Many thanks for your recent e-mail searching for information on Hylotelephium. This generic name was erected some years ago, in 1977 to be precise, by H. Ohba, with Sedum telephium as the type.
Month: July 2023
Notocactus or Parodia?
I am probably opening a can of worms here. As Notos are my favourite genus, I’ll try not to get emotional! Up until fairly recently, the accepted classification of Notocactus was that of Buxbaum.
Please Help Me Save My Grandma’s Jade
Grandma died (rest her soul) and left this huge Jade behind with no instructions how to look after it. It was very healthy but now, after a year in my care, the plant looks very sick. There are brown spots on the leaves, the stems are falling over and the plant has never flowered.
Notes on Growing Welwitschia mirabilis (Hook. E) From Seed
By Ed Perfect, Kitchener, Ontario Featured image: AI-generated text-to-image of Welwitschia mirabilis in flower. Welwitschia mirabilis is a unique, tap-rooted plant from the Namib desert in the south-west of Africa. Because of its rarity and tap-rooted (non-clustering) nature, the only practical method of propagation is by seed. I have about ten years experience