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by el48tel
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:13 am
Forum: Monthly Photo Competitions
Topic: March 2024 Marvellous Mesembs
Replies: 7
Views: 487

Re: March 2024 Marvellous Mesembs

Another bump
Surely there's a few more pictures of plants .... shapes ... texture.... colour .... etc .... flowers are not compulsory
by el48tel
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:11 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Chamaelobivia 2024
Replies: 7
Views: 147

Re: Chamaelobivia 2024

edds wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:10 pm
el48tel wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:08 pm Ed
That's a superb flower shop.
The season has started????.
Only in my centrally heated office Terry! Definitely cheating!
Allowing the plants naturally to take advantage of adjusted climatic conditions.

(Been a spin doctor too in the distant past)
by el48tel
Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:08 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Chamaelobivia 2024
Replies: 7
Views: 147

Re: Chamaelobivia 2024

Ed
That's a superb flower shop.
The season has started????.
by el48tel
Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:54 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Love 'em or Hate 'em ....
Replies: 7
Views: 299

Re: Love 'em or Hate 'em ....

Personally I understand the necessity with slow-growing plants, plants with no chlorophyll, or in an emergency to save a rotting cactus, but aesthetically I'm not a fan. I have buried the grafting stock on my grafted slow-growing plants. Whilst we're on the subject, when considering substrate for y...
by el48tel
Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:31 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Variegated copiapoa
Replies: 3
Views: 139

Re: Variegated copiapoa

As long as some of it is GREEN it means that it has some chlorophylls in the body. The mutant/variegated yellow bit has no chlorophylls (yes there's more than one type of chlorophyll). The yellow is a mixture of other pigments including xanthophylls, carotenoids and flavenoids, which are red-orange-...
by el48tel
Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:31 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Love 'em or Hate 'em ....
Replies: 7
Views: 299

Re: Love 'em or Hate 'em ....

Thanks for the advice.
Yes I'd learned from experience about the offsets on Echinopsis stock.
I've been using disposable craft knives and discarding them (safely) once they become blunt but I'll try the knife you suggest.
by el48tel
Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:23 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Cracker 2
Replies: 4
Views: 204

Re: Cracker 2

Definitely a cracker
by el48tel
Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:52 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Love 'em or Hate 'em ....
Replies: 7
Views: 299

Re: Love 'em or Hate 'em ....

I was advised to keep them warm and dry since I've lost mihanovichii in the GH before. I've used the conservatory by permission because that tends to stay above 5C ish. That's an interesting rib coloration. I have a few now ... with pups. I'm hoping to practice my grafting skills ... but it'll proba...
by el48tel
Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:08 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Love 'em or Hate 'em ....
Replies: 7
Views: 299

Love 'em or Hate 'em ....

When I first started to collect cactus and began to understand a little about them, I found hybrids and mutants and grafted plants totally abhorrent. Probably many other enthusiasts of much longer standing have a greater intolerance. However, a casual encounter with UV and IR imagery started me off ...
by el48tel
Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:46 pm
Forum: Monthly Photo Competitions
Topic: March 2024 Marvellous Mesembs
Replies: 7
Views: 487

Re: March 2024 Marvellous Mesembs

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