Hello, I'm pleased to notify you of the publication of Acta Succulenta 2(1) - 2014, journal dedicated to succulent plants, ready to download free from: http://acta-succulenta.eu In this issue: - Travelogue of a photographer and a naturalist. - Ancistrocactus pinkavanus, a new species from Mexico. - ...

Hi, A new species of Ancistrocactus, which produce big and beautiful flowers, was described: Ancistrocactus pinkavanus Garcia-Morales, Gonzales-Botello & Gonzales sp. nov. You can download free the article at this link: http://acta-succulenta.eu/dwn/en/ActaSucculenta_2_1_2014_EN.pdf The file is ...

Hello, a new species of houseleek (hen and chicks) is now described: Sempervivum soculense sp. nov. It's an Italian endemism, growing on a single mountain facing the Garda lake, a true pre-glacial relict neglected until now. You can download free the pdf of the description (with Acta Succulenta Jour...

Hi, A new issue of Acta Succulenta (vol 2) in now online, freely available in English, French and Italian edition. Download English journal: http://www.acta-succulenta.eu/EN/1_2_2013" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; http://www.acta-succulenta.eu" onclick="window.ope...

Yes, thank you Eduart, ACTA SUCCULENTA is a new, free online journal dedicated to the world of succulent plants, now available online I'm the Editor of the Journal. Go to the webpage (choose the language you prefer, clicking on the small flags on the left) http://www.acta-succulenta.eu It's download...

Hello A new species of Neolloydia was described. The download of the article is free here: http://www.atmosfera-d.it/images/stories/foto/succulente/Neolloydia/inexpectata/neolloydia%20ridotto.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; http://www.atmosfera-d.it" onclick="w...

Saxicola, I can share a lot of thing, but... I've spent more than one year of my life in Mexico, and I had some experience with some Mexican public herbaria: maybe I was unlucky in the choice of the latter, but I found the best profesionalism, seriousness and, above all, passion in Hinton Herbarium....

I'd like to make a comment regarding the publication of Corynopuntia guccinii from the standpoint of a plant taxonomist. The author listed the holotype as residing in a personal herbarium. While this is allowed by the ICBN, it is considered very bad practice because it can make actually seeing and ...

Hi and thanks. Herbarium G.B. Hinton (GBH) is a private Mexican herbarium, but one of the most famous, since the holotypes of many very interesting plants are deposited there, like Mammillaria luethyi, for example. It's listed in the "WORLD INFORMATION NETWORK ON BIODIVERSITY" of CONABIO (...

Hi, I described a new species of Corynopuntia: Corynopuntia nigrispina Davide Donati sp. nov. on Piante Grasse 2 (XXII): 2012, 2-7 If you want to read the article, go here: http://www.atmosfera-d.it" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and click on the link to the English article...

This is an in-vitro Austrocylindropuntia vestita. Thank to a gel (agar soil) added with hormons, organic and inorganic nutrients, it's possible to obtain, from few meristematic cells, the callus (the green blob on the foreground), then, with another soil, it's possible to differentiate the callus in...

Hi Bruno,
not yet, I need some other data.
Anyway I was surprised by the growth rate of many opuntioids (but also other cacti) in hydroponic and tissue culture.


Davide

The body of this plant is depressed when young, so plantlets often look like T. saueri

A lot of cacti and succulents can grow in hydroponic condition for their entire life, with the right fertilizer, the right media (rockwool or leca) and the right conditions. Yuccas, for example, can grow 4-6 times faster. I'm presently a consultant for a micropropagation project of cacti and succule...

Hi, I know your interest in new plants. I cannot post the entire article this time, but on Piante Grasse Journal 1/2012 (now in English) Danel Labhart describes a new subspecies of Turbinicarpus viereckii, T. viereckii subsp. reconditus. I helped him with the description, and I can affirm the plant ...