The postman arrived with an exciting box last week from Glenhirst nursery. I got a cute little Lithops called Marmorata, a 'living stone' which will flower in the autumn with ice white flowers. Lithops come from South Africa in very dry areas where they survive half submerged as stones to deter animals from eating them. The box contained a succulent called Sedum Pachyphylum, a mass of club shaped leaves green with pink tips. Most exciting is an orchid catus or epiphyllum, these are cactus which grow spectactular flowers. Mine arrived as a 6 inch cutting which I am now rooting in in slightly moist compost. The epiphyllum flower.
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