few other pots with no germination in.

They seem to develop quickly!

What are you growing them in Rob? It looks like fruit and nut mix! Well done, anyway...