Only ordered from ADBLPS so far: Acharagma aguirreanum Acharagma huasteca [JS/12] Acharagma roseanum v. robustior [JM/08] Austrocactus coxii SAR_3201 > Malleo/Neuquén/Argentine [Pz_330616] Austrocactus aonikenkensis RH_2313b > Lago Viedma 400m/Lago Argentino/Santa Cruz/Argentine [RH/08] Austrocactus...

Thanks everyone for your replies - looks like ventricosus is the best guess. I have a stenocaulis in bud at the moment- much later than most other flowers. The only other one at the moment in bud is labelled sinus-alexandri (from you Ralph I believe?). Llifle tells me that’s synonymous with schaefer...

I’ll get my order sorted soon. Had a real mixed bag of results last year due to being a complete novice, but will have another go this year and if I can do any better.

I also have a plant labelled tylecodon ventricosus DT6144b East Garies that doesn’t look anything like this. Looking at google images of the species it does seem pretty variable though. IMG_9314.jpeg The other thought I had was t. hirtifolium, but my plant of that has much thicker, more succulent le...

Thanks for your reply Tom. I also grow t. striatus, and had always assumed the name comes from the slightly streaked pattern on the stems. I guess it's actually the thin leaves with a groove down the middle?

This one a very recent purchase. Labelled as t. striatus but I’m 99% sure that’s not the case. Stem reminds me of wallichii, which I’ve been looking for for ages, but again I don’t think it’s that.

Does anyone have any ideas? Could be a small grandiflorus now I think about it.

Thanks very much Derek. I was surprised last year quite how much water it would take and also how sad it looked when it was dry. I’ll do as you suggested. Cheers, Ian

Hi all, I had some problems keeping this plant upright last year as it grew new leaves. I had to stake it up all through the winter as it had a tendency to sag badly as soon as it dried out a bit. It seems a bit more solid this year but is sagging slightly under the weight of the new growth. Does th...

PhilipPV wrote: ↑Tue Oct 31, 2023 4:21 pm In spite of the gloomy weather Titanopsis calcarea 'Fulleri', which has been half-opening most of its flowers for days now, seems to have decided that this is as good as it's going to get...

Stunner!

Lovely plants - I have a couple of much smaller f.edulis. One I'm leaving to its own devices and one I plan to trim off the new taproot growth each year to see if I can keep the caudex fatter and rounder. A bit of an experiment. I'll take a look to see if my handiwork has done anything sometime next...