Thanks all. The collection is almost double in size since I took that pic this summer. People are strange, in my landscaping work they often pay me to get rid of cactus. I was recently paid to dig out a whole front yard planted in cactus, and one of the plants was a golden barrel 18 inches in diamet...

I guess I should post here since there isn't an area on the succulent forum. I managed a huge farm in Namaqualand in South Africa for several years. There were thousands of huge Kokerbooms, those giant aloes, and also two types of Stapeliad. I used them for landscaping the packing shed (we grew expo...

Great story. I just got a nice blood red Brugmansia from a friend. Some seed or a small plant of S.queretaroensis would be another nice addition to my ethno botanical collection. Does anyone know of a US source? Thanks.

Hi, I've got over a hundred kinds of Carnivorous plants. Some are easy growers, some aren't, but for anyone interested I'm looking for Stalepiad cuttings. Here's a forum where you can see various kinds of CPs and their requirments. http://www.cpukforum.com/forum/index.php?sid=af1357b60132cc05ed1df7a...

For two years I lived next to Luckhoff in the Karoo but I didn't know anything about succulents at the time. I've been kicking myself ever since, as the whole district was covered with succulents.

PS here's the start of my budding collection

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I have 7 types of Stapeliads, but need IDs.

Hi, I'm Tim, a landscape contractor from the Central Coast of California. My main interests are carnivorous plants, and you can see some of my plants here: http://www.pbase.com/beekeeper/plants&page=all I'm currently building up my cactus collection, with an special interest in Stapeliads. I loo...