Hello, I would love to know what this is - someone brought it to me from South Africa - no idea from which region; thanks for any help! Image link:

Hi Jacob, You are the third person this year to think they are the same company....nope, not the same and the lists are totally distinct. SI deal with mostly fairly "common" stuff or small plants of species, whereas Penroc deals with rare species or truly massive specimens of some things. For example I got some common Ammocharis coranica from Penroc, but they were 8" diameter bulbs!! Charles at Penroc can just be very slow to get back....it took me 8 months of communication before I finally got a list of plants that I could order off of....he will not send a list in general....you tell him what you want and he will let you know the exact bulbs he has....you do not buy a Gethyllis...you buy Gethyllis #1 that is 3 cm by 5 cm for a given price...each and every bulb he sells is priced individually....for the serious collector which you sound like, not for the average Joe that wants a new plant. I'll e-mail directly when I get a chance later today :o) Dan

Greg, check my "Have List" on my page here to see agave seedlings I have available for trades. I can provide pictures on request. I'm interested in the Pachys

Hi Guys As Lisa says, there are too many plain ol' variegated Neos. There are ofcourse the stunners that we all need ala kahala dawn, milagro, ying/yang etc. ect. I must say the some of G. Groves bright coloured plants are better (yes I said it)than most of the variegated plants around. Anyone willing to share the secret to creating plants like his? Thanks Kerry! Why is talk about variegated seedlings taboo? Sorry Lisa....it must be the "variegated fingers"! I have managed to get other plants to set seed that dont normally like to. I would gladly pass on the seed parents name to you, but it doesnt have a name. The story is this: 3 South Africans visited Central and South America a good few years ago. While there they popped into Chesters place and he then gave them a few odd plants, turns out that one of these is the elusive transmitter (or a one time luck shot)....its called (not sure who gave it the name) variegata red. That is it.. see pic below of pups. Cheers Dennis