Loving the Esco's Suleyman You've got some beauties there

Great looking plants Chris The Echino's are sweet and the spines on parryi are awesome

Man, thats a bummer Andy. Seems you fall into the catagory with me... If not for bad luck you'd have no luck at all
Been getting rains here but no hail as of yet.

At least it wasn't a total lose. Keep that chin up

Nice looking Judging from the bug those flowers must be kinda small

Fantastic looking yard Tony :thumbright: Doesn't look like theres much room left on the seedling table :shock: Thanks Bill. Nope, the next update will be after the tool shed in the back corner is gone, that's prime real estate right there. :wink: I know about prime real estate :wink: I like the she...

Your starts that took are looking pretty good so far :) As for the question. Most opuntias will form roots from the areoles so in theory laying the pad flat on the soil will tend to have better results but most and I tend to stand them up for a more common (natural) appearance. Here is a pad I found...

My wife started growing these in pots years ago. They fill the pot and then she divides them. She had 6 pots full and I finally convinced her to give some away so we're down to 2 pots now :lol: The tallest one from the soil to the tips is 42 inches and it doesn't matter if they get good sunlight or ...

I do believe I'll go with Andy's ID

Fantastic looking yard Tony
Doesn't look like theres much room left on the seedling table

WooHoo, thats a pretty flower Ruth

Looking good Ray

I take it you are officially behind on propagating starts

Thanks for the intertainment

iann wrote:

not everything in Texas is big

Perhaps I'll dig up some Epithelantha photos? Escobaria minima? One of these little Ariocarpus that are almost extinct?

Yup, those are some small ones indeed and a far cry smaller than O. pottsi

One of the nicest solutions I've seen is to paint on a large pebble. You have to keep things pretty tidy so the pebbles don't get buried or just kicked away, but its so much nicer than even things like metal or slate labels. I like the idea :D I do believe I'm going to give it a try. Thanks Iann :w...

Nor here but I do like the looks of them