Ferro's

[Vic]

Cheers Stephen!

[NickT]

Look good Stephen, shame how you had to aquire them but at least the've gon to a good home.

I've been trying to take cuttings of Vics all afternoon but he kept coming in just as I was getting the Secateurs out LOL! I fear I'm going to have a long wait before mine are anywhere near that size

[Vic]

Secateurs are no good Nick you'd need a chainsaw with mine!!:D

[B.A.]

very nice Stephen,on marcodiscus the base of the plant looks almost crumpled and lighter in colour with a brown tinge ive noticed this on some of my feros,do you know if this is common to this species.
Acanthodes looks superb

[Vic]

A lot of Feros and some other cacti get this Bruce, think it's just generally regarded as corking which they tend to get with age and is perfectly normal. I've noticed my large herrerae is quite wrinkled/crumpled for the last few inches near the base but hasn't gone brown as yet, it may be caused by lack of water and perhaps it would like a more frequent soaking. Another thought for the cause of the browning maybe due to how it's been potted up in the past, some plants I receive have the base quite deeply potted and the tissue below soil level is generally a brownish colour whereas I prefer to have as much of the plant body above soil level and then top off with grit.

[B.A.]

Thanks Vic , thats good to know,i was a bit worried about rot.

[Cactus Jack]

Thats what i was thinkin Vic, and was also hopeing it wasn't to much water

[Vic]

No certainly not rot Bruce & Stephen although I can understand why you thought that.