Ksenija87 wrote:Do they send you an email when they ship?

I don't think they do it. You will receive a nice little box a few days after paying (within EU, that is).

710461612-RSM.jpg You'll see the mites if you pick them at the height of the attack. What often happens is that people only notice them after the damage is done, and then there's no point searching in the damaged area because the mites have moved elsewhere. If you have just a few plants, you'll als...

Aiko, I've eventually decided for SuccSeeds, which I saw you also recommended. I'm started last year growing cacti from seeds, so I think that for now this purchaser it's fine. I also wanted to buy Tavaresia angolensis, but I couldn't find the seeds anywhere, at least not at SuccSeeds. Got any idea...

It does look like the T. huascha I have.

Really? How odd. When googling "Trichocereus schickendantzii", the first dozen or so images that I get are a perfect match to this plant - not to mention my own plants.

WayneByerly wrote:

jfabiao wrote:I think this is Mammillaria hahniana...

http://www.cactus-art.biz lists the two as synonyms.

Look at the following link:

http://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/MAMMIL ... legans.htm

I meant M. hahniana, not M. haageana...

I'm not sure what you mean with "saguaro like spines", but the spination of the plant in the photo is a good match to the species description.

#3 is Mammillaria geminispina.

If may drop another name, it looks more like Trichocereus schickendantzii to me.

The pale pink, satiny flowers of the second make me think of Notocactus rutilans.

I think this is Mammillaria hahniana...

DaveW wrote:I have even seen "trichotomous branching" where the growing point divided three ways.

A Mammillaria perbella I have.

Another possibility is to cut it just below the height it began growing spines and root the top. The bottom will surely throw some pups you can further cut off and root or just let them be and see how they develop and the top will be a stronger plant.

Notocacti are safe outside under that kind of weather, mine have not seen the luxury of a greenhouse for years (and Lisbon has a very mild mediterranean climate as well). A good number of them come from climates that get a fair amount of rain throughout the year.

Haworthia marginata or a hybrid from it.