£700 - £1200 per month means current generations are never able to retire but not all generations feel the necessity to get every upgraded phone, unlimited data calls n text, netflix, cinema monthly passes, lots of meals out & socialising weekly, boys/girls holiday & joint ones. this is jus...

That would explain why I get plain orange flowers here in Madrid, when the plant from which I got the cutting had vivid flowers but was from was from a colder region several hundred meters higher up 7EFED1C0-5504-4E90-8242-E7B336101308.jpeg Shame It also probably means I’ll never get the same amazin...

They look great!

Sounds like they should have come up now though, so probably past it. Will leave them a couple weeks more and if nothing comes up will try again next year.

Thanks

Hi All I received a lot of fairly old seeds of Notocactus roseoluteus recently. Sowed about half of them at the start of February and, when nothing had come up at the end of February, threw the rest of the packet in as well. Still no signs of life now, nearly two months on from the first sowing. Any...

Thanks all!!

Me: We need to go to a couple of garden centers today My partner: ... don’t you think you have enough plants?? Me: I just need some pots and bits and bobs. I am absolutely not going to buy any plants. *several hours later* 0BCEA7FB-F855-4698-AC68-00903598080E.jpeg D8BB027F-73EA-42F1-B2DB-8650032AF81...

Both plants are labelled. The first has a label 'Opuntia basilaris' and the 2nd a label 'Opuntia robusta'. I think they’re the labels Carles has added based on the comments on this post? They don’t seem to be in the first pics he uploaded :wink: @Carles, the garden looks lovely, will definitely giv...

Well now I’m confused, both the Maihuenopsis and the Tunilla look pretty identical . Is one of them particularly common?

I bought it from a bog standard corner shop, which had it alongside all the standard offerings, for €1,80. So I doubt it’s anything particularly hard to find!

Looks about right! Thanks!

Hi all

This came home with me today - any idea of the ID?

Cheers!
John