I would love to get some epi cuttings. Are you interested in anything besides epis? I don't have any epis to trade but I have a lot of cacti, wandering jew, spider plants, succulents, succulent vines, jades, easter and xmas cactus. Any of these interest you?

I have some christmas cactus for trade, if you are interested. Email me at crosbyphyllis@yahoo.com

Just read through all the older postings and was able to glean some very good cultural information. I too, have a Bursera fagaroides, in the "training" phase, and I suspect training these plants to become a respectable tree, will be a work-in-progress for many years. But, they grow fast, and I find them very easy to keep alive, especially through the dormancy period. Very low maintenance, plants. I would like to know not only how to get the caudex portion to fatten, but also how to keep the plants from getting taller. I want a thick trunk and short branches. My plant is now about 24" tall, including branches. The thickening,tapered trunk is now roughly half of this height, and would much prefer that the branches be kept within these bounds, but with ramification. The trunk is bout 2" diameter at the base, and tapers, over 12", to about 1" diameter. Then the branches begin growing from this point. The trunk looks like a long, fat, carrot in shape. I need cultural suggestions. Will growing these plants dry, hot and hard cause the trunk to fatten? Frank

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