Mark Anderson

Some Bonsai growers in the UK use tesco low dust cat litter instead of the more expensive akadama and other clay products. Mark

I'm using tesco low dust cat litter in ping mixes as well as 100%for pings and they love it! Going to try a 1 peat 1 cat litter 1 course quartz sand for my nepenthes Attenboroughii. Mark

Hi Nigel, cheers for the heads up. I'll definitely let you know once i find a source, bonsai tree specialists usually have a lot of different rock and clay products, that's where I've sourced pumice, other volcanic rock and moler in different grades, here's the one I'm going to use soon http://www.kaizenbonsai.com/shop/bonsai-soil/bonsai-growing-media-straights Even IKEA has pumice now! I really do love some nice aggregates! Mark

Funnily enough I've looking for laterite as well, all I've found at the moment is from aquarium shops and not really in large amounts, here's a link to API website with the product, they have a find stockist feature. http://www.apifishcare.co.uk/product.php?p=details&id=113#.WMgYsd-nzqA Mark

Thanks for correcting my mistake Dennis! Best regards Mark

I think his nep collection was donated to Chester zoos national collection Mark

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I personally use the tesco cat litter for pings at the moment, but have no experience with it in a ceph mix.

Cheers for the ping porn [emoji3] Mark

Cheers for sharing, they really are stunning! Mark

Thank you very much for the photos, your plants all look very healthy, nice setup to! Here's a quick couple of photos of my Heliamphora under the LEDs Mark

Well they all look real healthy! Cheers Mark

Do you have any photos of your setup of possible, I've just bought one of the five light LEDs from IKEA along with the tray and light holder, as a wee experiment with some of my plants, windowsills are beyond bursting point now, with the colour on that ceph I hope they put out enough light for helis to? Mark

Love to see the plants in habitat, many thanks for sharing! Mark

Welcome Joni Mark

Unfortunately I can't see the link and I don't grow this species so not much help, cheers Mark

Things are looking great! The granite dust will be a great addition! Look forward to seeing you at the next Scottish branch meeting on the 5/3 at RBG Edinburgh [emoji3] Mark

Have the palacaea flowers opened yet, if so can you confirm that they smell of coconut? Cheers Mark

Thank you very much for the info and comparison photos, both are very nice but especially like the colour on the Chimanta! Will be interesting to see what Pulchella Chimanta small form will look like this year now it is fully settled into my conditions, will have to wait for the stronger light. Really love following this thread, cheers for all the hard work! Best regards Mark

That is one small flowering specimen! I have a couple of small pulchellas, and a load more Pulchella clones, mostly from amuri tepuis. Could I ask where you purchased this very small pulchella[emoji3] Mark

Cheers for sharing your photos here! It's one of my dreams to travel to some tepuis[emoji3] Mark

It wasn't hard for me to find the person from a post on this forum Mark

This is one of the orchidioides that I need to get into my collection that and humboldtii, well done to get it flowering again! Cheers for the update [emoji3] Mark

Hi Sheila, thank you very much for the info, I will pass it onto the Scottish branch members [emoji3] Mark

Looking great, they really are coming on leaps and bounds! They are way ahead of mine, can't wait to see it in person! Mark