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To say you have a beautiful collection would be an understatement.

Wow, thanks for the compliment, I rarely take pix of my cacti as they have been moved around so much and had so many cuttings taken etc. I have multiple copies of the same clones but I just wanna get 'em in the ground once and for all, then I'll be happy.

 

Still, nothing beats a tricho collection full of heart and soul

Edited March 13, 2018 by Halcyon Daze

The tillandsia look real nice on that plant. Is the Micromegas Peru the one with the two pups? 

When I see a collection that has had cuttings taken I do tend to think "clones" as those who have the best often clone them. it is a way of ensuring you always have another of a rare item as well as providing for a means to gift others. I like to do the same, those that I like, I will make more than one of. Those those that I cut on are my mother plants so to speak. Giving birth to a multitude of babies. Those that I don't like... the become mothers as well, they are simply mothers that provide sustaining life forces to the babies they carry atop themselves. That is just how it has to be with those of us who realize when we have a great thing going. You have many great cacti. Your collection is a typical hall mark of a great collector of which there are few, but here in SAB it seems there are many as this is where the collectors like to congregate.

Awesome sight

Micro's peru is the light blue one with the two pups. Pic coming shortly.

Inyan, It's true I like to multiply the best ones,  and utilize the riff-raff (PC etc) for grafting stock. I like to cut at about a foot from the ground so I can come back the following year and do another 'heel' cutting. I also get basal pups that way. I have another pic up of an 'Urban Tribes' pach that is a great example of this.

Edited March 14, 2018 by Halcyon Daze