OT: Cacti. Was: New member
J.E. Shields (Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:44:43 PST)

Hi Pam and Dennis,

Pam, welcome to PBS. It's a great group.

OT Cacti: Dennis, I grow some cacti outdoors here in central Indiana. I
have a feral Opuntia (not humifusa, maybe phaeacantha) from northern
Indiana, some O. phaeacantha from my niece's neighborhood in Centennial,
Colorado (a suburb southwest of Denver), and some tiny little things from
High Country Gardens.

The tiny ones include Escobaria sandbergii, Escobaria sneedii, Escobaria
vivipara bisbeana, Opuntia whipplei, Opuntia viridiflora, Pediocactus
simpsonii, Echinocereus coccineus, Echinocereus reichenbachii caespitosus,
and Echinocereus viridiflorus. The latter are currently undergoing their
first winter outdoors in Indiana. This is therefor an experiment, not a
gardening recommendation.

There are some pretty hardy cacti around.

Regards,
Jim Shields
in central Indiana (USA)

At 09:13 AM 1/7/2009 -0600, you wrote:

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