Wow. How old is that Mike?

I like this! Had not heard of this one.

Wow Mike!

I just repotted my two year old seedlings and they are maybe a tenth of that size.

That looks very like my 'flanaganii' plant. Here is a photo of the flower of my gorgonis from Silverhill seed. The colour is similar but there are subtle shape differences.

Thank you Darren :wink: I shared your confusion when it first flowered. Still not convinced it actually is flanaganii, but yes - there is another plant like yours out there. I must replace the other one. They seem to react badly to a totally dry winter and shrivel alarmingly. I have often meant to ...

My plant has similar flowers. I also used to have a more typical flanaganii. The latter had pale flowers and much more spindly arms than this one. I have a potful of seedlings from presumably a cross between the two.

And yes, it stinks!

I watered everything this morning except the higher altitude plants. In previous summers I have had taproot loss on Sulcorebutia and Eriosyce which I put down to being overgenerous with water in hot weather. These were last watered in late June and will stay dry now until I am convinced of cooler ni...

The opuntia has changed colour today.

It came to me from Ian Robinson. The number JC102 (ex HM) is on the label. Whatever that means. Ian has some interesting and unusual plants. Why don't you ask him for info: his email address is on his web page: http://www.tynyllidiart.co.uk/robinsoncacti I might well ask him Ralph, yes. He does ind...

Phil_SK wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:48 pm Could the C be an L and the 2 a 3? HM is Harry Middleditch and he writes in The Chileans No 46 that he is growing JL 103.
https://www.fieldnos.bcss.org.uk/fieldn ... ldNo=jl103

Thanks Phil. Yes it is possible as the label is hand written.