following this post because I'm also highly interested to see whats available more locally. I am brand new to the hobby and really have nothing to offer at this point, but am really interested in finding some hobbyists near by that I could potentially buy from in the future. Sure, keep in touch. :D

cyansky wrote: ↑Wed Apr 25, 2018 11:42 pm I am in Ottawa.

So close, this is great.

RiseMoon wrote: ↑Thu Mar 22, 2018 1:37 pm We are so far away but if someday I can help you here I am!

Ok Thanks !

Hello Folks,
Wondering what these two cacti are, any ideas?
Thanks

phil_SK wrote: ↑Fri Jul 27, 2018 5:54 am Could you take a pic of the flower side-on? Or, if it's too late, of the wilted flower? It would be useful to know if the scales on the flower tube and the outermost petals have small, pointy black tips.

This is all I have. Does it help?

What is?

What is this beautiful cactus?

My guesses are: #1 - Ferocactus (maybe pilosus) #2 - Parodia leninghausii #3 - Stetsonia coryne #4 - Parodia magnifica I'm almost sure #2 is espostoa guentherii and #3 a lobivia/echiopsis. Stetsonia has deeper more rounded ribs. The rest im with teo I'm certain Stetsonia has longer spines! This is ...

Hi folks,
Struggling with ID's on the attached cacti, don't want to make any erroneous guesses and really curious as they were not labelled.
Can anyone help?
Thank You

Hello fellow cactophiles,
Anybody have any idea of what species the cacti in attached photos are?
Much Thanks,
CC

very nice, thanks for the pic! i often remove the offsets as well, but once they reach a certain size they start leaving ugly scars which i dont like. i have 2 that i am picking like pimples on a 14 year old, but the rest i tend to leave to clump away :) how old is yours? looks great! I guess this ...

Once its consistently in the 20's (C)to be safe.

Echeveria

At this point you have nothing to lose, only gains...gradually expose them to sun and let them figure things out for themselves.
They look fine.

Maybe a photo of where the rot started and how it disallowed - see forum rules? I haven't experienced it myself but i see it a lot at the nursery i buy my cacti from. 90% of these cases happen to the so called "lollipop cacti" and the rest with rebutia heliosa Forum rules? In this case ph...