Very interesting photos Stephania,and well photographed. So much new to learn about the 'spiny'. I'm curious about the 'variations' in D.marnier-lapostollei,as I have a couple I will post pics of later for your opinions,that look like your friends plants.Also,I have trouble telling variety estevesii from the standard M-L. Is it the short wide leaves and large spines?,or something else? (I've not yet obtained the D.M-L Var.estevesii) Thanks for the great photos. Bob

Spectacular Bob (*_*) But you will realize that Deutero. brevispicata need at least 4 squre feet space! It's one of the most gorgeous spiney. The unknown Dyckia is also very interesting. Would like to see when it ready establish. Here you can see my giant Deut. brevispicata that I had to find a proper place to put it in my collection, and the best is my eye-view level.

Hi everyone. Stan - It seems to be the same story with other forums as well as this isn't the only one that's gone quiet. I’m a member on another forum and although there are many members, it’s gone very quiet with very little participation so I decided to try and fire it up a bit and get things going again with a new thread. It was called “Let’s see some pictures” and I started it on June 6 2014 and below is what I wrote: To attempt to put a bit of life back into our forum, I'm throwing out a challenge to you all to post just one pic of one of your bromeliads; it doesn't matter what it is, just one that you grow and like. You don't need to write a book to accompany it (but it would be nice all the same) but just post one picture so that we know you are at least interested in seeing this forum get back to the level it once was and continue to be a leading international bromeliad forum. This thread is still open and went for 29 pages and the last time I posted was November 18, 2015. The disappointing statistic though is that although it was viewed 29,147 times, it was only the same half dozen members posting the pic's and writing the comments. I don’t think people are interested in actively participating, they just want to “sit on the fence” and reap the benefits without doing any work. This is why so many have switched over to Face Book, it’s much less work, usually it’s just a word or two as a comment or a press of the dreaded “like button”. It seems most people never change; they always take the “easy way”. We all know what a wonderful tool a forum can be for sharing knowledge, but it has to be two way communications for it to work. I’ve had my whinge for the day so I’ll now get down off my soap box and finish with a picture of a group of my xNeophytum 'Galactic Warrior'. All the best, Nev. xNeophytum 'Galactic Warrior'.

You may want to consider High Country Gardens. It is mail order and located in NM. Outstanding Gardenwatchdog ratings. Specializes in your interest. Many plants are 40 percent off now through the 20 june. Either another 10 off or free shipping over 100 bucks. Different discounts when I entered website different ways, but I got the free shipping so was pleased. With free shipping my plants came to about 5.75 each, which is what nurseries used to charge back in old days of selling smaller plants. the main thing is I got plants I have not found at my local pots and soil nurseries. Marie