The Rhipsalis is a Rhipsalis cassutha Mine is potted in orchid compost + perlite + charcoal + Sphagnum moss Join and ask question at http://www.epiforums.com/ for info about Ripsalis and their care A good book is Rhipsalis & Lepismium book by Frank S?pplie A website with info http://rhipsalis.co...

Hi Marty If you want to get some epis, go to the Peterborough International Orchid Show in Peterborough funnily enough in Peterborough on the 16th & 17th June. The EPRIC Foundation, will be there and will have various epiphytic cactus as well as Orchids for sale. There will also be a few books i...

If you are going to collect these join http://www.epiforums.com/ and ask question there. Page of info http://cactus.biology.dal.ca/paulS/christmas/christmas.html The Journal of the Epiphytic Plant Study Group http://www.epiphytes.co.uk/ Basically mine are potted in orchid compost + perlite + charcoa...

On Thursday whilst proceeding to do my duty, coloured pencils in hand, >:D< I walked past a florist where I was distracted by a voice begging for help. :S Looking around I noticed 2 Melos in the shop being humiliated. :X After checking the shop was closed, I reassured the Melos that I would return a...

I?ve already checked with the supplier, and their where no help. I reject steinbachii because I already have 3 and the spines are different The mentosa is interesting but again the spines are different. I just intent to give the plant a name, no numbers, and keep it. I might plant any seed I get, bu...

I got this plant last year, after it had flowered, I accepted the number until I looked it up, KK1717 is Cleistocactus strausii which this plant obviously isn?t.:( So I got a copy of Karel Knize (KK) numbers and dug out all the sulco?s and waited for it to flower. I identified at as Sulcorebutia can...

My conservatory has been declared full :S therefore a new greenhouse is in order :) I?ve picked up a second hand 8*6 and I?ll use my old 8*6 (the one I replaced last year) and joining them together, that?s the easy part making a 8*12 greenhouse. It will be used to house the epis, therefore it requir...

Hi Phil_SK Nice flower I was interested in your growing method, it looks like you use small window boxes and supported them with wire from brackets or rested them on brackets and reinforced them with the wires. And so onto the questions first about the boxes how many height, sizes, weights etc basic...

Hi Please post close up pictures of the cephalium, the spines and the measurements (height, diameter, number of spines in a cluster length of spines) the colour of the flowers and fruits can also help in ID's Melo's are difficult to identify, I?ve got 3 I?m still trying to ID, (had them for a number...

I use Westland JI no.3 normally as my base, for cactus, and lithops Although I do sometimes use LEVINGTON cactus compost as a base, mostly with seedlings for their first potting on. I use LEVINGTON and WESTLAND orchid compost for orchids For the Ephis and Schlums WESTLAND Irish Moss Peat is the base...