I would rather see one specific thread on identifications for people to get their plants identified than people regularly making new threads with their requests (like on the Cactiguide forums). Identification requests really can get out of control, if one is not careful.

I am happy I am almost (not entirely) rid of Oxalis as my greenhouse weed.

There will be a double zoom meeting from the Mesemb Study Group in about one hour, at 19:30 BST / 20:30 CET. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86906829155?pwd=dEg1K2IwTWZMNWZxZUpKODl4UjMwZz09 Meeting ID: 869 0682 9155 Passcode: cono Andy Young has agreed to give a presentation to the Mesemb Enthusiasts: "A ...

Could frost have been the issue? I have similar experience with a large Crassula. The leaves died real fast after a night with some frost when I left it outside in the autumn. A few weeks later the branches and the trunk followed to decay, starting to go black from top to bottom. There was no stoppi...

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Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:21 pm

I had no great expectations of it rooting but it has and its flowered for me.Resurrection.P1010584.JPG

It will die within the year after flowering, though...
This is one of those species you will need to keep rerooting to keep it alive.

I'm sure nobby can comment when he sees this but I remember reading (or hearing, at the TSG meeting?) that they wouldn't publish any further paper books. I love the Austrocactus book and was astonished at the quality for the price. I have a growing number of ebooks and ejournals that I'd prefer on ...

Have you tried talking to them? A motivational speach might set them right.

That is not even close! Though you could have spotted it, as Ferocactus and Delosperma seeds are quite different. Or the one that sent you these should know better.

I thought this species has fluffy and soft spines, basically wooly. But these look rather sharp and pointy.

Nice plant. I will be sowing some from the exact same locality (General Cepada, Coahuila, Mexico) as yours. I hope mine will turn out to be as nice as yours.