Either an echeveria, a graptopetalum, or a graptoveria.

That is one of the grafted gymnocalcium varieties. They tend to die off after awhile, which is why you should always be grafting the offshoots onto new plants. I think your best bet would be to cut the orange part (the gymno) off the stem and regraft it. If you don't know how to graft, there's plent...

Happy New Year! I was up when it turned new year, though I couldn't enjoy it because of all those awful fireworks. I had to comfort my poor cat who was running around in terror.

Congratulations, Hob!

I got a pachypodium (I was an idiot and killed my last one by cutting it up, thinking it was rotting, only to find it wasn't) and a mammillaria.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Will it be unmistakable when you find it?

I'm not sure of the actual species, but 2 looks like a ferocactus to me.

Why does there seem to be a lot of spam from Pakistan?

That's beautiful - I wish I could draw like that. You've got talent.

At Daiv's suggestion, I'm posting one of my cards here. Merry Christmas:

Perhaps a cross between A. striata and A. maculata?

Not to my knowledge. As far as I know, blue is one of the few colours cacti can't do.

Unless I miss my guess, that's Optunia microdasys. It looks healthy enough, it just needs more light. I suggest putting it by a sunny window. Just a word of warning: don't touch it if at all possible. Optunias leave horrid little spines in your skin if you touch them. Handle the plant with newspaper...

Awhile back, I did some cactus greeting cards. Two are for Christmas, and one's a birthday card. Here they are for you to (hopefully) enjoy: http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/4352_card_1.jpg http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/4352_card3_1.jpg http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/4352_c...