Hi.
Have been collecting and growing succulents , cacti and carnivorous plants for a few years now. I am mainly interested in these plants as I like something that is a bit different and a challenge (believe me it can be a challenge gowing succulents in Wales). My main plants are Aloes (Barbadensi, Variegata etc), Crassulas and pitcher plants.
I hope to share my passion with you and also to learn.......alot!!!.
Thanks and hope to chat to people soomer rather than later.
Oh by the way I have a Crassula Falcata which, after scanning the net, I have not found a single picture of. It is a normal Crassula Falcata (propella plant), but it has magenta spots on. Like I say I've been searching, but I was wondering if it just might be a variegated form of the plant or has been cross pollenated with something else any views would be appreciated. I bought the mother plant from a charity shop years ago and its still going strong its offspring are good and strong.
Hi from sunny Wales.
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paulw656
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Hi from sunny Wales.
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rodsmith
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Re: Hi from sunny Wales.
Welcome to the forum, Paul. Looks like you've got an unusual specimen of a propeller plant. It's possibly a hybrid.
Rod Smith
Growing a mixed collection of cacti & other succulents; mainly smaller species with a current emphasis on lithops & conophytum.
Growing a mixed collection of cacti & other succulents; mainly smaller species with a current emphasis on lithops & conophytum.
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Tony R
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Re: Hi from sunny Wales.
Welcome Paul.
Perfectly normal behaviour - in my experience, falcata, or we should really say now Crassula perfoliata var. falcata, will develop purple spots particularly in stressed conditions. Mine do! There is a fine picture of one such plant taken by Derek Tribble east of Grahamstown in Gordon Rowley's Crassula book.
Perfectly normal behaviour - in my experience, falcata, or we should really say now Crassula perfoliata var. falcata, will develop purple spots particularly in stressed conditions. Mine do! There is a fine picture of one such plant taken by Derek Tribble east of Grahamstown in Gordon Rowley's Crassula book.
Tony Roberts
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(Gasteria, Mammillaria, small Opuntia, Cleistocactus and Sempervivum are my current special interests)
Treasurer, Haworthia Society
Chairman, Tephrocactus Study Group
Moderator, BCSS Forum
Kent
(Gasteria, Mammillaria, small Opuntia, Cleistocactus and Sempervivum are my current special interests)
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IainS
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Re: Hi from sunny Wales.
Hi Paul! Working in South Africa, I'm also a fan of Crassulas, although I've very few here in the UK at present.
"Avoidance doesn't work"
Re: Hi from sunny Wales.
Welcome to the forum.
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Cactushunter
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Re: Hi from sunny Wales.
Hello!
Isn't it funny I also keep carnivorous plants, the types seem to go hand in hand with collectors who have a passion for the weird and wonderful. Yeah - Wales I feel for you there! UK in general is bad enough. Have you got a greenhouse or are they kept inside?
Isn't it funny I also keep carnivorous plants, the types seem to go hand in hand with collectors who have a passion for the weird and wonderful. Yeah - Wales I feel for you there! UK in general is bad enough. Have you got a greenhouse or are they kept inside?