Don't know what took me so long...

[daiv]

Read any good books lately?

Well I finally picked up a copy of Britton and Rose "the Cactaceae" - a used copy from the Chino library of all places. Anyway, I don't know why I waited so long to get a copy, but it will be a fun reference. I know these are available on-line, but it is handy to have the actual books. I also never got Backeberg's Lexicon either. I should like to do that eventually.

[peterb]

Mapping the Cacti of Mexico is cool, and I still dip back into The Cactaceae" from time to time for reference. Trying to get the history on Escobaria clorantha versus desertii, for example. I think Britton and Rose did an amazing job, considering.

Re-read Powell and Weedin recently also, as I thought I was going to Big Bend. Ended up in Sonora, bribing police.

peterb

[daiv]

Ended up in Sonora, bribing police.

Ha! Maybe next time instead of offering Pesos, wow them with cactus knowledge!

(They make think you are a lunatic and slowly back away. )

[Tony]

a used copy from the Chino library of all places

What! You were 5 minutes from my house and you didn't even say hi?

[daiv]

Ha! They had a copy listed on Amazon in the "used" book section. No way would I pass up visiting your place!

[Saxicola]

I just got a copy myself a month ago. I was in a used book store and they had a set in great condition so I snapped it up. Despite changes in taxonomy and the addition of new species in the past century, it still covers most of the known species of cactus. Also, I find keys incredibly useful, and they are hard to find in books outside of floras and monographs.

[daiv]

Yes, no matter what taxonomic system a person prefers, all cactus enthusiasts owe a lot to the work of those authors.