WOW!! Fantastic pics and looky all the beautiful blooms Very nice Barry, all stunning....

All nice, good choices of cacti and succulents. Love the bloom very pretty... Also WELCOME to CactiGuide and the addiction.

8) Ok so after digging thru old threads/posts from back 2009 there was some disscusion on this cactus as to what it is or could be :roll: Melocactus azureus ssp. ferreophilus?? As Dustin and i had a short disscusion on mine and he had one at the time, ================================================...

From what i have been seeing and reading on this is that it varies alot and theres 2 diffrent forms one with lighter spines and body and one with darker spines and body. Some pics i came across look just like mine and then some pics dont guess it depends on its age maybe? As the ones that are smalle...

I've bought one or two of these arrangements before, except the ones I got had a layer of varnished/epoxy covered gravel on the top. I removed the gravel layer and separated the plants out to individual pots. They're all doing quite nicely now and you'd hardly knew they came from something like tha...

I agree with Tony on that.. E. oxygona

:shock: OUCHY!! i have a few that got sunburned as well not that bad but bad enough and that was from the mornning sun. :roll: And to boot there cacti that have taken full sun from the get each spring. I just put the ones that got burnt in lower light for awhile and gradualy moved um to more sun but...

Maja, its cold here as well been gloomy and rainy for days and now back to cold temps, walked outside this morn and could see my breath brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... Wheres our spring summer weather darn it..

Peterthecactusguy wrote:is that a Ferocactus?

See thats what i think it is, im gona have to go way back and see if i can find my thread on this one.

Im pretty sure its Ferocactus lindsayi.

Here ya go Sue, this is how mine looks, first pics are of it with dry spines, it gets sun almost all day long when we do have sunny days. :roll: Its been nasty and rainy here for several days now. Make sure to click pics for better viewing.. :wink: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/Cudabare/DSC...

tudedude wrote:A cactus blooming is always something special

I agree.

Pretty bloom..

Yup just perlite..

WOW thats crazy post pics if it is a flower and blooms.. Nice looking seedlings..

Really nice Tony beautiful bloom. Is that the one you sent me seeds from befour? sure is a massive beauty hope the seedlings grow up to be like that. My biggest one from those seeds is as big as my thumb nail right now.

Thats just wrong, what they wont do to get you to buy plants..

On a side note i will take one of each color please, NOT! oh wheres the darn blue?? LOL!!