I plan to give my boss a cactus/succulent for his birthday (yes i know im sucking up) and his office gets direct sun for about 3-4 hours a day and shady sun for the whole day. I also want to select a species that is very resilient as im sure it may get neglected slightly. any ideas?

ive already pulled the pot, and added and Echinopsis. im not sure of the species as it wasnt listed on the plastic pot from home depot. however it is dark greet with redish black spines. the spines are not sharp. on the label it warned me about getting the white sap on my skin. i will post a pic soon

take a look at this link, i am thinking of using this (30%) perilite (40%) lava (20%) and sand (10%)

http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/water/dillo.htm

should i just move the pot with the Aloinopsis, the home depot near me recieved a huge shipment of cacti ans succulents so i have no proublem finding a replacement for it...

no i dont, i would appreciate it if you would post them

it was rooted and her are some pics



just a note, all of the other succulents are potted in their own pots, which were then burried in the soil with the peruvian

here is a pic

Ian, I actually have Reef tanks, so i am very familiar will the higher kelvin lighting. I have and old Metal halide (175W) with an aluminum reflector that i could use, but i feel that it would be overkill. the P. neli that i am wondering about sits in a window that only gets direct sunlight for abou...

what is the "wetting agent"?

Whatever it is, it doesn't sound pleasant

My torch is in a 10 gallon pot and the lithops (3) are in a 4" pot inside the larger pot, they get full sun till 12 and then from 3 to dusk. i plan to water them much less then the torch, although i know if they wanted to their roots could escape the pot. Would that hurt them?

Would it be ok for me to pot my lithops in the same pot as my torch? I actually plan to pot the lithops in a small pot, which i will then put in the pot with my torch. is that ok? or are their light requirements too different.

just came in i will post pics of his setup soon

once the fungus gnats start disappearing

Thanks ian, that seems to give me alot of options

-Will

I bought some 13-13-13 extended release fertilizer which i plan to put in the soil @ 1/3 strength