Paul I have a suspicion it may be the software which folk use ... camera ... cellphone .... post-process .... etc. I have tried downsize on a previous part downsized image to find the forum does not accept it .... but an image fully downsized in one go .... was ok. Solved it! It was nothing to do w...

Hi all, I'm not sure what the problem is here. Here is a picture I've posted this morning, which is 1.7Mb in size, and it came through ok. I will investigate ;) Haworthias-under-bench.jpg Allan, can you please try emailing me the picture you wanted to post, and I'll see if I can identify what the pr...

Some more, rather more variaion than I would have expected. This time with Aylostera oculata (euanthema) LF1153, another Ladislav Fischer number originally found at Volcán, Jujuy, Argentina. Seed was sown in 2020 from a single pack and plants are now flowering well. A-oculata-LF1153.jpg A_oculata_LF...

I sowed a lot of seed supplied by Ladislav Fischer in 2020, and these are now a reasonable size and flowering well this spring. Among them were several different collection numbers of Aylostera einsteinii . This species is rather different from the other Aylosteras with a distinctive look about it, ...

MatDz wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 5:41 pm Oh, what a display! How much longer do you expect the plants to be in flower, Paul?

They are not quite at peak yet Mat, probably peak next week or two, thereafter probably still lots of flowers into early June.

Thanks all who came along to the Open Day yesterday. The sun shone all day!
41 people in all. I was so busy talking I forgot to have lunch, or take pictures. Here are a few Rebutias and Aylosteras from today.

A reminder that our Open Day for the National Collection of Aylostera, Rebutia and Weingartia (including Sulcorebutia) is on Saturday, 11th May, 2024, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Approximately 6,500 plants on show, many of which are in flower just now. Free entry, free teas and coffees, and there will be some...

Hi all, Although I've stepped back from the coal face I am still keeping one eye on things until we get a better system in place which will hopefully be soon. Yesterday, it wasn't the Forum causing issues. The server itself had issues beyond our control, which I beileve are now fixed. It was affecti...

I guess as staff change, people with different interests come on board. One would think that maintaining the garden's collection is more a matter of professionalism and skills, and not necessarily personal interests of staff or management... It still does look better than many collections around, a...

Some other parts. Insectivorous plants garden, potted flowers corridor, tropical / bromeliads area.