November 2024 in the Southern Hemisphere

[Vinny 123]

2) An unnamed cactus - maybe a rebutia?

For sure a Rebutia.
Numerous hybrids are available today, but the usual guess at species would be something like muscula, but it would be a brave individual to attach any identity to any Rebutia beyond what they receive it as.

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Robert,
After reading Graham Ware's article on Brodieas in the latest IRG, I checked BICON for seed allowed and found a huge number of the species he mentioned (some I'd not heard of before) are ALLOWED! I'm hoping that the donors for NARGS had a good harvesting season and more will be on this year's Seedex. The Gilia in flower is descended from some I grew from seed from you which I was not able to establish in the open garden but which has persisted (for now) among the potted plants.

Hi Vinny,
thank you for confirming the ID of the Rebutia - I'm sure it was picked up at a market or from a nursery labelled as "cactus" only.

Last few for November:
Last weekend we had a "rain event" and so by mid-week we had a response from the rain-lilies - sadly in the weediest parts of the garden so no amount of cropping can exclude them!
1 & 2 ) Habranthus tubispathus var roseus
3) Habranthus tubispathus
4) A Cooperia, I think
cheers
fermi