Cacti and Succulents

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This plant is in a hay basket outside and grew into this wonderful shape

I have just noticed a new 'rats' tail emerging.

An interesting succulent that spreads by creeping stolons - Orostachys iwarenge............... Orostachys iwarenge by longk48, on FlickrOrostachys iwarenge by longk48, on Flickr

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Usually if you knock out the rootball you can just pull back the pup and the long stolon that it has grown on just comes away up to the main plant, where you can cut it off. Often this doesn't really disturb the main rootball very much.

@longk I think that is possible. They grow in tropical forests around Rio de Janeiro so are not used as much heat and dry air as desert cacti.

Thank you both … @pete and @WeeTam I haven't seen mealy bugs on it until now but maybe they were hiding in between the shoots. I have pulled the offshoots apart and hope to plant them soon. I don't think they'll root yet but hopefully they'll last the winter in my conservatory and root in the...

Pete Last year I took a three-foot top cutting from a very large and unwieldy Pilosocereus azureus ; left it to callous for five-months , whereupon adventitious roots were developing . Potted up and is now growing as normal . The resilience of plants is amazing .

On-line Guide to the positive identification of Members of the Cactus FamilyThis can be interesting also !

It is true (the deep pocket bit anyway). Having the ability to peel an orange in my pocket is truly a gift.

Rebutia, should really flower in spring. But nice to see some colour this time of the year.

Had to get my conversion app on then to work out the temperature. Crazy as I grew up with farenheit but the new world fascists beat me down and now its all C for me. My polytunnel has heaters in but is heated to 40 max. Due to the moisture in there, despite fans, I don't think it would be the...

They need to rest after only their first growing season. No water and cool temps all winter, some species need watering earlier than others, often just a light spray at first to get them going is best. Some of these actually survive in the wild on fog, with practically no rain.

Thank you @LokiHere's my search of the sealant topic which has some more pics. The clay is just air dry clay, Hobbycraft and Amazon have it.First I tried to make tall, slim pots by shaping the clay over glasses, but they were too thin and cracked. Thick, bun like shapes turned out to be...

With the recent spate of inclement weather patterns, I've had to resort to purchasing a small plastic greenhouse affair to keep the rain off my Sempervivum collection. It seems a better option for me leaving the door completely open to let the flow of air around the plants.

Thank you both … with your help I have now been able to identify the plants. First one is Aloe striata Second one is a Kalanchoe hybrid called 'Elk Antlers'

It certainly does look like leaf miner I think... There is no real control for them at this time of year.. I would remove the worst affected leaves and then you could try a spray of Neem oil to catch the adults before they lay eggs.. Since the damage is mostly cosmetic, the remedy is to...

I wouldn't even like to try and guess on that one, it looks pretty young and cacti alter a fair amount as they mature.