Yes iann interesting article. Terry Martin, a professor of botany at Sul Ross State University is also trying to help preserve natural locations of L williamsii and Astrophytum asterias found in So. TX. His site below is informative and worrying on the state of these and other endangered species.Wis...

Thanks peterb and hayu for your input. I may just try it one time and see what happens, but will contact my County Extension Agent for State restrictions. I prefer to be on the up and up on this for sure.
cactusbug

I have an abundance of columnars that I am considering selling at flea market in Canton,TX.Greenhouse is too small. I can't trade here because of limited space and time, but if something listed appeals to anyone please chime in. Left my camera in Canton travel trailer, but may have older pics on com...

Thanks Loph for the pics and both links to others.Beautiful.

Beautiful slideshow peterb.Thanks.Are all those in greenhouse hand watered or does he use drip? If by hand that must be a few employees full time job even with low rates for cactus and other succulents.

"Pups removed from it also graft easily."

Gene S, what root stock are you using to graft your pups to? I have three grafted to Hylocereus? that are pupping like crazy. Tried several to Pereskiopsis that failed. They appear very dry when cutting pups.

ihc6480,
Thanks for the site above. Found our other tree frog online at
http://www.zo.utexas.edu/research/txher ... nerea.html

Thanks everyone. I'm trying to get a pic of our more common Tree Frog that is totally lime green and more elongated. They all sing pretty.

mikayak,
Beautiful Brugmansia there. I have several in soil here that are suffering from heat and drought.My lack of watering regime at fault I think. What var. is that wonderful Hibiscus please?

Tree Frog different from what we usually see here.

Common Garden Spider protecting Banana tree.

Dave, I'm afraid I can't tell for sure. The columnars are a confusing mess to me. I have many of the so called T.pachanoi,T. bridgesii, and T. peruvianus vars.(Echinopsis) and this one appears closer to the T.peruvianus,pachanoi or a hybrid. I don't see the normal V or longitudinal line above the ae...

Hey,sorry no reply to your post yet.All I can offer is a vast collection of photos by a man who has collected these variants for decades I believe.You'll see how much they can vary from single seed sources also. You can view them here.

http://flickr.com/photos/msscacti/sets/ ... 784125911/

Thanks for the sources people.Another 30 bills to satisfy my habit.

Beautiful plant and bloom gduggins. Iann is exactly right, as I also can attest.Lost the only one I had by watering in Winter when it looked wilted and I also had a very organic soil.Can't find any Stateside source yet for a replacement for it and the Strombocatus disciformis I lost the same way. :c...

Yes Ruth,the largest of the few Astrophytums I have.Hoping it will form fruit this time.