After multiple delays, the trial at Durban High Court of those accused of murdering Rod and Rachel Saunders* in February 2018 started last Tuesday, 11/4/2023. The prosecution are dealing first with a charge of arson from September 2017. Connected to that charge is the suggestion that the ringleader ...

John Watson has done quite a bit of work on these S. American violets, he would know but I don't have his email address anymore:- http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-66432011000200017 http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S0717-66432013000200016&script=sci_arttext Pag...

Do none of you read the news? Delayed until the end of 2023 because Brexit is an idiotic, expensive mistake - "an act of self-harm" said Rees-Mogg.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61259832

Pretty unmistakeable. Lovely flowers.

Is this the one you asked about last year?

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Is it hexagonal yet?

Bit of an oversight as all those three species were described 120 years ago or more.

Did they include cabbage and celery in The Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants?

Colin, if you can access the journal article Calyx 3: 34 (1993) where they discuss × Tromostapelia mutabilis var. incomparabilis (N.E.Br.) P.V.Heath that might shed some light on this plant, which has been said to be the same thing. Unfortunately, as I mentioned above, it is a short-lived journal th...

Paul in Essex wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 3:58 pm Just like to say how interesting I find your blog. So diverse! And of course beautifully researched.

Thanks, Paul.

If you do get to the Manchester and Salford Bee one, I do intend to edit it properly someday. It is just a bit huge.

If anyone is interested in how large the tuber got after growing for 360 days, I have just blogged about it.

https://pattheplants.blogspot.com/2022/ ... lbosa.html

I dragged myself out of bed at 10:30, had breakfast and went straight back to bed. Quite enough effort for me for today. Two hours on public transport, a packed lunch and talking to people was definitely not on my agenda after the week I had at work. I have too many fast-growing plants already so I...

Pity you'd not mailed me earlier. They were at the NW mart this morning. Was Craig there? If so, did he look healthy? I also doubt they host the website at site, but there's always a chance. Metaphorical emergency power: https://forum.bcss.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=172737&hilit=williams Tell me .....