My Gymnocalycium Bruchii - always the first to wake up after the winter and show signs of life and always the first ones in my small collection to flower.

My small collection of winter hardy Corypantha, Escobaria and Gymnocalycium. Just managed the photo before the rain set in again!

Thanks, yes gradually drying out but seems weeks since we had a full day without rain at some point. This winter has proved a good test for the mini greenhouse both in terms of keeping the collection dry, and withstanding gale force winds (our balcony is south facing on the 3rd floor). Like everyone...

Winter home.JPG Escobaria Missourensis.JPG As promised in an earlier post I have attached a picture of the winter home for my small collection of cacti. Once the weather improves a bit I will take out some plants and photograph them and post them but in the meantime I just took out my Escobaria mis...

Just thought I would introduce myself as a new member while I still have Internet access - a rare situation since the weekend when severe flooding took out our primary substation leaving us without power for a few days. The city is currently supplied by a number of generators dotted around. I live i...