Hallo kas70, about your Echeverias: Does that dish of yours have wholes where the water can flow out...? This would be mandatory. A friend of mine had cacti on her table as a centerpiece. There they had not enough natural light by far, it was a good attempt at killing them. I hope you had thought of...

Thank you for reading things up & reassuring me.
N.

Accidentally I stumbled across Euphorbia alluaudii subsp. oncoclada / Euphorbia leucodendron (more or less synonyms).
Who knows those? Is it possible that this is what this plant is?
Thanks
N.

Great pictures. Thank you for sharing.
N.

....read them up properly. Will give them a cool winter in the unheated stairwell.
N.

....aaaah, thank you, Minnesota, now I understand what you meant.
Yes, this is a good description I can go with very well.

Do have a good time, too!
Nachtkrabb

Hello Greenknight, sounds very good, that should be the name. =D> Do you something about them: Do they need a really cool winter just as Stapelia grandiflora, leendertziae or the like? -- I don't want to loose it immediately because of a too warm or too cold winter. Thank you very much Nachtkrabb

Thank you guys. Just... in school, "a couple of days ago", I learned it the other way round for trees . I remember as it did impress me vrey much. The trees leaves would be red, yellow or white if it were not for the chlorophyll. This is why they look those colours when leaves start to unf...

Hello everybody, yesterday in a plantshop I found something, that looked to me like a Stapelia -- but it is TINY. Nonetheless, it has flowered (done) & carries some buds. Incredible. 8) About size: The plant is about 5cm (ca. 2in) high. The pot measures about 5cm (ca. 2in) across. The measure sh...

Hallo Greenknight,
The new stalks really are very soft & tender, their skin of older stalks is by far tougher.
Would you kindly please explain: How could the red colour or missing chlorophyllum protect the new growth from what?
Thanks
N.

Hey Dave, I am growing cacti for over 45years now, I started as an eight year old kid. :lol: I know that plants turn red in too much direct sun. :lol: But I am talking about some other behaviour: Please look at the pictures, the overall plants DO NOT turn reddish at all, they are basking in the sun....

Thanks, bbarv. Maybe it helps if I add pictures of what I have in my house -- will be doing that later. I do not expect H.cymbiformis as I have one which sat & thrieved in a spot where these two here felt it much too hot / sunny. They got into heat dorm & didn't wake up for at least two year...

Yes my Schlumbergera gaertneri also does it with new segments. Its all down to light intensity and as the segment ages it turns green. Maybe the equivalent of humans tanning to protect against too much UV light for young shoots. What does your plant do? Are the whole of the new segments reddish, or...

Since loads of years I have a couple of Epis of different stock. Yes, I expect them to be hybrids of some sort or another. What I think interesting is their newgrowth: * In some plants it starts green with a red rim at the "leaves", which later is lost. * In some plants, the leaves start d...

Hi folks, in the course of my reorganisation & rechecking, I came to these plants. I got them loads of years ago (legally!) from the Sukkulentensammlung Zürich / Succulent Collection, Zurich. The plants had too much heat for a while, so I replaced them this hot summer. Now they have started to r...