This plant has always been reliably self-compatible with me, which I am told is unusual. I have a fair few seedlings from it and didn't even bother collecting last year's seeds - you can see a couple of them lodged in the base of that Euphorbia on the left! This year I will donate them to the BCSS.

And remove the dead leaves promptly when it goes dormant - I lost mine to botrytis infecting a dead leaf that was still attached.

Mine looking good too. The other one that flowers very reliably here is C.peculiaris. In bud now.

Fab plant. Two alpine nurseries had it for sale at the Kendal AGS show on Saturday, which was nice to see. Though I hope nobody bought plants hoping to show them in future as it resolutely will not open its flowers until afternoon - long after judging!

There is a handy list of plants in this area/habitat here: https://bplant.org/search.php?search=&region_id=88&status_type_id=1&sort=scientific_name&start=0#page Other than other cacti and succulents, the genus that stood out to me was Eriogonum. Some species, not necessarily those li...

Mike P wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:35 am I don’t know where the society sourced the M platyacantha ‘longispinus’ seeds but I’ve just had close to 100% germination which is very unusual.

Same here Mike.

I am thinking carefully about watering the early starters like Austrocactus and Pterocactus but I would be happier with a week of brighter weather to raise daytime temps under glass. We have only had odd days of sun in feb. Oddly mostly at weekends for a change.

Encouraging! I will be sowing the same seeds this coming week.

A plant has just appeared on ebay.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/395119248053 ... media=COPY

I can see why you were not sure Mike - assuming those long thin shoots at the base were from when you bought it?