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by Herts Mike
Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:26 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Haworthia germination
Replies: 20
Views: 4327

Re: Haworthia germination

Phil, would you say the same for Gasterias?

Mike.
by Herts Mike
Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:25 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Seedlings out the bag?
Replies: 5
Views: 1231

Re: Seedlings out the bag?

I'm the same as Chris and it works well for me.

Succulents only stay in the bag until I feel no more will germinate - say 14 days after the first have germinated and then out of the bag they come!
by Herts Mike
Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:46 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: My First Mitrophyllum flower
Replies: 21
Views: 4524

Re: My First Mitrophyllum flower

It's a decent enough size Brian.

Keep your fingers crossed....

Mike.
by Herts Mike
Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:43 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Haworthia germination
Replies: 20
Views: 4327

Re: Haworthia germination

Tom, what about Aloe polyphylla?

Mike.
by Herts Mike
Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:56 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: My First Mitrophyllum flower
Replies: 21
Views: 4524

Re: My First Mitrophyllum flower

Aloe haemanthifolia has just arrived.....
by Herts Mike
Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:47 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: My First Mitrophyllum flower
Replies: 21
Views: 4524

Re: My First Mitrophyllum flower

To a degree Brian but I had got bored with it! It had done nothing for all that time and I wasn't in love with it any longer! Like everybody else space is always under pressure and each year i look at plants and think "do I love you" and if not, away they go to a good home. I've got a larg...
by Herts Mike
Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:56 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Caudex plant advice
Replies: 13
Views: 3146

Re: Caudex plant advice

I can't really get Ibervillea going. Why?

Pachypodium succulentum isn't too difficult either.

Mike.
by Herts Mike
Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:54 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: My First Mitrophyllum flower
Replies: 21
Views: 4524

Re: My First Mitrophyllum flower

Brian, long haul is OK but 40 years?!

Mike.
by Herts Mike
Tue Mar 11, 2008 2:34 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: My First Mitrophyllum flower
Replies: 21
Views: 4524

Re: My First Mitrophyllum flower

Sory Tom. If only I'd known you would have been very welcome to them.

They are probably languishing somewhere in the backrooms of Kew...

Mike.
by Herts Mike
Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:20 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: My First Mitrophyllum flower
Replies: 21
Views: 4524

Re: My First Mitrophyllum flower

I grew Mitrophyllums from seed from the African Succulent Plant Society donkeys years ago and they never flowered.

I donated the plants to Kew a couple of years ago.

Mike.