Hi Pharfignewton, (love the handle), I think the first one is backebergiana too and elongata for the last one... but I disagree about the id of the second one, I believe it is an Espostoa... the hair looks to be much softer and denser, and shorter than what I'd expect to see on C. senilis.

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Thanks Daiv!... it just goes to show "you learn something new every day!" I guess I always envisaged pringlei would remain spiny as in its youth. Then I've never seen a mature one, so what would I know


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Nice couple of Fero tony, I like spiders. and I don't mind their webs on my plants, they are welcome in my g/h.
If their webs get a bit big and tatty, I remove them and allow them to rebuild nice fresh ones.

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I hear you guys and I gotta say I've had a few rotten Mamms in my day, I've even managed to kill a couple of the more hardy species... yes and a few Mamm duwei have bitten the dust too for no obvious reason. Of course though some species are more prone to succumb to overwatering, I would prefer to m...

Well tie me to a tree and call me Brenda!!!! I feel very sorry for that bloke, but probably not as sorry as he was shortly after that pic was taken.

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G'day from down under Diamondman. Welcome to the forums, what are you growing?

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Thanks folks, now the precedent is set, I'm hoping that next year it'll follow suit and produce many flowers,

iann wrote:Nice to have even a single flower. The other is a strange looking thing, I don't know what name I'd give it.

I could call it Barney!!

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I've often bemoaned the fact that "these things never flower here in Tas because it's not warm enough". ...Well temperatures are still not more than normal, but this one has made a liar of me. One flower and another bud starting to form. Can't complain about that I suppose. http://i8.photo...

Thanks guys. Daiv, I assume you meant Pachy marginatus... that stem was approx 8 inches across, I wasn't sure what I was looking at, cause all the P marginatus I've seen have much thinner stems, Pic number 12 is P pringlei. Harry, It was a nice day, a bit overcast... it was a bit hard to tell, the p...

Hi Friends, unfortunately for me the holiday is now over... finally got my feet back on the ground, and back to reality after my much needed break. Before we went away I promised some pics of the cacti at Christchurch Botanical gardens if we got to visit there. The collection is not very large but c...

I snuck home at lunch time today hoping the other flowers were out, so here's the latest...


See you on my return.

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Thanks Daiv, Tony.
Yeah Daiv, I just posted a different (earlier) pic of guelzowiana flowers over there.

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Another Mamm guelzowiana, my favourite.



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I was hoping I wouldn't miss this one, ...tomorrow, my wife and I fly across the 'ditch' to NZ for a few weeks in celebration of our 30th wedding anniversary (and a hard earned break!), so it's goodbye to my friends and my glasshouse habitat. Will be visiting the botincal gardens in Christchurch, ap...

nice litle bunch Tim, it's a pity they have so few roots.

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