I am in total agreement with you about the weather, we did not get the sun and warmth at the right time and some of mine, that should have flowered in June (and earlier) are now doing so....some have only just started budding up....bit late me thinks

Have just ordered another 19 of these Schick hybrids and am waiting for another 15 which should be here any day now.

I will post them flowering as and when they do so.

thanks, thought you would like pics. Blooms were 11.5cm (4.5") from cacti to flower tip and 10cm (4") in diameter.

if they are perfectly round and you find them in the soil as well as on top...there may be some clear ones too, then these are snail eggs. usually with a jelly type texture.

Got up this morning to find our Echinopsis daydream(shick hybrid)had flowered.





still waiting for maria to bud up, although its putting out offsets very well.

Check this out. Prickly found this in our local news paper....worth checking out me thinks.

http://tinyurl.com/2na3qa

By the way. The original link was 174 characters long. Used http://www.tinyurl.com to get a smaller link. There you go, two bits of info for one.

I had one or two of those ....well, 6 cacti with them...this year and I used provado. You can get it in spray or as a concentrate. That sorts them out.

definitely not G bruchii.

cactuspolecat wrote:Well I must say that I can handle being "bored" by that lot anytime.



CP

Yep, I'll agree with that.

cool, thats something to think about....thanks.

Jane

Welcome lola This is a good place to find out everything you will ever need to know about cacti, and more.

well, thank you very much for that iann. Much appreciated...and thanks for your kind offer, have just ordered ancistrocactus (thelocactus) uncinatus from croston.

Jane

hi all

does anyone in the E.U, or over here, know where I can purchase 'Ancistrocactus uncinatus' and 'A.U. wrightiana'?

I have been after these for ages and can't seem to find an outlet for them.

thanks in advance

Jane

aha, a person who uses a similar outdoor cacti structure to us...

hi eddytrain
no.1 is gymno baldianum
no.3 is also another gymno, whose name escapes me for the moment