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Featured Plants for Spring 2009

Mammillaria elongata �v. minima This small little plant is a real looker! Its cultivation origins are unknown, but some plants produce a monstrose type growth, while others produce normal growth. Clumps of stems grow from a single main stem. This plant only reaches about 6� tall and about half as wide. White flowers. BUY NOW 3� pot size available	Ortegocactus macdougalii This little plant from Mexico sure packs a big punch. Beautiful lime-green skin with short contrasting jet black spines make this little cactus a must have for any collection. Especially if space is a concern. This plant remains small, but in time will produce offsets and form a nice sized clump. Yellow flowers. BUY NOW 3� pot size available	Mammillaria sphacelata ssp. viperina This plant comes from Puebla, Oaxaca, Mexico. Multiple stems grow out to form a sprawling clump. It�s a rather small species, staying low to the ground, but can spread out. The stems are densely covered in short bristle like spines, ranging from a creamy white to pink, red and black. The flowers are small, typical of Mammillarias and have a pink/purple color. BUY NOW 3� pot size available
Echinocereus subinermis This plant can be found growing in Northern Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa). It is the least *armed* of the genus with very short spines, usually lacking any centrals. Highly prized for its huge showy flowers. Bright yellow with a very contrasting bright green stigma, certainly makes a dramatic impression. BUY NOW 4� pot size available	Collector Quality Cacti & Succulents	Parodia concinna var. gibberula (Noto. concinnus v. gerbalitoensis) This plants habitat is Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil and Uruguay (South America) This plants stays solitary and can grow to 5-6� tall. The sunken apex will produce a creamy wool tuft. Flowers are a pale to lemon yellow color. BUY NOW 4� pot size available
Espostoa melanostele This plant comes from Peru. Their soft wooly appearance kind of makes them look like large Q-Tips! They are columnars and can grow quite tall, eventually branching and forming large shrubs. Once mature, they will grow a vertical cephalium. This is where all flowers and fruit will grow from. BUY NOW 4� pot size available	Copiapoa krainziana This may be the most recognizable Copiapoa of the genus. Densely covered in soft white spines, this is certainly a wonderful specie. Found in a comparatively small population in the hills north of the city of Taltal in Chile. These plants may stay solitary or can produce offsets and form a clump. Yellow flowers. BUY NOW 4� pot sizes available	Cereus spegazzinii This plant hails from Paraguay and northeastern Argentina. This is quite a unique specie in both color and form. Its stems are much thinner than a standard Cereus specie, but it�s flowers are large and showy. Incredible blue-green-purple colored stems with very short spines and little tufts of white wool from the areoles, really make this plant stand out. Often producing crested and monstrose stems in some amazing shapes and colors. Truly a great plant to have in ones collection. Large, long tube type white and pink/red flowers. BUY NOW 4� pot sizes available

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