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Hi... I'm new here

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Hi,

My name is Carl and I live in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. I'm a member of a few plant based forums, mostly carnivorous plant ones. This is the first cacti and succulent one I have joined. My cacti and succulent collection is currently very small, consisting of Mammillaria microhelia, Mammillaria painteri F.monstruosus (that one wins the prize for the most weird looking plant I own!) and the uniquitous garden centre pot-o-cactus. I have an Aloe on my office window at work and a Sansevieria on my desk (does that count as a succulent?). Hopefully within the next couple of weeks I will be the owner of a Stapelia flavopurpurea. I find Stapelia fascinating but due to the smell, flavopurpurea is the only one I could consider growing.

My Mammillaria microhelia is currently in flower...

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Peter
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NIce to meet you, Carl.
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:welc: A warm welcome to the Forum, Carl.
Your collection will start increasing now, I'm sure!
Ray
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Growing cacti for over 50 years currently have mixed collection of about 600
Favourites: Echinopsis group (no hybrids!), Ferocactus, Gymnocalycium, Rebutia.....
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Welcome to the forum Carl!

Don't let the odour of Stapeliads discourage you, they aren't all as pungent as you might expect. I have a few different plants and haven't noticed them to have overpowering aromas. Stapelia hirsuta was the first one that I flowered and I don't find it to smell much at all. Oddly I have a Crassula 'springtime' which I find more unpleasant, it has a sickly sweet smell to it that I found much more noticeable.
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:welc:
George
Uckfield, East Sussex. Small but varied collection of cacti, succulents and a few others.
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:welc: to the forum, Carl!
Diane - member of Kingston branch

Growing cacti - balm to the soul!
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A warm welcome to the forum Carl,yes sanseverias are considered succulents.As the other Ray (in Norfolk)says,your collection will soon start to increase now.Good luck,Ray(on the Norfolk/Suffolk border)
Ray Mitchell,member of South Norfolk group.living on Suffolk/Norfolk border,near Diss.Keen on all cacti and succulents,alpines and other plants.BCSS member since 07.Visitors welcome,PM first please.
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Hello Carl, and welcome, from a fellow Aberdeenshire cactus & succulent nut!
We are a rare breed up here. The BCSS group is small but strong. Let me know if you want to expand your collection- I've a few Yr2 seedlings to give away.
Paul in North-east Scotland (Grampian Branch BCSS)
National Collection Rebutia, Aylostera & Weingartia (inc. Sulcorebutia). Also growing a mixture including Ferocactus, Gymnocalycium, Lobivia, Mammillaria, Lithops, Gasteria, Haworthia.
http://www.rebutia.org.uk
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Diane wrote::welc: to the forum, Carl!
welcome Carl, enjoy.
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