There seems to be two clones though and I see the Hofacker article in Cactus Explorer mentions that they are smoother almost spineless pads at one end of the range and more spiny at the other?. I have found that the same clone, grown lush and in shade, grows almost spineless, whereas grown hard and...

Of course, if you use (acidified) tap water, then there is no need for a pump. Just let mains pressure send it down a garden hose to the greenhouse!

I had a small two joint rooted cutting of S. microspherica from Ralph Martin. I may be asking for a bit back then soon. Mine is on its last legs, and I find it almost impossible to grow. To wet - it dies. Too dry - it dies.It's done best for me in a sealed container with roots only slightly damp bu...

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You very rarely see big, mature plants of this species. Not a beginners plant at all - a real challenge to grow well in my opinion.

Tina wrote:I was lucky & got bags of this free when the local aquarium centre cleaned out a load of tanks the other year, including free fertilizer

Sounds rather fishy to me...

Get well soon - hope to see you at the meetings!

Really? As far as I can see it is just a vine which grows in high rainfall areas with somewhat fleshy roots. I'm still rather dubious this qualifies as succulent!

However, I have to concede it is in the Encyclopedia of Succulent Plants...

Doesn't look very succulent?

Ralf Hillmann and SuccSeed are good for seeds of these genera.