Thanks for the correction and the positive ID. Yes, it's quite robust. I have no idea why it hasn't bud this year, I bought it with all flowers faded last year and gave it a chilly winter that lasted from November to May (I live in Toronto, Canada). Maybe it's just really late this year?

I’ve had this ferocactus for a year now. The tag labelled it as a wislizeni, but I had serious doubt after comparing it to the images online. What do you think? Thanks!

Plant about the size of an orange (7 cm or 3” in diameter)

looks like it indeed. I definitely did no expect this, as not once did Parodia gloss over my mind. Morphological wise it seems to stray far from that of typical Parodias. Thank you very much!

Hi folks, Brought this home from a local market, and I’m having trouble honing in on even the genus. At first glance I thought it might be a ferocactus of some kind but most ferocactus aren’t this neatly ridged when small. Could someone point me in the right direction? Thanks! https://i.imgur.com/fC...

One look at Promix Cactus Mix ingredient: Canadian sphagnum peat moss Peat humus Perlite Sand Limestone Organic-based fertilizer Mycorrhizae - GHA297 Technology Short answer: no, not an ideal medium peat, and sphagnum peat is too organic more most cacti, check out other threads regarding cactus mix ...

Some updates E. rigidissimus 'rubispinus' https://i.imgur.com/K4xgqis.jpg E. micromeris https://i.imgur.com/LhS1qck.jpg C. humilis 'tenuissima' https://i.imgur.com/HrYVa5a.jpg M. intertexta https://i.imgur.com/nv79955.jpg Didymaotus lapidiformis https://i.imgur.com/udWZ7gD.jpg T. swobodae https://i....

Those are some amazing golf balls indeed

Hi Aiko, I understand your frustration and I agree with your sentiment, but don’t waste your energy on this. You actually expressed your frustration in this exact user’s post back in March yet it was ignored and he simply keeps on spamming ID requests. People are thick skinned in the cyberspace and ...

Thanks Aiko, I guess I'll know for sure in 10 years when it starts getting hairy near the top
Turned out that M.azureus is fairly common in cultivation, but that doesn't subtract from how nice of a find this was.

Unless I've been duped, I found a Melocactus azureus in a big box store in downtown Toronto (Canadian Tire). Yes, among all the glued-on straw flowers, no name echinopsis, and dyed opuntioids, a lone M. azureus sits in the tray waiting for me to stumble upon it by chance. Of course it's instantly mi...

Oh Hi 87 Walker, nice to see you on the forum. I’m subscribed to several YouTube channels related to cacti and i’d say yours is one of he top ones. Keep the content rolling!

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These are 3 month old now Sown 01/14/2018 L. Dorotheae C124 https://i.imgur.com/ckwWdCM.jpg L. Dorotheae cv. 'Zorro' (sown 01/17/2018) https://i.imgur.com/gt4S5GM.jpg L. Hallii var. 'green soapstone' https://i.imgur.com/OdRJjGY.jpg L. optica var. rubra https://i.imgur.com/C3FggBZ.jpg L. viridis http...

In my personal opinion the hexalogue is a great educational read but it’s futile practically. 80% of the ingredients listed I could not attain, at least not locally.

subscribed!

young'uns....born around Christmas 2017

Frailea cataphracta


Gymnocalycium monvillei


Eriosyce odieri