Thank you very much for your kind comments, Diane.

I am always hesitant to post in this Forum because my growing conditions here in Tucson, Arizona are so different than those in the U.K. that my posts here usually seem irrelevant. But here goes: Too cold (52F) and wet (light rain) this morning for the Pereskia portulacifolia, Arrojadoa horstiana (s...

Our Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society is heavily involved in native Cactus/plant rescue:

http://www.tucsoncactus.org/html/cactus_rescue.html

Shame on the perpetrators... The fact is under current Arizona law you can legally buy a mature Saguaro from a landowner who has one growing (naturally) on his property and then contract with one of the many local businesses who have the equipment and qualified workers to have it dug up and transpo...

......... sometimes do not do well on their abbreviated root systems:
Questions, Comments anyone?

Here are some recent pics of small growing Brazilian cacti staged on 30% shade cloth covered plant stands (except for those in the balcony box which are growing in full sun) at my town home. Please excuse the somewhat jumbled presentation - I am early on the learning curve of inserting pics in posts...

C28956D0-23C3-42D2-8187-0B22DC460147.jpeg Perfect plants, very beautifull. I have managed to "sunburn" several largish Copiapoa in the spring. It is hard to beleive this would happen in Sweden, and not in Arizona. I think you have mentioned growing under shade cloth? And maybe the tempera...

ralphrmartin wrote:Here's one of mine in flower. Not quite as big as yours...

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Great flowering, Ralph!

Mal L wrote:Thanks James. Not just green with envy, but glaucous green with envy!

Thanks Malcom.

juster wrote:These are just amazing plants, I'm green with envy! Thanks for posting.

Thanks @juster.