Cacti and Succulents

That's a very good reason for staying awake all night

@Michael Hewett hi Michael, I’ve been interested in cactus for around 20 +yrs and once had an enormous collection which was ruined by weather and unruly kids I guess, some kids we’re always breaking pane’s of glass and in the end I give it up. It’s just since the COVID lockdowns, I started...

@Michael Hewett , after looking at numerous pictures of rhipsalis ceruescula, I’m going with your suggestion Michael, too many similarities for it not to be, cheers Michael

@Nikolaos Forget it then i'll look for a different plant, something that grows a tad faster

@Tabbee Not sure if you managed to ID the succulent in the first picture, but here you go, it’s a Crassula Muscosa, also known as Watch chain plant , hope this helps

Thanks I’ll keep you all updated in the spring, fingers crossed it’ll flower

Cheers again @Michael Hewett for the ID

I’ve got a very young one grown from dragon fruit, and I agree with you totally, the spines look harmless just like hair, but get them in your hands and their terrible

Thanks all for your comments, wasn’t sure if anyone would like it, the bowl was being thrown out, so I just had to recycle it, @Selleri as mentioned in your reply I’ll have to be careful with the watering

Thank you @Sirius I looked it up and believe you are right, I shall put a label with it now

Haworthia cooperi flowering ...

Looks fine to me too

Amazing how time goes by! I got Billbergia nutans from him, he grew it outside. He would laugh how mine has expanded. I corresponded with him for a while. He had some health issues, I think Asthma.

Thank you @pete, yes I do have several Euphorbias, although I have lost a few recently. Now that you mention it I think I posted the close-up photo in the 'What's looking good in May' thread. I'd forgotten ... my memory gets worse

I have / had Escheceria secunda. I say have / had because I am getting rid of all my small succulents.

Not sure if Melocactus is self fertile. If it is, it's easy as you say, but as it has flowered before and not produced seed I'm I'm think maybe it needs another Melocactus of a different clone to pollinate it.Hybrids will work with some cacti but not all.

I agree with Pete the small brown spots look like wounds from insects .Another thing you need to bare in mind is that some insects cannot be seen with the naked eye as they live in the soil Some Nematodes eat roots slowly and they tend to live in garden centresAs they prefer wet...

The place they live at now gets extremely hot in the summer as it holds on to heat from the day before.Thanks for the tip i will only go up to 15%-25% of the recommended concentration Limited to once every 2 months during the growing seasonThat way it wont be too much fertiliser for this...

I have this Coryphantha maiz-tablasensisVAR ?UKNOWN?I bought it on ebay and the seller said that the old man that took care of them hasn't done so for a few years yet this survived in a green house.Since then I potted them on a south-facing windowsill and waterd them very very lightly. I...

Michael Hewett,Thanks very much for your identification of the Parodia leninghausii. At long last I can get them all labelled up. I don't remember ever seeing flowers on the original plant but my wife does. It must have been many years ago. Many years ago when I was a student, I had a small...