I do not have the C. marchandi (a lovely one, just landed pretty high on my wishlist - would you consider a cutting swap?), so don't have factual experience here, but from its appearance it might have similar needs to barklyi, which for me means watering every month or so. Pyramidalis seems to be ha...

For some time already I am looking for a written reference (online or maybe a book photo/scan, I was referred to G. Rowley's "Crassula. A grower's guide" as the best currently available resource about Crassulae) on the third Crassula I have below. The right hand one is a "classic"...

A book I used a lot in my earlier days in deciding which genera and which species to grow was of course John Pilbeam's 'Cacti for the Connoisseur' [...][/url] Thank you Tony, this book looks exactly like what I was looking for: "A detailed guide to the plants native to harsh environments that ...

I recently had a pretty hard nut to crack while choosing seeds from the Forum Seed List - which cacti to choose?! This made me wonder if there exists a pretty generic, maybe even just (?) morphological overview of the most popular cacti genera and species? Something, that would answer questions like...

Thank you Ian! I chose the species mostly visually as I had not even a single cacti, sad to hear they are slow growers! May I ask for a bit of clarification below? [...] The mesembs not so long, I bring them into the fresh air soon after germination seems complete. Is there an upper limit for their ...

I did say in an earlier comment that I would be judging photographs rather than plants, not sure which entries are old/difficult to grow so I my shortlist of potential winning images were entries from (in no particular order) MarDz, HaoBao, rodsmith and el48tel. After much switching between tabs wi...

[...] and stand back so you don't get hit by the rapid growth. I see what you mean, less than 96 hours and they already have 10 mm! May I ask if there is anything on the list below (that I sowed in this round) that would need much different treatment than "wait until germination and gradually ...

For clarity I will reply to my own post rather than editing the original one. After closer inspection of the photos I think the white, fuzzy "things" are actually roots of the seedlings. They all start where roots should be (clearly visible on the one that fell over) and every seedling see...

Hello Everyone! I am 4 days after sowing my first batch of BCSS and MSG seeds and already have some germination! I have used the famous "baggy method" (or at least its close approximation): "Sterilised" the soil in an oven (85-90 degrees for 30 minutes) - quotation marks as it ap...

No I didn't mean 'wouldn't' but its only advice you don't have to take it, the stem once plump wouldn't leave much space for soil in a 2" pot. You need to bury quite a lot of the stem to give stability, its never going to be happy just slightly buried & wobbling, there is quite a bit of we...