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Cactuscity website

Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 5:08 am
by Hari
I just stumbled upon a nice website by accident. Is this site maintained by one of the members of cactiguide.com?

The site is http://www.cactuscity.info/gallery.html

Very exquisite pictures and good reference material.

Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 3:19 pm
by daiv
Some really fine plants there.

If it is someone on the forum here, they've been holding out on us as I've not seen this link before. :o

Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 9:23 pm
by Harriet
Cool site, but from the copyright dates it appears that it has not been updated since 2008. Is it a German site? I don't recognize the language on the home page.

Whatever/whenever/whoever, the site has some lovely photographs!

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 1:28 pm
by Arjen
I think it's very unlikely that it's someone here, they would have said so.

harriet, it's dutch. so it could be from the netherlands or belgium.

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 5:59 pm
by Buck Hemenway
Harry? Who is it?

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 6:01 am
by Hari
I finally got an email response from the owner of the cactuscity website. His name is Arno Gubbels. I am posting it here for all of you to see.

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Hello

Thank you for these compliments.
Well, I do speak and write a bit of English.
I'm living in the Netherlands, the lower part between Belgium and Germany.
I'm growing my cacti in a greenhouse, and I started the hobby at the windows
from our house.
My specialty are Matucana and other Peruvian cacti and Sulcorebutia.
Then there are a few Melocactus and a few others.
I know the site cactiguide.com. I don't have much spare time but I will
create an account on the site.
I'm self employed, so always busy.

Regards Arno Gubbels

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 7:44 am
by Arjen
southern limburg eh? that's a beautiful part of the netherlands, I wonder if self employed means he earns a living from cacti..

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:48 pm
by daiv
Neat!

Yes you founs the owner

Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:10 pm
by Arno
Hello

So here I am my self :lol:
Because of work I neglected my hobby a bit.
Its not the cacti I make my living with.
Working a lot, a wife an old car to restore and a dog, takes a lot of time. :wink:
And also on the website is some work to do.
A lot of new pictures, a guestbook that works again
And some other issues. And maybe an english version
But now in winter time, i do have some time left.

Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 6:03 pm
by jenni
Hi Arno, I am jealous of how neat and organized your plants are. Your pictures are great.

Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:07 am
by Arno
Thanks a lot.

But it's a lot of work. :|
And somtimes a cactus fades away or some insects come visit my greenhouse, but i don't take pictures from it.

Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 1:08 am
by daiv
Well glad to meet you! Feel free to announce any updates to your site on the forum here as you make them.

Lots of folks here would be interested I'm sure!

Daiv

Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 3:52 pm
by Ralf
Arno, your collection looks very tidy and clean. Good job!
But which soil do you use? It looks like pure pumice. :-k
I'm looking forward to your onlineshop! Have a good time at CactiGuide!

Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:18 am
by TimN
Awesome collection!