Lists of books and useful pages (info and help wanted, please)

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Have you searched via ABE books, its a good site that Colin told me about.
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Time for 5 more... Just 90 to go :evil: :lol:

The Timber Press book is more of a book to read, than a picture ID book.
The Sansevieria book is in German, but bang up to date.
The Pelargonium book is 3 volumes of wonderful paintings, but you might need to remortgage your house to buy a copy. If you are in luck, maybe you can find it in a library.
The hybrid book is basically a picture book, no language skills needed.
The good news about the Thelocactus book is it is dual language. The bad news for many of us is that those languages are Polish and German...
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Thelocactus are one of my favorites. Now all I have to do is find a copy. Google translate.print and get out the Pva.
Their is no chance of me learning german or polish. It's all I can do to remember plant based latin/greek. Mostly when I need it it's gone (who knows where). Not mentioning the prenounsiasion .
Are there any other good Thelocactus books. They are such fantastic plants with there shiney bright flowers.

Didiereaceae cactus or the old world by G Rowley

Ferocactus by Derick Bowdery/Pilbeam

There is a book on plants of socotra that's in-depth I don't remember the title now( who knows). I've got one it's more like a panflet not worth recommending.
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The Cactus File Handbook on Thelocactus is nice. But probably not easy to find.
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Aiko wrote: Mon Jan 25, 2021 10:57 pm The Cactus File Handbook on Thelocactus is nice. But probably not easy to find.
I found references to a Frerea article in Cactus File magazine but decided I couldn't bring myself to order from the website that was so amateurish it looked like a scam email.
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That website is probably over twenty years old.
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Thank you Aiko I will look that one up.
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Aiko wrote: Mon Jan 25, 2021 10:57 pm The Cactus File Handbook on Thelocactus is nice. But probably not easy to find.
I have one that I don't need plus a Kaktusy special. Make me an offer via PM!
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Pattock wrote: Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:31 pm
Aiko wrote: Mon Jan 25, 2021 10:57 pm The Cactus File Handbook on Thelocactus is nice. But probably not easy to find.
I found references to a Frerea article in Cactus File magazine but decided I couldn't bring myself to order from the website that was so amateurish it looked like a scam email.
If you know which issue etc try emailing http://www.keithscactusbooks.co.uk/ he might have the odd issue but not listed on his website
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I've just got this one through the post today
Pachypodiums in madagascar. It's good and was only 18 pounds from Keith's books
I also picked up
South african Paracitic flowering plants .
I'm going to try to post a pick for the first time no way this will work out.
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