A brilliant help guys, thank you very much Both saved for future reference as well as I've probably retained about 5% of what I read!

I'm looking for some reading material or info on the different groups of plants within the same genus. I keep seeing things like '' part of the M.karwinskiana group'' or with Fero's referring to the ''pilosus'' group. I'm guessing they are closely related species within the genus, maybe natural hybr...

Possibly Echinopsis subdenudata ??

Nice one Werewolf!

Thanks for that

:wink: :wink: Hey everybody. I was asked to help a friend of a friend id some small cacti but at this size I have no chance. I thought maybe you could help. 20170218_171441.jpg I thought I may as well post a couple of mine that need labels whilst I was at it. 20170218_171206.jpg 20170218_171353.jpg ...

Hello

More drawn to the spikey and the prickly but your in the right place, welcome aboard!!

Looking good Liz!

I must show the Mrs. these, there right up her street

Wow Dave! A fully informed answer as usual! Thanks for all that detail, most appreciated and a thoroughly interesting read. A couple of coffee's went down while I re-read and digested it all. I guess some things that can frustrate us can prove to be the complete opposite with a little understanding!...

No no, not new at all as you say. I was just re-doing some labels which were a bit dilapidated as I like to do at this time of year and it got me thinking as to what is 'correct' and what is everyone else using. Its always easier for me if I'm using what is common place as there's enough names to ge...

:grin: Here we go again with what to call what and where does this one belong! Probably another case of you say potato.... but is my little Hamatocactus setispinus now a Thelocactus? What are your thoughts on the Hamatocactus being dispersed? I believe one has now become a Ferocactus aswell. Has sci...