Hello cactuslovers

[snarfie]

Hello everyone, my name is frans, currently 17 years old and i've been growing cacti and succulents for 8 years, got interested in c&s when i was 7, because a leaf of a schlum fell off, and rooted and ended up as a new plant. I was really fascinated by that, and that's how it all started. I am currently learning how to graft, and i also do a lot of experiments with and think about cacti. Got some chimera cacti but also a lot of 'normal' cacti and succulents.

[snarfie]

A probably incomplete list of my collection, just to give you an idea of the size.

Aztekium valdezii
Ariocarpus agavoides
Ariocarpus fissuratus
Astrophytum asterias fma caespitosa
Astrophytum noid
Pereskiopsis
Pereskiopsis fma monstruosa
Trichicereus noid
Trichocereus pachanoi
Trichocereus pachanoi fma monstruosa
Gymnocalycium cv. Godzilla?
Gymnocalycium baldianum
Gymnocalycium mihanovicii variegata
Cintia knizei fma rubra
Tephrocactus papyracantha orange
Tephrocactus geometricus
Selenicereus grandiflorus
Schlumbergera truncata
S. Enigma
S. Beervelde(not yet introduced)
S. Samba brasil
S. Frances rollason
S. Noid red flowers
S. Opuntioides
Copiapoa variegata
Opuntia humifusa ssp. humifusa
Opuntia fragilis(spineless form)
Opuntia subulata
Opuntia subulata fma monstruosa
Opuntia microdasys rubrispina
Opuntia phaecantha
Airampoa longispina var. intermedia
Euphorbia obesa
Euphorbia noid
Echinocactus grusonii
Echinocactus grusonii fma brevispina
Mammillaria bocasana cv. Fred (clone b and c i think)
Mammillaria gracilis
Stapelia grandiflora
Myrtillocactus geometrizans
Myrtillocactus geometrizans cv fukurokuryuzinboku
Matucana noid
Pachycereus pringlei variegata
Crassula ovata variegata
Crassula ovata cv gollum
Trichocereus noid yellow
Ortegocactus macdougalli
Echinocereus knippelianus variegata
+Myrtillocalycium
+Hylocalycium
And about 50 cultivars of sempervivum
Most are not fully grown specimens, but young and/or grafted plants, as my budget doesn't allow me to buy very big cacti.

[AllanA]

Welcome to the forum Frans.

[rodsmith]

Welcome Frans. Your input to the forum will be appreciated.

[snarfie]

Thank you for the welcome rodsmith and allan

[snarfie]

Is it standard that every post needs to be approved as a non bcss-member, or does it eventually disappear?

[Phil_SK]

Eventually... after 10 by default. Only our administrator, Bill, can waive this - I'll ask if he'll 'free' you.

[Bill]

Welcome to the forum Frans, you have been freed

Bill

[snarfie]

Thank you bill

[IainS]

Hi Frans. Welcome. It's great you're so interested in cacti/succulents at your age. I'm delighted you have a Tephrocactus geometricus. This is one plant I'm looking out for, having seen some lovely photos.