Lobivia 'Pink Ice' is a well known hybrid cultivar, you can find plenty of pictures in google. The flower is as expected, large and fancy, a strong intense pink. Not sure what the parents are, some expert might know. Lobivia 'Purple Ice' I've never heard of. There are hundreds of these Lobivia/Echinopsis hybrids about but the fact that I can't find any reference at all to the name suggests it was just made up on the spot, perhaps for a 'Pink Ice' that was a bit darker.

Well as the host, you could have started it with say...25 packets if you had 5 participants. The 25 packs are mailed to the first person who, selects as many as they want and replace the same number of packs so that you still have 25 packs....and so on.... When it comes back to you, you have 25 packs of different seeds than when you started. Be sure to e-mail everyone when you decide exactly how many packs will be traveling.... That is going to be the easiest thing to do and it is probably not too late to catch up with it if you notify the first person to hold it until you can send more packs.

One good piece of advice since most peoples tubs are normally far away from their water heater is to install an instant on water heater (gas or electric) in your bathroom. It takes the load off the main water heater, particularly if others are washing, showering, doing anything with hot water. I just bought a Sanijet 660 (roughly 72" x 43" x 23" deep) when they had a 50% off sale on their pipeless water jets. We bought the 6 jet system, chromatherapy in 7 colors with multiple ways opf using them, matching drain hook-ups (or if you want nickel you can get it), and 9" or 12" holding bars if you want them in matching colors. Since there is no water running through the pipes (there are no pipes, just jets that suck in water in one end and propel it out the other)-this means you can safely use whatever bath products without worrying about bacterial growth in the pipes. Depending on the model and package there are 4 to 8 jets. You can easily unscrew all of them in seconds and put them through the dishwasher to keep them clean. I think they are having another 50% off sale come August 15th. But who knows, if you call them they may help you out now. Itis more sanitary than any other waterjet models out there, and waterjets are much more powerful (and adjustable) than air jets, and they are numerous times more quiet than air jets, which can be deafening, particularly when you just want massaging water and a relaxing bath. Greg

You MUST upload to a web server. That usually means a photo hosing site for most people, but some computer people host their own servers. A linked photo does not always provide a link to the host site or open in a new window. That has to do with the HTML coding used to show that photo in a post. Sometimes, just the image tag is used and you get just the photo without the link to the hosting site. (img src="photohostinglocation.com/jpg") Replace the parenthesis with carets and your hosted photo will appear in the post. Photobucket is very easy to use for even a person lacking computer skills. I suggest you create an account there and follow their instructions for linking images if you wish to imbed images into a post.