Nice. And so many pots has to be good. Who could fail to love them?
Mike

Excellent Trevor.
I have kept the pots of last years seed and will see if it germinates this year. Does anyone know the source of the small opuntia seed which was on the societies list last year?
Mike

Rene holds the national Pterocactus collection which I was able to view recently. Well worth the effort if you are in the area.

My experience has been that Tepherocacti seem to germinate at a better rate than the other related small Opuntias that I have tried. (And Pterocactus not at all!) As I have noted before the Hardy Opuntia seed I obtained from the society three (4?) years ago germinated very well and still produces th...

Bill / Peter
I too tried the link - I can access the plant exchange site but not the /cactusworld page which presumably gives access to the join free offer?
Ho hum.
Mike

Tunicata. By miles.
Leaning forward to inspect a plant next to and getting that slight peripheral view of something, slightly too late as it emdeds itself in your temple....and then your hand as you reach out to brush it away....
I still grow one despite it being the most spiteful thing.....

I'm not sure that any of those are still classed as Tepherocacti
Mike

Nice collection but I must say find the grafted plants are pretty ugly on the whole.
I'm sure the Lophophoras are verrrry popular in Amsterdam. (well until they close down all the specialist shops anyway.....

Thanks Rogan. Good pointers - not actually able to pin it down exactly as none of the ones I photographed have the flowers fully open. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/Rhodophiala/Rhodophiala_sp_OB.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Rhodophiala&usg=_...

Rogan
It was in North West Argentina.
Mike