Mine is indeed very dull in the appearance, so I guess it's then a G. Buenekeri rather than horstii that I first thought.

I've got what I thought was a G. horstii recently throw up an offset, prompting me to do some research into the speices to see when I could cut it off and propagate it. That's when I found it's virtually identical to G. buenekeri, least I can't see any real difference between the 2 in pictures I've ...

Could well be, flowers do look the same as the ones I got earlier in the year and . Får tacka så mycket! (Är exil svensk sedan 10 år tillbaka) Have to say this though, "uh oh!" I might just have to rethink the plants I have in that flowerbed alittle. It's no more than 1.5 meters across and...

Got this one planted in the backyard for over a year now and it seems to be enjoying it's spot. Can't say I really know what it is though other than I think I can remember an "Aloe" tag on the pot it came in. http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/2857/photo069yn.th.jpg It's grown a fair bit i...

Might aswell toss "spike" up here too. http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/2657/photo3cg.th.jpg http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/7246/photo4ug.th.jpg Originally thought it could of been an Echinocereus polycanthus untill someone mentioned that it doesn't have any spines on the flowerstalk...

Thanks. Just hate how they come from the both stores and cactus nursery without a proper name. And not thinking about name in the way one I bought the other week had, just "spike" :lol: Still trying to figure out what that one fully is, all I know is it can get some quite spectactular flow...

New member here who's very recently caught the "bug" and is trying to build up a collection in the hopes of planting some of them out in a yet to be built cactus garden come next summer. Live downunder so next summer is still a while away though. :lol: Spent alittle time here labeling up a...