Sedum mocinoanum Pérez-Calix
April 1, 2022 8:54 pm Comments Off on Sedum mocinoanum Pérez-CalixSedum mocinoanum is one of the most beautiful of all tender sedums with dense rosettes covered in stiff, short, white... View Article
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August 30, 2021 7:50 pm Comments Off on LeedsMeetings 2020 We meet on the third Monday of the month (unless indicated otherwise) and our 2020 programme is as... View Article
Suggestions wanted
June 25, 2021 1:26 pm Comments Off on Suggestions wantedIf you know of or own a collection that opens to the public whether routinely or by appointment then please... View Article
What’s in a name?
June 22, 2021 12:42 am Comments Off on What’s in a name?The system of giving scientific names to plants was invented by a Swedish botanist, Carl Linnaeus, who lived in the... View Article
SCOTLAND: Inverness – Inverness Botanical Gardens
June 8, 2021 3:30 am Comments Off on SCOTLAND: Inverness – Inverness Botanical GardensBught Lane, Inverness IV3 5SS t 01463 713553 www.highlifehighland.com/inverness-botanic-gardens The Collection The Cactus House was constructed in 1996 and a... View Article
SCOTLAND: St Andrews – St Andrews University Botanic Gardens
June 7, 2021 3:50 am Comments Off on SCOTLAND: St Andrews – St Andrews University Botanic GardensCanongate, The Botanic Garden, St Andrews, Fife KY16 8RT t 01334 476452 www.standrewsbotanic.org The Collection A desert glasshouse showcases their... View Article
Pleiospilos N.E.Br. sub-tribe
December 1, 2020 7:57 pm Comments Off on Pleiospilos N.E.Br. sub-tribeThe word Pleiospilos means ‘many spots’ which describes the species more than adequately. The sub-tribe Pleiospilinae used to contain a... View Article
Mammillaria grahamii
July 1, 2020 6:11 pm Comments Off on Mammillaria grahamiiPreviously known as M. microcarpa, this species, in series Ancistracanthae, is abundant in habitat but is reputed to be difficult... View Article
Pelargonium incrassatum
June 1, 2020 5:42 pm Comments Off on Pelargonium incrassatumThe succulent pelargoniums from the winter-rainfall part of South Africa take on two guises: they can either be stem succulents... View Article
Schlumbergera lutea
May 1, 2020 5:16 pm Comments Off on Schlumbergera luteaThis delightful epiphytic cactus from eastern Brazil has had a number of different names over the years. Up to 2011... View Article
Sansevieria francisii
April 1, 2020 5:10 pm Comments Off on Sansevieria francisiiFrancis (Frank) Kenneth Horwood (1924–1987) was a doyen of succulent plant propagators. I visited him in 1970 when he was... View Article
Rebutia (Sulcorebutia) tiraquensis
March 1, 2020 9:46 pm Comments Off on Rebutia (Sulcorebutia) tiraquensisWhether you think they are Rebutia, Sulcorebutia or Weingartia, the sulcos are a deservedly popular group of plants and one... View Article