I would love to get some cuttings or possibly rooted cuttings of the old fashioned Christmas cactus with the rounded edge on the branches. I can trade Hummel's sunset crassula ovata (sunset jade) or pacific pink crassula ovata (pink flowering jade), cuttings or possibly rooted cuttings. Michele Mueller

Try Whittons Greenhouse... They said they should have some soon.

Congratulations! I hope they take for you and replace the one you've lost.

Hopefulauthor, did you mean P.T. Barnum? "A 'customer' born every minute" Or T. Tusser - "A fool and his money are soon parted"? But I too spent a ridiculous amount of money on a cactus (Schlumbergera opuntioides - also a Christmas Cactus), that quickly died from a Spidermite infestation! I was quite upset, but I did try to find it elsewhere for less or even as a trade but couldn't. Look at the Astrophytum caput-medusae.... When it was first discovered, someone had to pay "ridiculous" prices to get Phytosanitary inspections on plants and seeds to get them to the US and Europe. For the first few years, customers also paid ridiculous prices on eBay and other sites to get their plants. If they didn't, People today wouldn't be trading plants or selling seeds and plants for more reasonable prices. I'm sure pricing will also come down much more in the near future as the plants become more common. So, if you really want a plant and can't find it elsewhere, what options do you have? Pay the Price or go without. I don't think that makes any of us suckers or fools... Just passionate cactus lovers and collectors. And that's what allows all of us to get the plants we really like at reasonable prices.