Hi All Thought I would resurrect this thread as at last one of my d.gigas is producing an inflorescences ( or hypanthodium ) , it's one I purchased from ELK 2009 & was a rooted cutting. It's now 14" tall & was a twig (now has 2 little branches starting to grow) MY Question is are they s...

Hitrev
Can't believe the Cactus people haven't solved the quiz yet, maybe you have stunned them with the quality of the images or they are still recovering from Xmas excess

Hi Pete
Slightly off topic but next time you take photo's of a book like this slip in a piece of black card behind your 'page of interest' & you won't get the text bleed thru.

Hi Andras
Lovely artwork , just a shame there are NO Euphorbia's .

Hi
The other option would be to get some from the seed pool & then it only costs you 2 stamps.
Good luck with encouraging the new cactophile

Hi Trev Wonderful photo's I'm very impressed & good to have a quiz/competition to get the grey matter working. Here's my guess 1.m. luethyi 2.Hoodia gordonii ? 3. could this be a Haworthia :oops: 4.mamm pectinifera , I had to go & look but really need a magnifying glass so another guess 5.Pe...

Hi Jac
Glad you all made the transition Ok, must be a shock with the Uk winter we are having I know my friends in Cyprus are still warm & happy to be there & not here .
Sounds an interesting idea, good luck with the new venture, I'm sure you will get regularc actophiles quite soon.

Hi Bill Must admit this yrs post has been RANDOM, I have had one pack of seed go AWOL, managed to receive someone elses parcel from parcelforce & have some seeds from Germany mid december, signed for that are still missing, which has never happened before as these are normally quick & reliab...

Hi Floerent
Lovely travelogue, is your dad really into succulents or is he just adventuorus ?, I love those Othonna cremnophylla they look seriously NICE. Are they rare in cultivation ?.

How long were you in S.Africa?