I would eat the seeds rather than sow them - very tasty and nutritious

Many congratulations John. At least it wasn't an E. obesa to make you obese!

A. crispicrinita is the plant I know as having thin weak curly hairs (crispicrinitus means literally 'with tufts of curled weak hairs') as below: crispicrinita.jpg Phil's main question re. status of A. lagopus subsp. lagopus is the tricky one, certainly for us who haven't visited the plants in habit...

DaveW wrote:Evidently the list is not up to date as only the Zoo came up for Turbinicarpus?

Not true David, look again at the link I sent you and click on

Turbinicarpus spp. & hybrids

to see Rob's collection

Indeed there are, Dave, as publicised on the Plant Heritage website:

http://www.nccpg.com/National-Collectio ... pe=#search

Ho Ho! Yes (!?) Terry - Bakker of Spalding have imported them from Holland too - but with the health warning in their advert, "It has been coated with a special paint that feels like felt!"

But I'm sure Al will order many to pass on to his friends

Hi Jane,

I recommend you read this thread from early last year for people's views on using pumice alone:
http://www.bcss.org.uk/foruma/viewtopic ... 1&t=161267

Hi Sue Yes I found that link but had trouble with the translation...... Mike https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fhornad.fei.tuke.sk%2F~suba%2FReb%2Fcodes%2FHerzog%2FDH_398.htm Looks okay for me, sort of, in Google Translate? Try switching frrom swed...