I'm with Mike on this one, neither of my two plants have flowered, well done Chris and I like the flower colour, is the photo a good colour match, only I always thought bulbispina flowers were yellow?

Another first timer;
I realize that phrase has been said a lot this year, but this brown spine version of Tephrocactus weberi RBT 05 is doing just that.

Hi Cindermanrolls; Well it is certainly a Corynopuntia, my first thought was that it was the short spine version of C. vilis but the segments on your plant are generally round not club shape as per vilis. After a bit of research I found there is a large segment less compact more open growing sub spe...

Hi Tony;
That is good to know, I think I will try a root cutting as you suggest, ( those three look good )
Dr. Tony Roberts has mealy bug on his small opuntias well that is another illusion shattered

Nick;
Your plants have always been excellent, just put the list on the for sale section please.

Please do Mike;

Tony does your clone have a ref No.?

Tony;
That's very interesting.

Mike;
It certainly is a mealy magnet.

Are you sure that is Opuntia bulbispina?

Mike
what is the third picture down, I thought it was Tephrocactus weberi ( the white form ) when I first looked.

My two cuttings I got have rooted down ok, and have started with good top growth, but after 3 years there is no sign of them growing a tuber.
Chris a length a plastic pipe cut to size and a base fitted using plastic pipe weld would do the trick.