When I moved to my current house in 1978, there was an old greenhouse (1st pre 1950's). It was built on waist high brick walls with a 5ft high rear wall. The timbers were in a poor state and rotting, with glass falling out. I demolished it and rebuilt using second hand commercial greenhouse timber a...

Hi all, thanks for your attempts at ID, why are cactus so difficult? I have searched for all the suggestions and conclude that any of them could be correct. All of the suggestions look the same to me. :shock: I still have a few more cactus to ID. Are there any sources of botanical help with cactus s...

Hi, I am in search of help with a cactus from my collection. This specimen is unidentified and is quite old, 20 years plus. It is part of a small collection that I inherited from my Mother-in-Law. Can anyone identify this plant? I thought of euphorbia but the sap when I did the surgery back in March...

Thank you to Ed, Tony and el48tel, for your welcome and ID's.

I will be posting more photos of my unidentified plants, seeking your help in identification.

Doug

Hi Ed, I fixed the photos after finding the instructions on how to!

Doug

Thank you edds.

I have put in links to the photos until I learn how to add photos to the posting.

Doug

I've been interested in cacti and succulents for many years but only had a few plants. About 5 years ago I inherited my Mother in Law's small collection, which was struggling due to her idea of "desert plants don't need much water" and the compost in a very shallow tray of mixed varieties ...