This blog might also be of interest to those who enjoy Derek's links:

http://www.capetownbotanist.com

Pretty much all of the plants that have been given to me as a gift or spare plants etc came from male members ...

Ouch!

Also depending on the value of your plants you might want to consider the importance of an independent backup heat source otherwise a power interruption could be a catastrophic loss.

I recently gave in and started using perlite because my mixes were not drying out fast enough (I use NAPA oil dry and Walmart's equivalent to the Tesco's cat litter I used to use in the UK) and perlite is cheap, lightweight and more easily found in local shops. My main reason for avoiding perlite wa...

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=941843279219440&id=159115774158865 (link has 6 photos) "It’s a sad day for us here at Kirstenbosch as we are saying goodbye to Dr Ernst van Jaarsveld, who is leaving Kirstenbosch after 42 years. Dr Ernst van Jaarsveld is a world expert on So...

I was impressed by the men in the kitchen !!!, helping with the catering.

Those go for top dollar on ebay.

I bought some haworthia seed from bsquared. Zero germination and I was not surprised by that result as the seeds were sent inside a greeting card unprotected and were pretty much crushed to dust on arrival. I have had great results with Haworthia hybrid seeds from the seller caudx in new zealand so ...

I was under the impression you should never lay glass flat in your car boot unless you wanted to break the whole lot in one go. The advice I'd heard was always to lean them at an angle.

Adeniums will brown and drop their leaves when they encounter a sudden change in light conditions. Don't worry though they leaf right back up with leaves that are more suited to the new conditions.