There are also nurseries in the Canary Islands producing large specimens outdoors for export.

Interesting insight Stuart, thanks for sharing.

Eric, a decorator's brush is quicker....

Good to see flowers on these!

Thanks Stuart, but my plant has no all white band at the base of the leaves that the lines come out of, and also has some reticulation (cross-linking) between the line (llike comptoniana, but much weaker). I also failed in my mission to find any missing plant with acuminata in its name, so that offe...

Thanks Antun. But does that have reticulation in the veins?

Anyway, it has given me an idea. I will look for any acuminata plants I have, and if I can't find one, maybe this is it...

Mine's single stemmed, too.

Could well be a hybrid with that inbetween sort of flower, between say roseoluteus and tabularis? Time for you to start some breeding experiments, I reckon.

I'd agree that they have a short life, with a strategy to produce a lot of seed every year in a short life, and to start doing so at a young age, as we can see. But 7 months is pretty amazing! Quite a few cacti will flower in their second year, but I dont think I have come across anything quite so p...

But they are never quite white, are they? Always a slight pink tinge...

Nice all the same.