The Cactus & Succulent Society of Massachusetts (www.cssma.org <http://www.cssma.org/> ) is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the 16th Eastern Cactus...
blatant horn-tooting here: the May-June 2008 issue of the Cactus and Succulent Journal on pp. 119-122 has an article "Opuntia fragilis in Illinois", written by...
Eric Ribbens
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Please excuse the weeds and tacky white plant ID tags - I don't get much time in the garden anymore. ...
Hi Jay, Very nice! I love this time of year! Donna Jay Akerley <jayakerley@...> wrote: Please excuse the weeds and tacky white plant ID tags - I don't...
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Hi... I am in USDA Zone 8b, Sunset zone 6 and American Horticultural Society's heat zone # 4. I list this because USDA zone 8b here in Portland Oregon is much...
Jack, I live in a similar zone in No. Calif. and have some pretty good success with some columnars and know of some choices for you to try. If you want you...
--Hi, Jay, Rene in edmonton, nice pictures-I, too, have that pediocactus despainii but I can't find any reference to it in Benson's book. Is that a fairly...
Pediocactus despainii was described in 1980 by Welsh & Goodrich. A lot of the Pediocacti have been discovered only recently because they are often rare and...
Friends, Living in Sweden (Zone 5/6) and having one Gymnocalycium bruchii that survived the winter outside in my cactus bed, I would like to call that a small...
Mats, How was your snow cover for the winter ? Was it consistly snow covered or did you have many thaws ? Peter Toronto, Canada ... that ... that ... happy ......
Peter, I always place a plastic tent over this part of my cactus bed, so there was no snow cover at all (except for the snow that blows in), but the soil...
Thanks for the speedy reply Mats. We had a similar winter here as well but with record snow falls and no long thaws. Keeping plants perfectly dry makes a world...
interesting, as was mats original report... i had heard bruchii was quite hardy... cohan zone 2/3, alberta--where this summer has been so wet, i think natives ...
Peter, That is is interesting, both Ortegocactus and Lophophora are desert plants. I guess they were really dehydrated. I hope your friend has recovered from...
Mats, I think this might explain why it was so hardy. The Lopophora has quite a range. "In the southern portion of its range in the state of San Luis Potosi it...
Hello All, I have grow a few Gymnocalysuims in my unheated greenhouse for quite many years now: Gymnocalysium andreae (small plant maybe 7 years old) ...
I have seen the same Benny. I think its because that younger plants dehydrate comparatively more and therefore the cells dont crystalize. Martin ... From:...
Thank you Martin, It is indeed strange and it is only with the South American cactus which I have noticed this, as the cactus from the US I do not see this...
Well, mature Maihueniopsis (I collect a lot of wild forms of them) and Austrocactus, Pterocactus are all hardy nomatter the size here. Martin ... From: "Benny...
Hello again Martin, Of course I did think of "ball type" cactus. Yes many Maihueniopsis don't have this problem and Austrocactus either. Maybe it is "only"...
Hello All, This is Leslie Yost from Toronto, Ontario. USDA zone 5 and in Canada: zone 6. I have a 12 year old collection of winter hardy cacti and succulents...
Hi Leslie, You are very welcome to our "little" group of cactifriends. Down below you can see some pics from my garden (just follow the weblink), and some...
Hello all, have noticed that young bryophyllum survive extreme cold but adult plants die the first or second frost. The species daigremontiana and tubiflora...
Hi to all, I hope everyone's desert is blooming and growing. I'll be away for a week or so on vacation. I'll get to photo and membership approvals as soon as I...
Peter, I'm always amazed with your cactus beds... Thanks for sharing again! I've posted more pics to my Webshots account... I'm afraid they pale in comparison,...
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