Is anyone from the forum going to the Zone 15 mini convention in Hornchurch, Essex? It starts at 1.30 and includes talks by Prof. Len Newton 'Succulents and people in Africa' and Roger Ferryman 'Down Argentina and up Chile' There will also be....wait for it.... PLANT SALES Woohooooooo!(:D If you are...

Hello Saxy! and welcome. I'm a new member too, so we can compare notes on how dumb we are in relation to the rest of these clever clogs. Keep on checking these pages every day, it's amazing how much info you can pick up, and it's free. Enjoy!

Think how much energy that little one must expend to put that flower out. How old is it?

Dating service for us saddo's? Sounds good to me. Please include picture of plants though!(:D

Can someone tell me more about them, It's something I've never come across. What a fantastic flower.

Nice pic. I have a similar colletion but although some have flowered they seem to be a few days behind yours. Is that bubble wrap still up!

Wife wasn't too happy when a stinky one flowered in her kitchen in the middle of winter. She was rummaging around looking for a dead mouse for a week before I found it and admitted that it was actually one of my plants!!

Thanks for the wonderful welcome! Hope you like this pic taken last year. Stapelia Gettileffii. Bought it by post as a cutting in March and was rewarded by the flower in July.

HI all. Thought I?d just quickly intro myself! My Uncle introduced me to cacti when I was 10 and gave me a few of his pups. He later took me to a couple of the old East Ham branch meetings. Ten years later I had filled two 8*6 greenhouses and had started showing. Then I am ashamed to say I got marri...