Thank you for your kind words Robb. I keep most of my seedlings under growlight, with heat mat underneath and light fertilization every watering. That's probably why they are all fat and spoiled.

August 2017 seedling update photo dump...here we go! :D :D :D photos are taken the same day as this post **scroll up to see previous updates if you like to get a better idea of progress** Sown 09/29/2016 Copiapoa humilis var. tenuissima http://i.imgur.com/j0Z9lcq.jpg Sown 10/28/2016 Turbinicarpus v...

Hi all, I've been busy and haven't had the chance to post. Here are some sowing of summer 2017 Sown June 10th 2017 Turbinicarpus pseudomacrochele 'krainzianus' http://i.imgur.com/YFXSHcG.jpg Astrophytum asterias 'Super Kabuto' , I was disappointed by the germination rate for this one :x http://i.img...

Looks like an Echinopsis (Lobivia) ?

Copiapoa hypogaea?

Unless these are variegated with occasional streaks of green, wouldn't they still eventually succumb to starvation without chlorophyll? Sorry, didn't mean to be a downer, but I'm curious wether this is actually possible.

After a long day at work...This greeted me this evening...and it smells heavenly.

Happy Canada Day fellow Canadians! I hope you're all celebrating the big 150 =D> =D> =D> I had the chance to transplant my Lophophora williamsii over the long weekend... posing for glamour before being reinserted into dirt 8) http://i.imgur.com/QelNtHD.jpg http://i.imgur.com/v3WytLH.jpg http://i.img...

Long time no talk CactiGuide, here's a July update on the Pygmaeocereus bieblii , with mounting anticipation... I had some trouble getting everything in focus, perhaps I shouldn't use a macro lens http://i.imgur.com/nplzfpc.jpg close up to one of the buds, it said no to wax... http://i.imgur.com/Nag...

It took a while but my mature lithops have finally completed leaf change. Two of them have divided, adding two more plants to the pot

October 2016


June 2017

Weingartia (Rebutia) neocumingii?

6 blooms today...this might be the peak for this beauty this season.

Mammillaria theresae

Very nice Steve. Nearly all echinocereus have outstanding flowers, this one is no exception.

here's a specimen at the local annual show with 3 buds.

Looks like I got my summer's work cut out... http://i.imgur.com/TQYj74K.jpg Here are they listed as following: Ancistrocactus uncinatus (= Sclerocactus uncinatus) Astrophytum asterias 'Super Kabuto' Astrophytum myriostigma 'Quadricostatum' Gymnocactus beguinii (= Turbinicarpus beguinii v. senilis?) ...

Thank you Harald and K.W. for your kind words. Also, if you do not have a huge collection, like KB, Handazo, etc. it is very hard to show continually different plants. :) It's okay, it's only a matter of time that I acquire their entire collections, once they are retired... :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgr...