Well, I have found this an extremely informative thread, If I just ignore all the unnecessary jibes from several contributors (which I have). Thank you, Derek, for taking the trouble to post some excellent habitat shots of the plants in question, for it appears (in my opinion) that some people are r...

Well done Christer!

They are "pretty", indeed, Jens - the saucer-shaped seeds or "wings" of a pterocactus?

Nice and ripe - just ready to eat!

PM sent to you Carl.

Great pictures, Christer, showing the art, the science and the engineering of the project. I'm sure the real plants will do well!

There are quite a few plants here I recognise, but Sachi, if you don't have access to John & Derek's book,I would suggest you have a look at one of the online guides like http://cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus=Ferocactus (there are over 250 photos of the 30 fero species here); It's much more fun, a...

Eric,

Using Firefox is just as secure as IE. https: is defined by the website and is the same whatever browser you use.

Websites are typically verified by companies like Verisyn for extra security, then the address bars light up in green, see example below:

Firefox: IE: Cheers,

If you can get hold of it (I don't have a copy) Ernst J van Jaarsveld (of Gasteria fame of course!) has written a synopsis of Stoeberia, in Aloe 1994, 31, 68-76.

See also, this earlier thread, for more disscussion:

http://www.bcss.org.uk/foruma/viewtopic ... 1&t=155277