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Now we can no longer easily get hold of Michael Kiessling’s interesting plants I was wondering if anyone was interested in establishing who has which ones and who is willing to swap cuttings.

Great idea Mike, if I get chance latter in the week I will make a list. ( a few hit the dust this winter though )

This is an excellent idea as it was very frustrating when he decided only to sell in Germany and Austria (correct me if i'm wrong) - he always had a very good list!

I bought a number of his plants before this and Brexit.

How would be the best way of publishing a list? Please keep it simple, I struggle with the tv remote and any PC issues are usually met with the response from my other half of 'its all done by fairy dust' - this keeps me happy!!

Hi Mike, sorry to take so long getting back on this one.
There are so many I decided to do one species at a time.
First off a very common species Cumulopuntia sphaerica.

MK 178 ( Michael's own ref )
RKH 59 ( Royston Hughes )
HS 622 ( fma. known as berteri )
HPT 117 (fma. known as crassicylindrica )
JES 94-17 ( fma known as kuehnrichiana )
CJH 152 ( fma known as mirus )
I hope to update this as we go along
All except RKH 59 were bought from Michael Kiessling.

Thanks Ray. I’ve been distracted by my wife being in hospital for the past two weeks so haven’t got very far.

Hope your wife gets better soon Mike.
I don't mind keeping a reference list when members posts here, then I can email it out to anyone needing the details of clones and who has them.
In time it could be broadened out to cover all small Opuntias.

Really sorry to hear your wife is unwell Mike. Hope she is on the mend.

Thanks both. She is slowly getting better and should be home next week.

OK first update.
Cumulopuntia sphaerica MK 178 ( Michael's own ref )
Cumulopuntia sphaerica RKH 59 ( Royston Hughes )
Cumulopuntia sphaerica HS 622 ( fma. known as berteri )
Cumulopuntia sphaerica HPT 117 (fma. known as crassicylindrica )
Cumulopuntia sphaerica JES 94-17 ( fma known as kuehnrichiana )
Cumulopuntia sphaerica CJH 152 ( fma known as mirus )
Cumulopuntia boliviana MK 1117 = KG 1836 ( fma known as pampana )
Cumulopuntia boliviana WG 473 ( ssp. ignescens )
Cumulopuntia corotilla GC 335.06
Cumulopuntia dactylifera RBT 75
Cumulopuntia mistiensis AWC 149
Cumulopuntia pentlandii CU 11
Cumulopuntia rossiana MK164
Cumulopuntia rossiana MK 168
That's Cumulopuntias with ref. numbers, many others with no data

Well that was a great idea Mike, but it sunk without a trace