Bloated, big but not old, weak spines, too green of a color are all symptoms of excessive nitro. A split in the plant could also be from nitro, but could also be overwatered if the other symptoms aren't visible. Sometimes seen by mass commercial growers to achieve faster turnover of product.

1 to 1.5" from the soil line. It's in a 2.5" pot. Old enough to flower but still a baby!

Cochemiea poselgeri cochemiea_poselgeri.jpg M. grahamii - Florence, AZ mamm_grahamii.jpg M. coahuilensis mamm_coahuilense1.jpg M. deherdtiana mamm_deherdtiana (2).jpg M. laui subducta mamm_laui_subducta1.jpg M. blossfeldiana mamm_blossfeldiana1.jpg mamm_blossfeldiana2.jpg

We've gotten all our shadecloth from http://www.shadeclothstore.com and have been very happy with both service and quality.

It would appear you are correct, those photos are not O. cochenillifera. O. auberi and O. dejecta both have very similar growth forms, very similar flowers and grow in the same basic geographic areas. It's most likely one of those. I grow O. auberi and it's basically spineless, but can have random s...

Awesome photos, Ralf!

Fantastic! I do really grow for spines. The flowers are mostly a bonus for me. Also, what is Echinocereus montanus? (other than attractive). peterb E. viridiflorus var montanus. Came from BCSS seed, no data. I think the name is actually invalid. It is, but it doesn't seem to want to go away :D I gr...

They appear to be on the soft side, but I'm thinking Ecer. stoloniferus ssp. tayopensis.

Copiapoa humilis

Nice!
If you ever find seeds on that pink one, you know where to send them

The whole rosei/roetteri thing is confusing, so just left it as coccineus with the collection number

Yes Mark, i have a few left for sale.

peterb wrote:Let me know when I can move to Corona and start working for you, Darryl. I'm also a great cook and good with young children.

peterb

If only we could be so lucky!

Thanks for the comments, guys! Looks fantastic Darryl! The other 2 are like this one? And can you do a guess of sq.ft. of table space per GH? Just trying to judge it against my future stuff. What made you decide on 30% cloth? I was leaning towards 40 or 50, but different environment. Quite hot and i...

Thanks for the blast from the past. Had fun looking/reading that thread again.
I'll send a PM about what i have available.

O. leucotricha (O. densilanata) has pink(ish) flowers and a nice amount of wool. O. trollii also has a good amount of wool, usually an orange/red flower. O. celsianus has wool, but not as much as those 2. Flowers are red/orange. O. pseudofossulatus has brownish purpleish flowers with a neon green st...