Bulbine mesembryanthemoides flowers

Phyllobolus tenuiflorus

We had a couple cold weeks, its finally really winter for us. But the first warm day brings on the flowers. Mammillaria subducta ssp. luai http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/1486_IMG_2544_1.jpg Turbinicarpus schmied.. ssp. schmied.. http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/1486_IMG_2553_1.jpg T....

Offsets galore. I was the only one selling them for a couple years. Then I mentioned my collection to one of the wholesalers, then like magic, they had 100s of them for sale the next year.
I grafted up a couple different varieties.

This plant popped up from seed last year and has been growing like mad. Its either a Delosperma or Phyllobolus. The stem is growing fat like a Phyllobolus. I thought is was maybe a hybrid, but I don't have any Delospermas that it could be related to, nor yellow flowered Phyllobolus. http://www.cacti...

This one has had many flowers this year, its a little more orange in color than the photo We have about 5 different varietes, but they suffer (and all other Epi's) bad during the summer, and some don't flower every year. I always threaten Denise that I'm going to rid of all the jungle cacti once and...

Rainbow Gardens is still in business, and have the biggest selection of this type of thing. They do not do mail order anymore, supposedly. But I would give them a call, look in old CSSA Journals for there number. The Rainbow boys still sell at most shows. I went there 10 years ago, and they have a v...

Its definitely not T. cacaloides or wallichii Here is T. cacaloides, medium length leave scar nodes, T. wallichii has longer nodes. http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/1486_IMG_2075_2.jpg Your plant does look alot like this T. dinteri, but still not sure that your plant is not a Senecio. http://...

Cerochlamys pachyphylla

Gibbaeum dispar

These pictures show the orientation of the large seed at early growth (plant on right). The plant breaks out the right hand end of the seed, the other side of the seed was attached to the cone. I'm not sure if the is a up or down for the seed, but the root comes out one end the leaves the other. The...

Some of the monstrose growth are these white growth forms that are undifferentiated new growth. I call them carbuncles, sometimes they dry up and fall off, other times each little bump becomes a new head. http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/1486_IMG_2497_1.jpg http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/use...

Here is a complete gallery of our Copiapoa Collection Copiapoa hypogaea, normal form http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/1486_IMG_2478_1.jpg Copiapoa tenuissima, Gene S. gave us this beauty for helping him at his sale last year, some heads need to mature for true show quality http://www.cactigui...

Very cool, thanks

Nice plants I've also been in pursuit of Mammillaria dixanthocentron, here are the four varieties I've got from Mesa so far this year. 625 - I got his one first, its kinda oh hum http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/1486_IMG_2473_1.jpg Then I ordered this one 624.72 two months later and was very ...

One macro lens is all you need, it takes great photos of everything, plus close-up. My carmera is Canon EOS Rebel something, and it came with a 35-80 zoom, which is good for snapshots. I also have a 80-300 zoom that I never use. But I have been into Photograghy all my life and was raised on a Minolt...

Nice lens Darryl, and the shots are good, but whats with all the spines. I have a 60mm Canon Macro. A lot of good info being posted, my photos are usually over exposed now that I think about it. I use ISI 800 and push the aperture down till the shutter is 300-80 for as much depth of field possible. ...