Chris in Leeds wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2024 2:57 pm Looks like a nice plant and flower Ralph what size pot have you got it in ?
Mine has not flowered

The pot is about 17.5 cm

Mike P wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2024 1:47 pm Is this the brachyclada form? If it is it stays tiny and makes it into my Small Opuntias talk.

No, I think it is v. basilaris.

I have some decent sized seedlings of S. bruchii if anyone wants to have a go...

Life is full of surprises... Sometimes good ones!

I think of A. vallegrabndensis as a rather fine spined plant (with some brown in the spines), with orange-ish flowers. Here is WR274,

Paul D wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2024 6:08 pm A thorny issue! I have lots of this species ... with a wide range of different names...I'm sure there are a few others, let's see!

How about Sulcorebutia senilis for KK2005....

I met Patricia while visiting Brian. She had rather long wild hair, although its natural colour was dark...

While at the Chinese Cactus Conference, I bought a bottle of spray which is supposed to encourage clumping. I sprayed it on a couple of plants I beheaded after the tops went bad, but I have no offsets yet...

I have no idea if this has the same ingredients as the keiki paste, or if it is snake oil...

Some cracking flowers (and photos) there, Ian.

Another first flowering for me: Opuntia basilaris.

In nature these can get pretty large, but mine is still a small opuntia...