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by el48tel
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:34 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Cracker
Replies: 8
Views: 126

Re: Cracker

Stuart wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:07 pm Needs plenty of water and doesn’t like high temperatures. Best suited for alpine growers, not a good greenhouse plant but looks great in flower. Easy to grow but not with the rest of the plants we write about here.
Stuart
Thanks Stuart
Useful to know
by el48tel
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:22 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Cracker
Replies: 8
Views: 126

Re: Cracker

oooooooooooooooooo that is cracker now on my "look out for" list
by el48tel
Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:59 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: First flower 2024
Replies: 6
Views: 213

Re: First flower 2024

Eric
That is absolutely beautiful.
Enough to brighten any day
by el48tel
Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:43 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Tradescantia navicularia Solved
Replies: 18
Views: 1358

Re: Tradescantia navicularia Solved

If anyone else wants .... I've discovered a plant in the GH which seems to be quite well.
by el48tel
Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:08 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: First flowers of the year
Replies: 7
Views: 306

Re: First flowers of the year

Lovely .... spring must be on its way
by el48tel
Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:53 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Plant ID please
Replies: 4
Views: 278

Re: Plant ID please

Terry I got halfway through a post last night and never completed it, sorry! As Diane said, definitely an Aeonium but as well as ciliatum, it looks a bit like some young davidbramwellii plants I have here so it could be them or some other tree-like species like one of the arboreum subspecies instea...
by el48tel
Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Plant ID please
Replies: 4
Views: 278

Re: Plant ID please

Diane wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:25 pm It’s an Aeonium, possibly A. ciliatum?
many thanks
by el48tel
Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:34 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Plant ID please
Replies: 4
Views: 278

Plant ID please

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I was going through my seedlings to find these which certainly are not Cheiriodopsis as the label suggests they should be.
BCSS 2022 DECEMBER seedlist. Would be succulents rather than cactus part of list.
Can anyone play detective and suggest a possible ID please?
by el48tel
Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:54 am
Forum: Monthly Photo Competitions
Topic: March 2024 Marvellous Mesembs
Replies: 4
Views: 331

Re: March 2024 Marvellous Mesembs

Bumping this .... as a reminder
by el48tel
Sat Mar 09, 2024 4:16 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Re-potting and itchy eyes
Replies: 6
Views: 367

Re: Re-potting and itchy eyes

Sounds like irritant rather than bacterial or fungal if it's intermittent. I'd try potting outdoors to rule those "in" or "out". For a soother try a freshly used but cooled teabag left on the eye for about 10 minutes. A slice of cucumber is another solution. I'm told both have an...