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by Phil_SK
Wed Jan 15, 2025 9:26 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Updated seed lists
Replies: 741
Views: 212079

Re: Updated seed lists

I've just received Ralf Hillmann's.
by Phil_SK
Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:08 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Membership renewal check?
Replies: 10
Views: 604

Re: Membership renewal check?

Presumably joining last July would be for the whole year 2024 and not a subscription for one year from when you originally joined? For instance in the case of joining July in 2024 the subscription does not run to June 2025? I would have thought a subscription for those who joined the middle of a ...
by Phil_SK
Thu Jan 09, 2025 4:25 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Membership renewal check?
Replies: 10
Views: 604

Re: Membership renewal check?

It'll be on the anniversary of when you set it up. If a new member joins in July, it'll be July. You must've done yours at the start of February.
by Phil_SK
Sat Jan 04, 2025 2:20 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Updated seed lists
Replies: 741
Views: 212079

Re: Updated seed lists

It's in the members' area rather than the shop.
by Phil_SK
Sat Dec 28, 2024 2:25 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Snow
Replies: 15
Views: 1328

Re: Snow

With perfect timing, the Met Office's youtube channel has released a video "Can you trust a weather headline?". Perhaps one of their team is a forum lurker. :lol: Regarding this coming week's weather, the ECMWF 2m temp anomaly chart has next week looking a bit less cold than it did (compare the ...
by Phil_SK
Thu Dec 26, 2024 7:47 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: State of South African Succulent Poaching
Replies: 3
Views: 615

Re: State of South African Succulent Poaching

The same? similar? article padding out the BBC News site today https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ced8v60q4x7o
by Phil_SK
Sat Dec 21, 2024 3:08 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: National Plant Collection
Replies: 14
Views: 919

Re: National Plant Collection

Congratulations! :ban:
by Phil_SK
Thu Dec 19, 2024 9:53 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Cactus and Succulent Review
Replies: 13
Views: 1348

Re: Cactus and Succulent Review

Hildewintera isn't a valid name. In using Chamaecereus, I'm following the likes of Plants of the World Online and carophyllales.org and almost the 3rd Cites Cactaceae Index. Chamaecereus is a small genus but it holds together well with similar-looking species. In the only substantial genetic study ...
by Phil_SK
Sat Dec 14, 2024 4:29 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Tromotriche revoluta
Replies: 9
Views: 495

Re: Tromotriche revoluta

It features in the latest CactusWorld, p319-322.
by Phil_SK
Mon Dec 09, 2024 7:35 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Cactus and Succulent Review
Replies: 13
Views: 1348

Re: Cactus and Succulent Review

Yes, unless we know the full history/parentage of a cultivar then we're a bit stuck! Which is why HWH will never die - too many are a bit of a mystery, especially if open pollination has played a part in things.