"I think the manager thought cacti are only for summer and tried to sell them as quickly as possible?" Maybe making room for more suitable winter stock? Large non specialist retailers (at least in the UK) are now run by accountants and the space an item occupies costs so much per square f...

Very helpful! Thank you so much!

Hi Bennie, is tht a kond of Parodia that flowers so lovely in yellow? Hope your fine. Yours N. Hi Nachtkrabb, Nice to hear from you again! Hope all is well. I have had some personal problems and have been offline for a long time. The cactus is a Notocactus schlosseri, I think. I got a couple of big...

Also, no problem with these....

Aiko wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:30 pm Looks live a pain to repot!

Ohhh nohhh, in the presence of this beauty, I am in my happy place!

This is a Grusonia wrightiana or kunzei, othewise known as the awesome new cactus at our house! :lol: For U.S. members: I got this cutting at Jason's Etsy shop ArizonaCactusGrowers. I just discovered his cactus nursery and he seems very nice! I can't buy much since I am full, but it may be worth che...

Thanks for the link, Steve! If anyone has another source, please don't be shy. This one does mention min. acceptable temperature for the species but not for all of them. Sometimes the cultivation sections just talks about something else. I am so spoiled with the internet: half expecting everything I...

My house is full. I live in Virgina, U.S.A. (zone 7, I think - it's in my signature block which I can't see while typing) and we go down to 5 F sometimes, mostly down to 20F at night and up to 50s F or so during the day in winter, summer 90 F during the day and 70s at night. Was thinking I could gro...

Hi zephyros, If you have to be in a office, plants are a life saver, I found. :lol: :D These are not succulents, but almost... they have super-thick leaves and do well with severe drought (at least mine have for the last 15 years) and mine and it's mother have done great under artifical light, even,...

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=how+to+start+a+plant+club&docid=608022620234216805&mid=7EDE9E4F9C4AE151439E7EDE9E4F9C4AE151439E&view=detail&FORM=VIRE https://www.rolawn.co.uk/blog/november-2016/setting-up-and-running-a-successful-gardening-club https://www.wikihow.com/Start-a-G...

Oh, no, I missed the complete opening of the puna bonniae shown in the last post - was going to get it when it was all the way open. What a shame! At least I took photos when I did. So glad. I did catch these all the way open: Tethrocactus geometricus_bloom_side_2021.jpg Tethrocactus geometricus_blo...

Wow..thats just crazy..my example is a giveaway in comparison! But really,, can you blame the sellers? If people are willing to pay such ridiculous prices for a single node, I guess people who aren’t already very well off, couldn’t be blamed? The craze will pass almost certainly and we who don’t wo...

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Wow - I just saw a tiny rooted piece of stem for 755.- https://www.etsy.com/listing/1024346045/008-monstera-borsigiana-aurea-rooted?ref=hp_opfy-3&frs=1&cns=1 That plant grows up a huge tree, normally. Now 2 inch pieces sell for over 700.- dollars! Crazy! It's just a Monstera with a color var...