Lobivia arachnacantha not cold tolerant?

[habanerocat]

Yet another attempt at humour falls flat.

He may, or may not see the funny side in a few days......

[edds]

Or Edinburgh zoo...

https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams ... penguincam

Or Yorkshire Wildlife Park,
https://www.yorkshirewildlifepark.com/a ... lar-bears/

[rcapra]

If I can help, I have had this lobivia for about ten years and I had no problems down to -5 ° C.
Ruggero

[Nick_G]

If I can help, I have had this lobivia for about ten years and I had no problems down to -5 ° C.
Ruggero

Thanks Ruggero, yes that's helpful.

[iann]

Snow, decorative *and* functional. No lying snow here, but some cloud and flurries, and temperatures not as cold as forecast.

[ralphrmartin]

While we are on snow - I have a few Aylosteras and an Echinopsis eyriesii outside in pots by the greenhouse. The seem to have survived the recent snow and subzero temperatures (and it's their second winter). I would imagine the Echinopsis is more cold intolerant than L. arachnacantha.

[Nick_G]

I'm interested as to why Tomasz would say that. It wasn't a generalisation, but specifically about arachnacantha. I'd email him but I'm not sure how good his English is, my Polish is non existent. Maybe MatZ could help

[MatDz]

I'm interested as to why Tomasz would say that. It wasn't a generalisation, but specifically about arachnacantha. I'd email him but I'm not sure how good his English is, my Polish is non existent. Maybe MatZ could help

I am happy to proofread your email and add any missing ą, ć, ę, ł, ó, ś, ż and ź (or you can copy from here )!

[Phil_SK]

In Tomasz Blaczkowski's recent Lobivia booklet

So your purchase and import went smoothly?

[Nick_G]

In Tomasz Blaczkowski's recent Lobivia booklet

So your purchase and import went smoothly?

Yes, no problems. He was a bit slow dispatching it but all went well. It's worth having but you won't learn a lot, loads of typos and the English translation is unusual. I'm pleased I bought it. The maps are decent and it's nice that he shows photos of habitat plants without flowers and separate photos of flowering plants presumably in cultivation.