I would like to comment on same of your ...comments: -Ian: as I have been aware of the "hybridiness" of the plants when they flowered a few months after receving them, I would have not had any refund from PayPal, in my case... -McFarland: many plants with locality data and low prices were ...

Geoff,
thanks for your comments.
Do you think PayPal would have refund my money in such a case? It sounds very strange to me..., but I am not an expert.
Let see any other comments....

Dear Richaud, thanks for your comment. I am going to take all the "measures" again this morning; I have also read a note on A. mzimbana in the Kwe Gardens site: the cylindrical racemes are "typical" of the plants from Malawi (may be like ours), all the other populations bearing s...

After a few years without buying anything from Petr Pavelka nursery (I had problems with all my previous oreders: every time there were plants sold with wrong names, I received damaged plants and so on), I bought again from him last spring, hoping he would have improved his standard.... NOO!! I rece...

Hi!
I have what seems to be the same plant as A. mzimbana, but I am not totally convinced about ist name... Mine is from Exotica; which is your source??

Up-date of my last year post about "pride and joy".
My Castellanosia (Browningia) caineana should have read my post (it come from "english" seeds, at the end!) and is now flowering for the first time! Beautiful rose, quite large, nocturnal flower. No scent.

AnTTun wrote:You do have that.. thing for snakes, eh Roberto?

Yes: they bite your ... heart!

Nice plant Roberto, mine flowered Thursday in the greenhouse, nothing like that size though, but it does tend to sprawl after a while. A neglected plant in the UK, usually only used as a grafting stock, but unlike many Trichocerei it will often flower when only about one foot tall and you can lop o...

Diane wrote:OH...my...goodness!!! That is truly spectacular, Roberto, now you have made all of us really jealous! Thanks for showing!

...and they smell so strong (and sweet)!

Cactus Jack wrote:Very nice Roberto whats the plant at the top of the photo

On top left: a E. grusonii albispina. Top centre: Trichocereus schickendantzii (--> I have just posted a photo of that plant in full flower this morning...)
R.