Hi! I just came to say I agree with hegar. Your plant seems pretty normal to me. It's almost impossible to find a 'perfect plant' without any marks from anything. They are such a long lived things, with time anything can happen. Edema looks bad but to me it's actually a big relief plants can handle ...

I'm really envy about you Mammillaria seedling grown up so fast for a year or so, you've created optimal conditions for them. That Oreocereus is more likely to be celsianus , but that is not a problem. Lot of flowers for next season and keep posting! The seeds were sown last February so they're not...

First snow fell today. It'll go away in a couple days though, it's still too warm for it. I wish the staying snow comes soon because I'm losing my mind with birch seeds which are basically everywhere every autumn... On the floors, on the carpet, in the carpet, on the sofa, between the windows. Windo...

I love this topic, Pompom! I enjoy reading people's little 'biographies' of their plants because they can often be as interesting as those of humans. I feel kind of inspired to start my own personal topic now, despite also having a (relatively) small collection... I'm glad to hear this topic intere...

Hello! The pictures would help a lot! 1. When did you repot? I'd recommend you to unpot the plant and check the roots. It's almost certain you've damaged the roots while changing the soil, but usually that's not a big deal if you've let the plant dry properly before potting it again and heal and set...

Hello everyone! How is it going? I haven't been able to set my plants to winter rest place yet and they've been on the windowsill. Which is not optional since the radiator under the windowsill has been set on and the plants get too much heat and some of them are happily growing. Fortunately it has b...

It was a very pleasurable post to read pompom! AND WHERE IS KURT?! I kept most of my plants in balcony in summer. The echeveria ended up etiolated, Kurt too. Then one day we had strong winds which was too much for the tall plants and the roots kinda loosened and broke in the soil and the plants end...

Hello Pompom, it is nice to hear, that you not only have found a hobby, which does satisfy you, but also, that you do like this site and its bloggers. Although I did live the first 20 years of my life in northern Germany, I never ventured out further north than to Odense, Denmark. Now, I do live in...

OREOCEREUS Oreocereus Trollii . This was an impulse purchase. I’ve had it for only a couple days but I love it so much! I lovet he hair it has and love the color of the stem. The color is so fresh bright green. This one has so sharp spines I actually had to use gloves while repotting. oreocereustro...

ALOE Aloe hybrid, Vida . This one was a souvenir gift from my friend. It’s from Spain and has a rough history with ants, root loss and suriving. It was basically dying but against the odds it lived. From two centimeters, it has risen to 11 centimeters! I named it Vida, the translator said it meand ...

NOTOCACTUS/PARODIA Notocactus Roseuletus, (P)Earl . I don’t know why, but when I look at this one I immediately think about a pearl necklace. The spines look yellow in pictures and in real life but there’s also a subtle tint of pink in. I’ve tried countless of times to catch it in the pictures but ...

ECHINOPSIS Echinopsis ssp, Roihu/Flare . I have no idea which echinopsis this one is, but it’s an offset from my grandmothers plant. It got it’s name in summer. One evening I was looking at my plants and noticed this one looked cool! The evening sun was shining angled from behind and it made the sp...

GYMNOCALYCIUM The biggest gymnocalycium I have is a g. Baldianum . This was the first gymno I got. At the end of the summer it got a flat mite invasion which I hope is in control now. gymnobaldianum.jpg Gymnocalycium Baldianum (or similar), smaller and darker. This one I had to buy because I loved ...

MAMMILLARIA Mammillaria Karwinskiana, Darth Karw. When I got it, it was a ball-shaped cutie and now it’s an egg-shaped cactus sith lord. Then after 6 months I ended up blaming it to be boring and out of nowhere it put out fruits. It was winter and the plant was under a growing light and the light c...

Hi everyone! I decided to make a whole new thread since my small collection has grown to an average sized collection. Well it’s still small compared to many collections, but now it’s more like a collection, not a ”couple of plants on windowsill”. I live in Finland which is a small country on Norther...