FaeLLe wrote:Public transport is overrated, also it would cause a drop in sales as customers would not want to carry many back home! It would ruin the incentives for people / sellers to attend.

Never mind those who cannot or choose not to drive?

Ian Thwaites wrote:After the journal has used some of the images the rest will, i am sure be shared on social media for all to enjoy.

Some of us don't do social media!

Maculatus is one of the most misidentified species. So it seems Those illustrated on the maculatus page of succulentguide.com which Fruit provides a link to are also wrongly named. One is like your form of trigynus and the other is probably a form of triflorus. Thanks for that confirmation and the ...

I often refer to www.succulentguide.com and its sister cactus site for reference as I have always considered it reasonably reliable but I must admit in this case I am confused! http://www.succulentguide.com/cactus/?genus=Adromischus&species=trigynus http://www.succulentguide.com/cactus/?genus=Ad...

Mm... I'm thinking I have one of those too

I have a few Pachycereus pringlei that are reddish/brownish at the base and assumed it was just ageing/corking
Of course that doesn't mean they are supposed to look that way - perhaps mine are poorly too

Chris L wrote:I am thinking more of some sort of barrier.

Make it tall, I have trails 15-20ft up on my house walls!

Glad I'm not alone
liffle seems a good site with lots of images to browse but not sure how reliable it is

I was given this as a gift, unlabelled of course. I have found a few similar images labelled as Echeveria pulvinata 'Frosty', but http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCCULENTS/Family/Crassulaceae/12359/Echeveria_setosa_f._cristata suggests Echeveria setosa f. cristata Thoughts anyone please? [Untitl...

Perhaps you are right.
I have a feeling that whatever was there was feasting on the new tender spines on new tubercles but I cannot be sure