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nice plants and pics bit, is that one of my ferocactus stainesii?

lovely plants gerbil, you captured them so beautifully that my brain turned to mush.

Been a while and I'd like to get some cuttings. I'm in Melbourne, name your price as I havn't got anything to trade. Cheers

It is important for cacti to go dormant. Whoever thought of using lights in winter is mad.

Michael that first picture you put up is one of your best I think. You just captured the plant in a light that is even better than real life.

I have not seen it, but i suspect it does.

I agree its not the regular bridgesii. It looks exactly like the ones I am growing from seed. Also I count 6 ribs ;) like most of my seed grown ones.

Shouldn't that be PCofUSA? hehe. I totally agree that the shape of the body is very much like some bridgesii

I've been going to this particular nursery for quite a few years now and people who worked there were always cool but now they're gone, the older guy who owns it with someone else doesn't work there but you can find him at the local cactus & succulent meetings where he brings in nice plants at awesome prices for a raffle type thing now and then. They have never shown me out back to all their mother plants even though i'm clearly interested. Yeah bit, I did have to ask about it. I get the feeling that if you work in a place like that you get desensitized to the beauty of such plants.

I went to that nursery today and picked up a rather slim cutting. I hinted at the guy I would like to see the mother plant but meh, they aren't very friendly :/

Eh? no your ID is definatly spot on. Just don't think i've seen one without spines.

Interesting that your beneckeii doesn't have any spines. The globular is very pretty but I'm unsure, I would have guessed it was a cactus.

Promise me you will grow that T. glaucus to flower and produce some crosses, then send some seed down south! such a fantastic plant. As for M S Smith plants, well, I would call them T macrogonus... but thats obvious isn't it?

I've ordered in bulk from cactus heaven, pretty good prices, a few dud packs but I was overall very happy. Delivery does take a while I agree.

damn.. they obviously knew what they wanted in their garden, must be a good clone. Just shows you really how growing in pots is childs play. Get a cut of that bridgesii looking thing? thx for the pics

That one looks quite young and might turn out to look more like a bridgesii with age. This one I've posted before, I think it looks quite like the backeberg clone. It is grown from seed, I have 2 others form the batch growing outside which both have even shorter spines and slightly different rib shape (also more green from being outside) The grower told me it is T pachanoi x scopulicola and I'm pretty sure we don't have the backeberg growing down here. (zee werp?)

it is definatly a Notocactus flower. I don't collect many of this genus so i can't help with more than that, sorry.

nothing like the fragrance of fried onions..mmm

I'm addicted to the smell of trich flowers, everyone i've come across had the same distinct fragrance. are you saying some don't?

i got some just like that, pupping like that appears to be the norm

320 kbps mp3's are heavenly

that is the rare toilet paper flowering variety, very handy to find in the bush

If Michael isn't a Trichocereus pro, then who are these pros, where are they and what are they doing?

aww its all furry and cuddly