Scents are a matter of personal opinion since some people are more sensitive to some than others. No plants I know naturally use humans as pollinators so don't produce scent to suit us! It has been found many plants release their scents only at certain times of the day or night when their pollinator...

Cactus Shows and judging differ around the world wherever you go. Local ones are often judged by a general gardener with some classes for cacti among the garden plants, but specialist cactus shows usually use more qualified judges. Some countries rate fancy expensive pots highly in judging, whereas ...

Hi nachtkrabb in the UK we tend to insulate our greenhouses with bubblewrap in winter to save heating costs, though I also do running a cold greenhouse too. The problem is if left up all year with standard bubblewrap it only lasts a season of so before it disintegrates due to Ultra Violet light (UV)...

Never did know my left from my right! Really a case I need new glasses. Thanks for correcting. Also shows offsetting can be variable. The front E. magnificus is offsetting around the base like mad, whereas not one offset yet on the slightly larger plant behind it. I have also seem many E. warasii's ...

These are my plants. All plants vary but my E. warasii and E. claviceps tend to produce offsets high up the stem, even near apical even though the growing point is still growing and not damaged. I have only noticed this high offset production in some of the Eriocactus? Also it is normal for E. waras...

Daiv says it should be OK now.

Hi Hanazono,

I tried and got it also so have referred the matter to Daiv.

DaveW

E. magnificus must be much rarer in Finland then since Uebelmannia's are far less common in the UK and fetch far higher prices. E. magnificus when first imported to Britain, being propagated in sunnier countries, used to have a beautiful bluish waxy epidermis, but that does not develop much in our s...

As shown above it is usually grown as a pendant plant in a hanging basket, unlike the usual C. silvestrii that grows OK in a pot on the stageing. As to its discovery see the following link that will usually translate using Google Translator or similar. http://www.incact.cz/index.php/82-chamaecereus-...

Yes Tony Santore, well known on YouTube from his "colourful" language sprinkled with F-words, but he knows his botany.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Santore

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... %27t+Cacti

I'd go for G.pflanzii too.

My Schlumbergera stems are totally red when new and small but turn green a few weeks later as they grow. Epiphytes are usually lower light plants that grow in the dappled shade of other vegetation in habitat and seldom fully out in the open. See:- https://gardenforindoor.com/cactus-turning-red/#:~:t...

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. As long as the shoots are not damaged and turn green later nothing to w...

Hard to tell from a top shot how tall and proportionately globular they are? If thicker bodied than the other Eriocactus and usually more globular it could be Parodia (Notocactus, Eriocactus,) schumanniana? http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACTI/Family/Cactaceae/1145/Notocactus_schumannianus https...

Hi Spence, Setiechinopsis tend to be short lived plants, over 5 years is a good age. However they are self fertile therefore plant a few seeds from those fruits to have replacements coming along. I bring mine indoors when in bud so as to not miss the flowers, otherwise when you go into the greenhous...