Thank you Jerry. I really do hope that someone takes a second look! It might help if you outlined what you do for your plant as far as water, fertilizer, light, etc. I let mine get a little drier right after it blooms. I just took another look at the photo and wondered about a nutrient excess or de...

I haven't finished reading this thread but wanted to throw this out there whilst I'm thinking about it. This is a trace mineral fertilizer that I've long used for all my cacti and gardening endeavors: Planters II https://fertilizerbrokerage.com/wp-content/pdfs/PlantersII-Specifications.pdf "De...

I still have pouches of unopened buffer fluids. I suppose I could test the test strips on the buffer fluids. I'll have to find another source for buying test strips as I don't buy on Amazon. This thread was interesting reading. I had long assumed that my tap water would be acidic because the local ...

I can only say I don't know what it is. Maybe someone else will look again.

Thanks Nino. I doubt these are fancy. They are S. arachnoideum. If they have a cultivar name, I don't know it.

Increasing image size would make it easier to post pictures. It is a bit of a chore to resize and then post.

How should I be treating Sempervivum pups when transplanting? Should I treat them like a cactus and let them dry out, pot in dry potting mix, wait a few days before watering? Or, should I treat them like any other plant? Like, dig out with a bit of a rootball and transplant immediately into slightly...

Hey George, I just saw I posted these same photo's last year in a different post of yours. My apologies. I didn't remember I did it. Still trying to figure out how to grow these plants. I have begun keeping my plants in the same Eastern exposure my Malagasy Euphorbia get. Full sun until 1 pm, then s...

Question on the Leuchtenbergia, if you know- The tubercles on your photo are all green out to the tips. Mine die off at the tips. Am I not giving it enough water? I've been growing my two since 2009 and one even flowered last year. But I'm not happy with them. Repotted April 2021 so here are bare ro...

Those hummingbird nests are so well camouflaged, I could only spot the one in the Opuntia because of the black beak! Using your hint I went back and looked again and found it. It was right in front of my eyes, but I never saw it. I was looking at the dark patches thinking they might be cavities and...

I brought my cacti and succulents that stay indoors all winter in the heated house outdoors for a few days last week and early this week. Getting them acclimated to full sun. They've been watered lightly all winter. I've given them full soaks and fertilizer twice now. Brought them indoors yesterday ...

Last week had three days in the mid to high 60's and really sunny. I misted all of my cacti that had not been watered since October or so. I kick myself for not taking before photos, because I can't tell for sure if plants reacted or not. But a few Echinocereus, Sulcorebutia arenacea, and my Lophoph...

K.W. I too am glad you are back.

Hummingbird? in the second photo.

That's it. Thanks very much. I have to learn how to search for images.