Most of the flowers in the most arid parts of Chile will be Therophytic plants - those with very short life cycles that tend to exist in the wild as seeds for most of the year. I believe a lot of the ephemeral vegetation consists of various kinds of Mallow (Malvaceae). In slightly less arid parts th...

Cumulopuntia rossiana v. fuauxiana cladodes are often diminutive, but I'm not sure if they're the smallest, but it's probably the smallest I own. Maihueniopsis minuta also tends to be quite small.

I have so many nicely spined plants that I'd love to post, but here's a small selection.

Beautiful Brian, my baby Boophone surely have at least a decade to go before they'll be flowering sized. The foliage is still very nice on them.

xChamaelobivia 'Rose Quartz', the most common hybrid, showing the typical pink flowers and reddish spines.

Seems to be quite a rare species in Europe as a whole. Succseed have occasionally had seeds and plants in stock, although last time Mats was selling seeds they sold out within a few hours . :shock: ADBLPS have also listed seeds for sale, but they probably sell out very fast as well. Grafted plants c...

I usually leave my Massonia dry when they're 'meant' to be dormant and wait for them to start moving. You could probably get away with watering them every 2 weeks or so, to encourage them to break dormancy. Massonia seem to be a bit odd. Some of my winter growing species have only just begun losing ...

Maihuenia seem to germinate very erratically. Leaving pots of Maihuenia outside, exposed to the elements probably wouldn't be a bad idea. Depending on what you're trying to grow from seed, it's a good idea to keep pots containing seeds around for as long as it's practical. :smile: Especially things ...

I seldom go to meetings, due to a lack of transport and I usually have other commitments. The only events I tend to go to are the mesemb show and the cactus mart. I'm still very much a beginner to Sclerocactus and Pediocactus, so I don't really have the experience to give a great deal of solid advic...

Named in honour of Harry Blossfeld Jr. and after the fictional island of Lilliput. Quite a good one in my opinion, named after Karl Schmiedicke and Christian Klinker.