I hope these photos are more clear: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-OhvDq4ZaFQg/U6WcSKekmMI/AAAAAAAAKMg/nsQWNpxSa4s/w1279-h847-no/DSC_0983.jpg https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-8ebofJrkljI/U6WcSF8ZKsI/AAAAAAAAKMg/jHYAc7gbJhM/w1279-h847-no/DSC_0991.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-R57OsH58s...

I've spotted something on my W. johnsonii. Does anyone have a clue?

Perhaps. I really hoped for red flowers and didn't knew I've bought a hybrid till someone told me. :S I have 2 non-hybrid seedlings waiting to grow up.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-pXDMC9bBiq4/U4G8sIP35qI/AAAAAAAAJ7M/p5SXVJWQxok/w1276-h845-no/Echinopsis+chamaecereus+rose+quartz.jpg I've posted a photo of this plant without flowers on the identify forum and someone told me it was probably a 'rose quartz'. I guess I can be sure about that gues...

I've bought two new plants, one cactus and one other succulent. (It's about the two on the left side) https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aINMZC7BnUQ/Uxtb1MowiwI/AAAAAAAAJkc/Jm7FoQn76Vo/w1312-h869-no/8-3-2014_2.jpg Pilosocereus something and Haworthia something cristata ?? https://lh3.googleuserconte...

I decided to invest in a big bag of loam. So two years ago I got about 800 to 1200 kilos of loam delivered to my house for 275 euro. Repacked everything in smaller bags and stored those for later use. Should be enough for the next twenty years! Wow! That should indeed be enough for a while! I'll ju...

Nice! I'll do that. We have more in common with these fish dudes. They also sell fired clay and small portions of gravel. Although I buy my gravel at a garden store and my fired clay at the pet shop (cat litter).

Ahh, I see! I live in Rotterdam. I now understand what loam is, but I wonder if they sell it in small quantities here...

Thanks for the advises!

@Aiko: I see that you're also from the Netherlands. Loam is 'fijn zand' and rough sand is 'scherp zand', right? Just to be sure.

Interesting! And what about A. ritteri? It's very small, but also very slow growing...

Probably not the first topic about this species... I'm planning to sow 100 A. ritteri seeds next month. This will be my 3th attempt (first attempt 4 out of 40, seccond attempt 0 out of 20) and I really want to succeed this year. I'll try the Fleischer method this time and I'll use 2 types of soil mi...

Just something that I've been always wondering about. How old do cacti get? Of course it differs per species... Like a Saguaro can reach the age of 150-250 years and some other species (like Frailea asterioides for example) can get around the age of 15 years. How old do other species get? (and perso...

Cool! Good growing to you! I wish I had the space to grow that much.

Hi all, I'm planning to sow E. Missouriensis. I'll order my seeds at ADBLPS and I'm wondering which is the most winter hardy of them. I've read somewhere on this forum (can't remember the topic anymore) that there is a difference in DNA make some 'varieties' more winterhard than others. E. missourie...

Hmmm.. Another mystery in my collection. Thx for the replies!