They know winter's coming! Little do they know how little frost and snow there will be though

Clockwise from top left:
L. aucampiae
L. lesliei
L. lesliei (or L. aucampiae?)
L. aucampiae
L. aucampiae (or L. lesliei?)

Not M. winterae. M. polythele? I'd expect to see some wool in the axils. Unless you regularly wash your plants

And here is the questionable "L. gracilidelineata" again, at a better angle although shot with flash. More dotty than normal for L. gracilidelineata, less dotty than normal for L. pseudotruncatella but then ssp archerae is less dotty. Watch this space ...
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And two grown as 'Cafe au Lait'. One looks pretty good, the other a more standard version of the species.
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Bruce, your second Lithops appears to be L. hookeri. I have more adult L. hookeri plants than any other species, after a series of coincidences. So now I have a large pan of near-identical sized plants but showing great variation of form. Plus a few others in individual pots. No fertilizer, Tom, but...

Subspecies alstonii, very pretty Flowering today? Not enough sun here to stir this type of plant.

And obviously at the resurrected Northwest Mesemb show. October 6th, I think, I'll get full details if anyone needs them.

Small numbers of pots will be available wherever Philip Barker goes, but contact him in advance if you intend to buy them by the boxfull

I don't have any Fraileas, but I do like the various Eriosyce forms. Just look at the amazing black body on Neoporteria occulta
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[quote]A Coryphantha is a Coryphantha is a Coryphantha is a Coryphantha.[/quote]

Unless its an Escobaria

My C. sulcata is less than 3 years old but it is the largest of that batch and the first to flower. It has only grown a central spine on the few newest areoles.