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- Wed Oct 02, 2024 9:22 am
- Forum: News & Events
- Topic: MSG Event 2024, Banstead, Surrey, Sat 28th Sep
- Replies: 11
- Views: 655
Re: MSG Event 2024, Banstead, Surrey, Sat 28th Sep
Hi Mat, Thanks for your kind words and thanks for publicizing the new Bulbine. The seed of DT6281 now available on the BCSS seedlist, needs to be sown this autumn (as does the Tylecodon seed and other seeds from winter rainfall areas of South Africa). Also keep several of the Bulbines for yourself ...
- Mon Sep 30, 2024 10:42 pm
- Forum: News & Events
- Topic: MSG Event 2024, Banstead, Surrey, Sat 28th Sep
- Replies: 11
- Views: 655
Re: MSG Event 2024, Banstead, Surrey, Sat 28th Sep
I count the Event as a success in that everyone I spoke with said they enjoyed the day and we recaptured the friendliness of previous MSG Events. The number of plants on display was disappointing though, but there were still many beautifully grown specimens to admire. More people were arriving ...
- Wed Sep 18, 2024 7:47 pm
- Forum: News & Events
- Topic: MSG Event 2024, Banstead, Surrey, Sat 28th Sep
- Replies: 11
- Views: 655
Re: MSG Event 2024, Banstead, Surrey, Sat 28th Sep
Sorry - that is beyond our capabilities. One needs stabilised cameras and expensive equipment to film the show and live presentations. However, we did enjoy such a session this summer as part of the MesembsVirtually series of Zoom meetings, when Jon Schwark and his team shared their San Francisco ...
- Tue Sep 17, 2024 8:52 pm
- Forum: News & Events
- Topic: MSG Event 2024, Banstead, Surrey, Sat 28th Sep
- Replies: 11
- Views: 655
Re: MSG Event 2024, Banstead, Surrey, Sat 28th Sep
The presentations for Banstead have now been announced: - Derek Tribble, MSG Chair: ' A Brief History of the Mesemb Study Group '. - Catherine Arthur, Spain: ' Feeling the heat in western Bushmanland '. (It will cover a selection of Mesembs (inc. Cheiridopsis , Conophytum & Lithops ) and their ...
- Mon Sep 09, 2024 10:19 am
- Forum: News & Events
- Topic: MSG Event 2024, Banstead, Surrey, Sat 28th Sep
- Replies: 11
- Views: 655
Re: MSG Event 2024, Banstead, Surrey, Sat 28th Sep
For security reasons, the Schedule file has been moved and is now available for download from the MSG web site: https://www.mesemb.org/index.html . It should be emphasized that you do not need to be a MSG member to visit − everybody is equally welcome! And as usual, entrants bringing plants will be a ...
- Sat Aug 31, 2024 9:05 pm
- Forum: News & Events
- Topic: MSG Event 2024, Banstead, Surrey, Sat 28th Sep
- Replies: 11
- Views: 655
MSG Event 2024, Banstead, Surrey, Sat 28th Sep
MSG Event Ad Draft 4 2024.jpg The Mesemb Study Group are resurrecting their show again at Banstead Community Centre in south London on Sat 28th September. This MSG Event is very different to a normal show - most of the plants are presented for display and feature a very wide range of Mesembs ...
- Thu Aug 22, 2024 8:13 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Updated seed lists
- Replies: 709
- Views: 201631
Re: Updated seed lists
Some extra modestly-priced South African plant seeds have been added to the seedlist in the BCSS Members' area, including unusual Tylecodons and the recently described Bulbine tribblei. My reason for pointing this out is that the seed ought to be sown soon - this autumn in fact since it was produced ...
- Thu Aug 22, 2024 8:02 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: After ten years of trying...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1314
- Mon Aug 12, 2024 2:19 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: TRAFFIC
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1280
Re: TRAFFIC
The folk on the APHA/CITES tables at our National Plant Fair pointed me in the direction of this web site. Note the final project (output 4) to try and trace the original population of confiscated Conophytums using unique ratios of isotopes and trace elements. Apparently this has been achieved for ...
- Sun Aug 11, 2024 10:08 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: How is the National Plant Fair going?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 965
Re: How is the National Plant Fair going?
Quite crowded for 3 hours yesterday I gather, but sparse today on Sunday. Easy to spot people across the vast hall - despite gloomy lighting. Large cafe area outside the sales hall. Nurserymen say they are pleased with sales from yesterday, but still lots to buy today. Prices very variable from ...