Cacti and Succulents

I used to have the two but the bupleurifolia one died and I can't find another. I may have to try on line.

@PaulB3 Yes, the flowers only last one night. I can't recall if they are scented, though.

I use that every year and it seems to work on mealy bugs to a certain extent. I'm going to use it on my house plants soon - I've seen a few vine weevils in the house.

She said she was going to try both methods. I will let you know. I only know her in another forum so I'll have to ask her next time I go on it.

YnneadI have three and just use multi compost. As @pete says, mine live outdoors permanently but I do lose leaves in the Winter, although I don't get frost or even get near zero.Jatropha multifida

Never discard anything from succulents I just stuck the flowering stem of an aeonium rosette in this pot and starved it of water all winter.

I have one, it has survived the last two winters in my unheated greenhouse and will soon flower.

No @Emerion . It sits in the same pot either on an unused wooden bench or the low stone wall which separates patio from lawn. I pretty much leave the cactus to its own devices once it's outside. Slugs are in the borders and only the occasional one strays on to the patio !

Well I wouldn'y like to guess really, Orange rot as I've heard is terminal usually, so I hope it isn't that, but I dont know what it could be. Rust usually leaves an orange stain on your fingers. Only other problem I'm finding is scab.

There are two varieties of C. ovata with different leaf shapes to the 'normal' one. One variety has been named 'Golum' and the other 'Hobit'. They seem to have elongated leaves. I believe Golum has cup shapes ends to the leaves and Hobit has spoon shaped leaves. I have several Golums myself,...

You can’t keep a good cactus down! Re. My poor neglected specimen, I have some cactus compost so will try adding some of that with some extra grit. Thank you for the advice!

Thanks, guys Confusion reigns. In my own head, I tend to use mesembryanthemum, but can never remember how to spell it, so I used the packet name. I'm in far west Cornwall, and am constantly trying new plants, to see how they go. Eg. I put in 3 Prostanthera cuneata and 3 Prostanthera...

Maybe the problem with the weak-looking shoots is that it's in too warm a place. The winter is dark, and succulents need a cool place with little or no water, because they should become dormant. Growing in the dark winter will lead to elongated weak shoots.

@Mountain_Goat If you want a free Dragonfruit plant, you can pull the arm off, let it dry for a day or two and then plop it in a small pot. It should root easily and turn into a vicious, vigorous and rather ugly plant (Or, it could turn out that the root graft part is some other type of...

ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus - Recherche Google

You might have something in there @PaulB3 Thanks for sharing the link! You shared the Cactusinhabitat already some years ago, I find it fascinating and keep re-visiting and re-sharing.The said cactus has made another non-opening flower and has some buds coming up. It is now under a grow...

I've just seen this thread, and my curiousity was piqued by the name of the plant, i.e. Senecio Curio Articulatus. It seems the taxonomists have been having a field day, with this one. Some years ago, when I grew C&S, I knew this as Kleinia articulata, which at some point became Senecio...

Got them all (eventually !)

My cacti get watered and fed heavily in april, maybe again in june, a light splash in august then probably nothing at all for the rest of the year

It's only ths Coreopsis that had the RMB, and I didn't bring it in for the winter, it's a hardy plant so I left it outside. I kept it in a pot because it always rots in the ground here, and now it gets RMB in the pots so I don't think I'll be buying any more of them.