Some cactus I've been hovering over for a while.

More cactus

wow , i looooooove your collection, wish my collection looks like this, i think it may be like this soon, lol . would you be interested in getting rid of and cuttings???

Good looking plants, all of them.
What is that round/ball-like plant in first photo, bottom center of the pic?

Rina

Spectacular, Bob!

Thanks for sharing!

Lee

Spectacular, Bob!

Thanks for sharing!

Lee

Wiley Nothing to let go of now. Rina the plant I think you are talking about is Deuterocohnia brevifolia.

Bob

Bob

Thanks, that's the one. I didn't know the name, only have seen in photos. Beautiful plant, but all of them are.
Rina

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This post was edited by rina_ on Tue, Jun 18, 13 at 19:30

Beautiful! Those are specacular plants.. Thanks for sharing.

What kind of Aloe is that on the left side of Pic #1? Beautiful.

wantonamara The Aloe is one I picked up at Home Depot this spring called Sparkler. It's holding it's shape well and not elongating. I like the wide short leaves. It's a soft leaved plant.
Home Depot's here in Shreveport have gone overboard with Cactus and succulents this year. Hope they keep it up. They have sold out and reordered a couple of times.

Bob

Bob,
Fabulous plants!
I notice they are growing outside--how do you protect your cacti from rain?

seedmoney Shreveport is not like most of Louisiana. We stay in a semi drought condition most of the time. If a hurricane were to show its face I would move them but that happens maybe once every 10 years or so. I'm thanking about ordering some really dry growers soon so I will need to have them in a protected place. I do like a challenge so I'll try them. I do grow in a fast draining mix and guess that helps.

Bob

Very healthy plants and a nice variety. That's interesting about Shreveport having a different climate than what I would expect in Louisiana.

Fantastic collection, Bob! I'll have to go back & peruse them again! Thanks for sharing with us! I like that Aloe 'Sparkler', too!

None of my A. deltoideodonta have rosettes that large. I was attracted to it because it looked so similar to what I was researching just before I clicked on this thread. Weird. I was seeing that A deltoideodonta var contigua has a large rosette and a spotted varient. A synonym for it is Aloe imalotensis var longiracesmosa ( spotted variation) looks a lot like Sparkler. Strange, I was just looking at it yesterday. I guess Kelly Griffen didn't have to do much tweaking to get itready for tissue cultures. Beautiful aloe. Thank you.

Bob61, I was wondering if you could tell me what the cactus in pic #3 fifth one from the bottom right is. I have got one ive been trying to I.d. For two years and can't figure it out. Thank you, jashawa

100mphtortoise The plant is Gymnocalycium denudatum. The common name is spider cactus.

Bob