Its definitely not T. cacaloides or wallichii Here is T. cacaloides, medium length leave scar nodes, T. wallichii has longer nodes. http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/1486_IMG_2075_2.jpg Your plant does look alot like this T. dinteri, but still not sure that your plant is not a Senecio. http://...

Cerochlamys pachyphylla

Gibbaeum dispar

These pictures show the orientation of the large seed at early growth (plant on right). The plant breaks out the right hand end of the seed, the other side of the seed was attached to the cone. I'm not sure if the is a up or down for the seed, but the root comes out one end the leaves the other. The...

Some of the monstrose growth are these white growth forms that are undifferentiated new growth. I call them carbuncles, sometimes they dry up and fall off, other times each little bump becomes a new head. http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/1486_IMG_2497_1.jpg http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/use...

Here is a complete gallery of our Copiapoa Collection Copiapoa hypogaea, normal form http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/1486_IMG_2478_1.jpg Copiapoa tenuissima, Gene S. gave us this beauty for helping him at his sale last year, some heads need to mature for true show quality http://www.cactigui...

Very cool, thanks

Nice plants I've also been in pursuit of Mammillaria dixanthocentron, here are the four varieties I've got from Mesa so far this year. 625 - I got his one first, its kinda oh hum http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/1486_IMG_2473_1.jpg Then I ordered this one 624.72 two months later and was very ...

One macro lens is all you need, it takes great photos of everything, plus close-up. My carmera is Canon EOS Rebel something, and it came with a 35-80 zoom, which is good for snapshots. I also have a 80-300 zoom that I never use. But I have been into Photograghy all my life and was raised on a Minolt...

Nice lens Darryl, and the shots are good, but whats with all the spines. I have a 60mm Canon Macro. A lot of good info being posted, my photos are usually over exposed now that I think about it. I use ISI 800 and push the aperture down till the shutter is 300-80 for as much depth of field possible. ...

Nice selection, there are a couple that I don't have. I really like that Hartmanthus, never seen it before. I really love growing Mitrophyllum and Monilarias. But that Dinteranthus is definitely a summer grower

I think the whole point of having good water for seedlings is that is sterile. RO, distilled, or properly filtered water is sterile.
Tap water has the potential (or always) to have algae, bacteria, fungus

I don't use any tap water, only filtered water we buy at a water store for 25 cents a gallon. All spray bottles should be sterilized and only be used with the filtered water.

I have such better germination with my own seeds compared to Mesa Garden Astrophytum hybrids http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/1486_IMG_2454_1.jpg Astrophytum caput-medusae, 1 month old, check the one on the far left and far right with three cotyledons, rather than two, will it influence the s...

Mammillaria sanchez-mejoradae http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/1486_IMG_2448_1.jpg Copiapoa hypogae "Lizard Skin" http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/1486_IMG_2426_1.jpg And a couple from the Copiapoa monstrose collection http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/1486_IMG_2421_1.j...

Some Bulbine growth Bulbine praemorsa, with very fragrant flowers http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/1486_IMG_2376_1.jpg http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/1486_IMG_2402_1.jpg Bulbine mesembrathioides http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/1486_IMG_2449_1.jpg Albuca spiralis http://www.ca...