Generally, this all seems pretty good, but I am not so sure about this rule, which others have also queried on similar grounds: Bob Wrote: [deleting the bit about habitat plants themselves not being advertised, which I am very happy to accept] ------------------------------------------------------- ...

Tony H Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have personaly seen the results of this compost on the collection of Richard and Wendy Edginton. ... > They had .. no problems until a different manufacturer took over production of J.I. composts. > ... on examination the root...

Only a 100? I reckon to have over 700 Rebutias at the last count. Not all different species - but all different field numbers etc...

I'm glad you are pleased with them! Good growing!

There's actually several of these Weingartias like neumanniana which are different to the others - depending of course on how much you want to lump.

I dont think that is S asterias - that has thinner stems. It looks like S hirsuta to me.

Notocactus horstii, I'd say.

As for R krainziana, I have seen forms with red, orange, yellow, and even white flowers.

Hob, bodywise, that plant looks like a typical R minuscula to me, rather than R marsoneri. However, to confound things, the "typical" R minuscula has red flowers (rather than the orange colour shown). In practice, Rebutia flower colours can vary quite a lot from population to population. I...

Well, mine is kept at 7C in winter, and so far it is OK. It's a bit shy flowering, but growing OK.

My pic is on my home page: http://ralph.cs.cf.ac.uk. But I prefer the shot of the Blossfeldia...