Update! I have not heard from cefalophone, so I contacted the next in line (minime). I finally shipped the box this afternoon. It should arrive on Friday, so we shall see. If I, or anyone hears from cefalophone, maybe we can get them in later on, but I didn't want the box to sit in my garage for too...

Opuntioids are such a neat group of plants. Such variety is expressed within the group - making it one of my favorites. There were so many fantastic photos entered; however, only one photo can win. Which one should it be? To view all the submissions, Click Here Deadline for voting will be Saturday, ...

CactusBoss wrote:This is old. The plant died and I replaced it. Never using Miracle Grow again!

Sorry to hear that! I was just browsing through some of the forum and saw your post (I look at posts oldest - newest). I just saw your other posts afterwards. Regardless, that is some impressively quick root growth!

Adorable! Happy tortoise raising! I hope he does well for you!

Wow! That is quick!

I want to let everyone know that I received the box today. :shock: WOW! That is a ton of plants! Took me forever to go through it! Now the hard part will be deciding what to keep and what to replace those plants with! :-k I am about to send cefalophone a pm for an address. After I receive the addres...

Welcome to the forum! You certainly have a beautiful garden! From your nice garden, I would have never guessed that you have gotten down to -5f

I just looked up that plant on google images. This may sound stupid, or it may not... ... it looks eerily similar to our newly acquired Kedrostris africana. :-k This is a totally new plant "territory" for me. I have practically no knowledge about these kind of caudiciforms, however I am th...

daiv wrote: @JohnC - it's the busiest coffee shop in town for sure as it is the ONLY one in town!

Even better! Sounds like a good spot for a coffee shop then!

Does anyone have experience growing Kedrostris africana? I am totally unfamiliar with them, and after briefly searching the web I could not find much info about them. At the CSSA convention my Mom got one because it is a really interesting looking plant, but I would like to know more about it now. ...

Your shop looks fantastic Daiv! I hope it becomes the busiest shop in town! I don't drink coffee, but I could certainly spend a lot of time looking through the books and such. I'm happy to see that the Opuntia made it into your landscape! That just might spark someone's interest in cactus. 8) I was ...

I'm a huge fan of the Just for Laughs Gags - all available on Youtube and really well done I think. Love the candid camera type gags. Anyway, they have a cactus version of their own: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaBlHBYz0d4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; That was great,...

Cultivation tips? Lots of sun and water. :D Any suitable substrate and much fertilizer. It is a beautiful plant whose tendrils grow and 5 m. I grow them under cover with chilli peppers. So have a lot of water, heat and light. Thank you for the tips! Like I said, I am totally unfamiliar with these p...

Nice astrophytum flowers *nods* And i'm loving that Turb Alonsoi , the way it's flowering on the pups around. The other ones a pretty nice plant too , never had Viereckii myself though. Liking the artistic capturing on the Echinocereus too , in various positions. lovely flower that. Thank you for t...

Does anyone have experience growing Kedrostris africana? I am totally unfamiliar with them, and after briefly searching the web I could not find much info about them. At the CSSA convention my Mom got one because it is a really interesting looking plant, but I would like to know more about it now. I...