Good Evening all We havehad an exceptionally warm autumn and early winter, but have haa spell of very cold weather and my mamm. Polthele is still flowering although not as profusely as it did in the summer! I wonder if it has gone into dormancy yet Im sure my other cacti have and they have had no wa...

Hello all. I have been reading this topic with interest. My father gave me a small tree, but i forget the name of it Claridendron or something. The leaves smelled foul when crushed but the blossoms smelled like orange blossom. The resulting berries were a manificent swimming pool blue surrounded by ...

Hello All. Steve your photos not coming out on my computer, just getting a red cross in a box! :( I bet the flowers are lovely though! I love the way they seem to surprise us with flowers I am not very experienced in the cactus world but was overjoyed when my Ario Bravoannus and Agavoides flowered !...

Hello All. Thankyou both. I have not cross pollinated them as not sure how! I was so pleased to see them flower I think these must be amazing to see in the wild when they flower, they are just fascinating to me!
Willow

Another Agavoides pic from a different angle. It has another bud on the way and I have stopped watering now as weve had cold nights and not much sun in the last few days, and plenty of rain!

And Agavoides. Sorry not quite sure how to place all pics on one post!

Here are my Ariocarpus agavoides and Bravoannus flowering they have flowered twice and third on the way for both of them! I can imagine just how beautiful to see them intheir natural habitat flowering!

Good afternoon all. I have a small collection and some flowers. My astrophytum hybrid has flowered twice and a new bud forming.

Thankyou for your replies. I will repot and try and remove as much peat as possible!
Davew I never thought of it that way and I suppose it does keep a lot of people in jobs. Amazing photo of all those mass produced cacti!
Thankyou
Willow

Very sad indeed
A heavy price to pay but an even heavier price to pay for the habitat.
As long as there are those willing to pay that sort of money there will be people willing to steal these plants without any thought for the consequences only short term gain
Willow

Just one more quick question. Why on earth do they spoil an otherwise beautiful cactus with these awful flowers and great gobs of glue that spoil the spines? Mystified
Willow

Hello all. We went to a garden centre to buy bulbs for the garden but came out with 2 new cacti. They unfortunately had fake straw flowers stuck on them, but we thought with some careful surgery they could be removed. I got them because I loved their ginger soft spines. They were only£2.00 each! The...

Hello all, Very interesting discussion going on here. I have learned alot by reading such discussions as fairly new to cactus growing(although Ive had a couple for a long time) I have now repotted from peat which i previously thought was the correct stuff! My Arios are flowering as is my astrophytum...

Thankyou all for the advice concerning the limestone chippings. I have to use rain water as I live in a hard water area, and it leaves horrible white chalky deposits
Thank you all Appreciated
Willow

Good morning all. I have a Myriostigma that I intend to give as a gift to brothers son. I have potted it into a soil mix which is made of John Innes 2 parts 2 parts very course grit, cat litter and crushed limestone , This I bought from Wicks and bashed up with a hammer to achieve smaller pieces. Th...