Very nice, Michelle!

The B. bracteolatum flower is pretty impressive, Sylvia! Hope your seed horns prove to be gravid! Any smell to these?

This site is quite safe, Robert - I've won plants on their auctions in the past, but the prices do get a little bit high! Practise on the green ones first, the variegates are a bit trickier. (And I may just be bidding on some tomorrow!)

Knit them some woolly coats, Mike?

If you are using decent compost, Joy, feeding really isn't that important. April to July is the period when most cacti make most of their growth, so that makes sense. Some people never feed, but repot their plants fairly regularly, which renews the the food element. Too much feeding might produce bl...

Ben! nice to have some "young blood" in the hobby - and congratulations on showing, good luck with it in the future!

Hi, Darryl! to the forum - yes, we are all looking forward to seeing piccies of your plants, and your wonderful surroundings!

Could it be A. polianthiflora? looks like parviflora, but has reddish flowers:

http://starr-nursery.com/Agaves%20North ... Mexico.htm

Thanks, Sue.

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