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by rodsmith
Tue Jun 27, 2023 7:50 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Not a welcome visitor
Replies: 8
Views: 910

Re: Not a welcome visitor

My greenhouse door & vents have an insect-proof mesh across them at all times No unwelcome visitors (tu) This week has been a pesky leafcutter bee digging holes in the bottom of various pots. They are persistent and won't be deterred! I had a persistent leafcutter bee digging a hole in one of m...
by rodsmith
Mon Jun 26, 2023 7:08 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Not a welcome visitor
Replies: 8
Views: 910

Re: Not a welcome visitor

iann wrote: Sun Jun 25, 2023 1:20 pm Almost as rare as a house that has grass these days? I sent it off to find some grass. It might have been happy to eat mites or mealies, but fingers crossed I haven't go any and I didn't want to test whether it is partial to Lithops.
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by rodsmith
Sat Jun 24, 2023 9:40 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Not a welcome visitor
Replies: 8
Views: 910

Re: Not a welcome visitor

It's a grasshopper. Quite a rarity these days.
by rodsmith
Thu Jun 22, 2023 7:57 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Where are all the mites?
Replies: 4
Views: 313

Re: Where are all the mites?

I've had several plants damaged by them this year. Keep your fingers crossed, Ian.
by rodsmith
Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:25 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Lithops ID please
Replies: 3
Views: 254

Re: Lithops ID please

Many thanks, Ian & Tom. :grin:
by rodsmith
Wed Jun 14, 2023 9:23 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Lithops ID please
Replies: 3
Views: 254

Lithops ID please

I picked up this pot of lithops plants at the Stoke branch meeting last night. It is labelled Lithops karasmontana var. Lericheana. One of the plants is clearly an interloper and I can't identify the species. Any ideas anyone?

14 June 2023 Osawa MC 24mm 2.8  2412816  5295.JPG
by rodsmith
Thu Jun 08, 2023 7:55 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Is this RSM!
Replies: 1
Views: 199

Re: Is this RSM!

It doesn't look to me like red spider mite, but I've no idea what it is.
by rodsmith
Mon Jun 05, 2023 7:47 am
Forum: Small Opuntias (Tephrocactus Study Group)
Topic: At last! First flowers ....
Replies: 3
Views: 2086

Re: At last! First flowers ....

Very impressive. :smile:
by rodsmith
Sun May 21, 2023 10:23 am
Forum: Monthly Photo Competitions
Topic: May 2023 - Taken with a phone (or tablet)
Replies: 53
Views: 18153

Re: May 2023 - Taken with a phone (or tablet)

Another photo of my Gasteria doreeniae, taken today on my Huawei Mate 10 Pro, this time with most of the flowers open.
21 May 2023  Huawei  20230521_095553.JPG