I think I want to move to the Melbourne Botanical Garden

Mega WOW! really amazing flowers!! The purple one is huge! And the salmon flower is really really nice! Thanks for sharing

Dang, it's true... I lost count of the times I thought "Wow, nice! I want that too!!!" while wandering around the site and forum, haha... :D I'm gonna 'shoot' a question now... :roll: I'm thinking of keeping the plants outside, but it can be rainy here. I had a look at the hardiness maps a...

wow Tony! really nice!!!

hahahaha... I'd like my dogs to be afraid of those "weeds", but both dogs seem to be "spineproof" (German Shepard and Golden Retriever). They ate a 4" 1/2 tall Pachycereus pringley and another E.grusonii -like cactus. I didn't even have the time to figure out what it was. Th...

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it's absolutely gorgeous, astonishingly beautiful (sp?)
Thanks for sharing!

Hi Tony and Darryl :D This afternoon I took some photos of my plants and set up a quick gallery on a website I haven't updated in quite some time, haha. Well... anyway, I still have to write down the complete names, I think some Lithops are karasmontana, for instance. Plus, I'm not sure of some name...

Thank you, John and Harald :) Yes, I think some could grow well outside. There are quite some ficus-indica (sp?) around, so I guess most of my cacti could be fine outside. But there have been a lot of storms in the past week, so I took them all inside. The attic of my house has a corner with quite s...

Hi everyone,
I'm Sara from Italy. I'm currently living near Pisa (Tuscany) and I'm a brand new cacti fan. It all started about a month ago, it's like an addiction now
Great site Daiv! Thank you!
Ciao,
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I had Pitajaya in Ecuador (basically identical inside, yellow on the outside). It's really good and can be eaten simply with a little spoon (seeds included). it's sweet and a bit like a kiwi, lot's of water... Never had this red one, though I think they probably taste about the same. Would love to t...