wall to wall sunshine the last few days really got things going in the greenhouse yesterday :mrgreen: http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z279/hobspics/cacti%202012/P1270914.jpg http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z279/hobspics/cacti%202012/P1270913.jpg http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z279/hobspics...

lost the picture of scoobie my Syrian hamster earlier ............here is a new one of him exploring my living room.

arjen, i'm thinking maybe Sulcorebutia mentosa for no 2

the last one is chamaecereus in my view...............very few these days are sylvestrii, almost all are hybrids, but depending where you got it from it could be the type plant

http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtop ... f=8&t=8635

today was a milestone, my first seed to flower experience! gymnocalicium erinaceum gymnocalicium erinaceum 07-09 230512.JPG quite a coincidence, this plant came from you hob! rebutia einsteinii MN100 rebutia einsteinii MN100 230512.JPG a real milestone and a good one =D> next comes a flower from yo...

daiv wrote:It sure should - we've had some rainy/cloudy days so things are a bit slow, but as soon as the sun comes back out, I think the flowers will really start kicking in here.

wettest April in a 100 years here ..............things are kicking in now though

Well a lot of this went way over my head as a simple collector :roll: :roll: :? however, me and scoobie (my pet hamster ) if you go back far enough have a common ancestor, as we are plainly both mammals :D It seems to me a very subjective thing this taxonomy, to me there will always be enough of a d...

Peter looking back at this topic as usual your plants do you credit, some great plants there

As usual the standard of your photography does you credit as do your plants

phil_SK wrote:I think that's right, E. chamaecereus hybrid.

agreed

majcka wrote:

hoteidoc wrote:I'm a veterinarian & have seen it with animals. Peter

Hob... Is that Peter calling you almost an animal?






Hey guys...joke.....No offence.

he's almost right

hoteidoc wrote: So how's the back doing?

much the same, the injury is permanent.

i see the one you mean now ..............its this one

http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtop ... =8&t=17683

sulcorebutia purpurea

not sure that is right Arjen,
purpurea i think in this case should refer to purple flowers.

this one?



Lobivia rebutioides

flower colour would help.............yellow would indicate marsoneri