Thanks folks! That does seem a pretty close ID by comparison with Google photos. I think I have seen such moths flying occasionally inside the greenhouses. The next question is obviously how do I eradicate these infestations? In winter, I don't really want to be drenching all the plants overhead wit...

Can anyone identify this caterpillar please? It is shown upon a 2 3/4" pot and is about 4.5 cm long - about as big as they get. For the past two winters, my Mesembs and Tylecodons have been nibbled by a couple of dozen or so of these in north London greenhouses. Whilst they don't kill plants, t...

Thanks to the San Francisco Succulent & Cactus Society, a continually-updated diary of online c&s talks is available at: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ili7cfg4mi4mlr7ha569hrgiq8%40group.calendar.google.com&mode=AGENDA This includes the CSSA & BCSS and other Zoom talk...

More details are now available for this Gordon Rowley memorial event next Sunday within the beautiful RHS Wisley Gardens, Surrey. It is open to all, although usual garden admission fees will apply (unless you are an RHS member), but will be half-price for BCSS members showing their Membership card. ...

Hi all, Fortunately just when I needed some, I checked Tesco and they have their Low Dust Cat Litter back in stock: https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/265235247 One could click and collect, but I visited a Tesco Extra store this afternoon and got the last two 10 litre bags off their shel...

UK conservation charity Plant Heritage provide a very useful page giving hints about how to find plant information online: https://plantheritage.wordpress.com/2021/12/09/online-research-resources/ . A two-page list of web addresses can be downloaded for free. It gives advice about finding correct pl...

Congratulations to Nick Pengelly, Wrexham (of www.justseed.com ) whose Cheiridopsis collection has been recognised as a new National Plant Collection. This was announced in the latest Plant Heritage Members newsletter for December. It would be nice to hear more about it? https://www.plantheritage.or...

Yes, how about a pop-up cactus car boot sale somebody please?

But all good events,depend upon knowing a good site.

Best wishes,
DT

Dear Cactophiles, It was all organised - a cactus convention with three top speakers and great plant sales at Brunel University, Uxbridge - and we were about to start selling tickets. But a review of the likelihood of people attending such an event in this pandemic was disappointing. Covid cases, ho...

The CSSA are publicising this in their latest newsletter - a NY Times report about Succulent Trafficking. The CSSA Conservation Committee was apparently interviewed for this well-written article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/scie ... chile.html

Very sad!

Derek Tribble