Great flowers, Pip. After the gloom of the morning here in Kent, that late afternoon sunny really did its stuff!

But I've seen Opuntias & Agave americana in all kinds of wild places out there, obviously not where they were intended to be. For example, O. microdasys growing on the hillside outside Beaufort West: 2011-11-28 B West microdasys.jpg As I say in my Opuntioideae talk, there are just 14 'foreign' ...

One of the listings says GK 1720 comes from 'San Lorenzo Pue' - I don't know GK?

Al Laius wrote:Of course it is great in salads and in sandwiches - well if you have as much of it as we have in south-west Wales, you might as well eat it!

Indeed, Al, I was chewing it whilst walking along

MikeT wrote:Are the purple flowered ones edulis, Tony?

Hi Mike, Pass. Not my area of expertise at all. All I can say was that it was amongst a large area of potentially yellow flowered ones, but was the only one and there weren't any other flowers really close by.

Also on Jersey were, of course, large swathes of Carpobrotus edulis:

Lots of Umbilicus in full growth on Jersey last week. Every damp lane and coastal path were lined with them.

That will be an excellent show, Derek.

Unfortunately, I cannot make that weekend, but will be there the weekend before, for the
https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs ... otato-fair
One for the caudiciform lovers perhaps?

They all downloaded perfectly for me (Windows 8.1 Firefox 35.0.1). But I've only just had chance to read some of the articles today. The first article is a must - an excellent travelogue on his Kenyan trip by our own Cactus World editor, Al Laius - thanks and well done Al - quite superb. (Note the f...

I would eat the seeds rather than sow them - very tasty and nutritious