planted my last load of neem seeds, and a few are showing radicals :) so with any luck i'm sorted. (germ notes..) i received them from india last autumn.. some germed then but didn't survive the winter. had slow germs and issues with fungus gnats in early spring. 24 hour soak, husked them.. i like to germinate in a tupperware with a 1/2" of perlite on the bottom and a 1/4" of water, occasionally dropping some h2o2 if there's a fungus outbreak. they go in soil when they've got a nice radical.

I preefer growing things from seed -- I have a Pacypodium Saundersonii that I sprouted last year, which is stil denuded -- waiting for it to come out of dormancy. This years plantings include P. Baroni, Gaeyi and Rosalatum. I have one Gaeyi and 2 Rosalatums coming up. Also planted Adenium Obessum, not up yet. I also planted Pachycereus Pringlei "Cardon" all these planted in a Mexican chip and dip pottery that I painted and had fired up. The Pachys are in the center, where the 'dip' goes and the others are planted around on the outside. Sagebrush

Impressive list. And you probably have few of some/each? Mostly of what I would like to have - I have only 'run-of-the-mill' plants. But happy as long as they are happy. I just started on similar list...thank you for posting - gives me little nudge to finish. Rina

No I haven't seen them more mature than shown on the OOA site. It's amazing! Those two others are also quite nice. Though fusiformis is not too exciting to me. globocaulis is nice and I would love one some day, but it's not quite what I look for. Hard to define what it is I'm looking for, but I know it when I see it :D