I vote for all of them, I have purchased plants from each of them, all are ethical. Plants may be small for shipping purpose, but most will out grow the pot after the first year. Be sure to tell the dealer where you live and let them make a suggestions. The Huntington which will have the correct names, and documentations, has plants as well, most private nurseries, have things that the others don't is you want the unusual and rare. Be sure to ask for catalogues before you order, go on line and see what are the prices, educate yourself first before you buy, I agree with Jeff, also the plant names on Ebay plants are not always accurate. You can buy the same plant with three different names. but still it's the same plant just purchased with different names. I hope I made some sense. Jeff is so right. I hate Ebay. Crasulady2

mawehe63 I missed your posting about Opuntia. There are a few forms without glochids (the small spines), one microdasys (cv. 'Caress' and one fragilis too I think). The long spines on Opuntia are barbed and get stuck in skin too, but I find them easier to handle than glochids. At least they give some protection against the glochids, which are present on long-spined Opuntia as well. I grow some O. fragilis (extremely hardy), small but, as the name implies, fragile which can be disappointing, it's a matter of taste. O. polyacantha is a long-spined, robust, hardy species - some forms can be grown outside in Northern Europe without protection. Many forms are reasonably small and easy to handle, and they often have very nice flowers. O. macrocentra and phaecantha could be worth looking at too, especially dwarf forms. O. compressa (humifusa) is a spineless, classic hardy species, but the glochids can be annoying (but they are far fewer than on microdasys). I looked up some general information about the weather in Tennesee, and it seems as it rains a lot there. Those I mentioned should however be fine if they are covered in winter. There are a few tender species among them (Rebutia heliosa and Lobivia famatimensis for example), but that is usually noted in the seller's description. Some well-known hardy species are Escobaria missouriensis and vivipara, Echinocereus triglochidiatus, cocinneus and viridiflorus. Protection from rain in winter is advisable but not always necessary, it depends much on how well-drained the soil is. Some more funny-looking cacti: Leuchtenbergia principis, Puna/Maihueniopsis clavarioides and the two Pelecyphora species. I saw an interesting thread on the BCSS forum about a hardy Gymnocalycium species: Here is a link that might be useful: Gymnocalycium gibbosum

Opuntia species. It looks like Opuntia diademata. The so-called 'paper spine' cactus. It may be known now as Tephrocactus articulates.

I would guess either a Draceaena or a Yucca.