Nice to see that both Andinopuntia lagopus : Guiggi , and Punotia lagopus : D R Hunt have now been published No problem, the type of Andinopuntia is A. floccosa, while the type of Punotia is P. lagopus :wink: I would call them all just Opuntia. Would save quite a few name changes. Then the experts ...

Hi Derek, I also saw the picture of Encholirium agavoides in the article describing the new Pilosocereus frewenii in Bradleya, and it was precisely because I found that plant so striking that it prompted me to search the net for more information about it. I went to Kew's website to get the original ...

I just noticed that two new Encholirium species have been described for Brazil, one of them is a beautiful small species aptly named Encholirium agavoides . See: http://www.kew.org/news/new-encholirium-species.htm http://www.kew.org/plants-fungi/Encholirium-agavoides.htm http://www.kew.org/plants-fu...

I prefer this species in its smaller, more colorful seedling stage. Thus each year I collect the fruits that set spontaneously in my mom's garden, and sow them for the next crop of small plants. As they get bigger I get rid of them, giving them away. Below is a picture of some ripe fruits of Sansevi...

This species grows so fast and it is so undemanding, I use it as a border plant in my mothers house, in a place where she cannot keep other plants alive, because of the scorching sun and general lack of watering :lol: : SAM_1127-1200.jpg SAM_1097-1200.jpg SAM_1131-1200.jpg SAM_1098-1200.jpg

As you can see in the previous pictures, if you give them a lot of light they will not only develop the cylindrical leaves earlier, but also will have a nice pattern of light silvery color with darker green cross-banding and even darker longitudinal lines. And if you plant them in a big pot or in th...

Hi Devrim, Give your seedlings plenty of light, it will make they develop cylindrical leaves faster. Of course you must not move them from the shade directly to a sunny spot, but you should acclimatize them gradually to more intense light. This will also bring out the color of the leaves much better...

Hi Devrim, All Sansevieria seedlings of cylindrical-leaved species start out with flat leaves. Each new leaf will be more and more rounded with a narrower groove or channel in the middle, until the newer leaves become completely cylindrical. The same process happens with offsets from leaf-cuttings i...

HI Bill, If you will be there on Friday evening, please do come and meet me after my talk, drag me to the bar and offer me a beer, I sure will need one! Second round is on me (or maybe third, depends on how well my talk goes) :) Cheers, Marlon PS: Julie, I will try and take some pictures for you (th...

So, who else is coming to ELK? I will be there, as a matter of fact I will be your speaker on the Friday 9th: http://users.skynet.be/fa109074/index.htm The program in the above site lists the title of my talk as "Discocactus of Brazil" but actually I will be showing and talking about many ...