I agree with the recommendation of the Rod & Ken Preston-Mafham book, another by Ken Preston-Mafham called "500 CACTI" is a very nice, handy sized book with big pictures of.....500 cacti, mostly in cultivation. No good for cultivation advice though, just a pics book.


Mal.

Many thanks for the IDs, after googling and comparing with my plants the suggested names voburnensis, polythele and formosa match well.


Mal.

Chris, this hitched a lift on seed packets you sent me at the end of Feb last year. It sounds from Dennis and Ian that several Delospermas might have been sent in, but it would be splendid if you think you could find a name in the old spreadsheets from around that time

Mal.

Thanks for the ID info.

The description of flowers etc. for macrorhizum fits, Ian.

Dennis, there might be the beginnings of a caudex??? not sure. There was a disc just above the roots that formed quite early on but it did not visibly continue to grow.

Mal.

Last year I received some forum seeds from Chris. One of the envelopes had seeds stuck to the tape on the outside of the packet. So I picked them off and germinated them last April. The pic below is one of the seedlings, it grew very fast and flowered (white) in September. Maybe someone recognises i...

Last one, another Echinopsis ? (hopefully not a melo, it has been sitting at 2-3C all winter)


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Many thanks in advance,


Mal.

Label says Trichocereus grandis, but I am not sure.


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Echinopsis ?


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Mammilaria spp


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Unknowns to me but maybe they are knowns to you.

I have five cacti that I can't pin an ID on. Any suggestions welcome !!

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Mal.