I understood that if it's a commercial seller a passport has to be provided no matter where the plants come from or how they are sold. The "commercial seller" bit says it all.

You can chop it up into small pieces and keep dropping a bit or two into litter bins.

Or

Take it to the local recycle centre

Or

Dry it off, season it, then make a walking stick

My latest post went straight in. Not the usual long delay.

I think Bill frightened it.

Terry S. wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:14 am Just invented for a plant growing downwards! Apologies for Terry's abstruse sense of humour.

I had one of these last year and just left it alone. The new leaves eventually took over and the plant is fine now.

If they were all called "Sid" then you wouldn't know which ones to order. If you want one of these you order a Sid. If you want a different plant you order a Tom, Dick or Harry or even a Gladys etc. We'll leave the Latin stuff to the OCD Taxonomists :wink: I was pondering if Taxonomists o...

Too much messing about by the taxonomists. Why don't we just call them all Sid?

Aiko wrote: ↑Sun Sep 13, 2020 9:44 am A very nice Cheiridopsis, the species name suits it quite fine.

Has anyone in northern Europe been able to flower this plant?

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU-1Htasj4w[/youtube]

If you don't want to watch it all go to 0.36

Only really needed for growing plants indoors or for out-of-season propagation. Not needed for general succulent plant culture. It might be worth trying them for some of the winter-growing plants, e.g. Bulbine species, which can grow quite untypically in our climate compared to back home in RSA; al...

I have it labelled Cheiridopsis albirosea SB772 as that is how I acquired it.

Is the correct name Ihlenfeldtia excavata 'Albirosea' or Ihlenfeldtia excavata f. albirosea?