I had a look at this plant last night and there's a tiny bud forming on one of the newer tubercles, so it should perform again soon. Amazing that such a scruffy plant can produce something so beautiful isn't it?

Edit... found this one for now: here's my Leuchtenbergia doing its stuff last year:

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Glorious

I must have a go at raising some of these... I haven't owned an Obesa for donkey's years. In fact I can't even remember what happened to the one I had. They're lovely things though.

Roy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Stuart, > maybe because mine is a pteranthus. It's > not much out of sync because it usually flowers on > the longest day. That raises another question, why > does a night flowering cacti want to flower on the > shortest night.....

And, more importantly, why is yours a good three weeks ahead of mine?

My S. Spinossissima is just coming to the last of its flowers, but my grandiflorus's buds are only about an inch long at the moment.

I was very impressed with the Journal when it arrived - some really great photography in there, I thought.

Yes, two Conophytums, one with absolutely tiny heads, the other a little larger. I'll post photos when I get to it and see if anyone can identify them. They were poor-looking things when I got them, but with a bit of TLC they flowered the following year. They were 79p each! Anyway, thanks for the we...

Hello everyone I just thought I'd briefly introduce myself as I've recently rejoined the BCSS after an absence of more than 15 years, and last week I went to my first meeting of the Birmingham branch since rejoining. I never stopped growing, however, and my greenhouse currently has various small and...