May 4th, 2004 – Adenium obesum Plant & Photo: Roland Derksen – Canada © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Roland Derksen – Canada

May 10, 2004 – Adenium obesum flower Plant & Photo: Robert Streul, USA. Flower on my Adenium obesum. Plants with white flowers are a bit pricey but can be found at some nurseries if you look for them. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Streul, USA

May 11, 2004 – Adenium sp. Plant & Photo: Angel Ramos – USA. Photographed at KoKo Crater, Hawaii. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Angel Ramos – USA

May 11, 2004 – Adenium flowers Plant & Photo: Robert Streul, USA. These Adeniums continue to put on a dazzling display. The plant in the foreground produced many more flowers since the picture was taken © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Streul, USA

May 4, 2004 – Bombax ellipticum. Plant & Photo: K. K. Agrawal – India. 13 months from seed. The only problem is that the seeds are not easy to germinate. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and K. K. Agrawal – India

May 11, 2004 – Cephalopentandra echirrosa fruits Plant & Photo: Angel Ramos, USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Angel Ramos, USA

February 5, 2004 – Cyphostemmas juttae Photo: Jim Hanna – USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Jim Hanna – USA

February 5, 2004 – Fockea edulis Plant & Photo: Angel Ramos – USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Angel Ramos – USA

February 5, 2004 – Pachypodium baronii v baronii Plant & Photo: Angel Ramos – USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Angel Ramos – USA

February 5, 2004 – Pachypodium decaryi Plant & Photo: Angel Ramos – USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Angel Ramos – USA

May 25, 2004 – Sansevieria arborescens Plant & Photo: Robert Streul, USA. Erect stems can grow up to 1.5 m tall, 2.5 cm thick, densely leafy. Leaves lanceolate, flat, 20-45 cm long, 2 to 4.5 cm across, 5 mm thick, smooth, grass green, tip brownish, hard, margins whitish or reddish. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Streul, USA

May 25, 2004 – Sansevieria dawei Plant & Photo: Robert Streul, USA. Planted in a 6 inch pot. Longest leaf 35.56 cm with widest 3.81 cm. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Streul, USA

May 25, 2004 – Sansevieria eilensis (Chahinian). (old LAV 10178). Plant & Photo: Robert Streul, USA. Robert Streul: Planted in 4″ standard pot due to the length of the root system. Longest leaf approximately 5.08 cm with width of 1.27 cm. This is one Sans I consider rare for two reasons. It is not known for sure if this plant exists in its natural habitat and it doesn’t appear to be propagated on a large scale commercially. Most likely the reason for lack of widespread commercial growing is due to the slow growth. Not difficult to maintain but one would be lucky to get one new leaf per year. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Streul, USA

May 25, 2004 – Sansevieria FLH-13 Plant & Photo: Robert Streul, USA. Robert Streul: Acquired as a cutting in 2002. The original leaf produced the plant on the right and has since produced tow more plants that will be cut and potted this spring. It will be interesting to see if the original leaf will then produce more new plants. The original leaf is in a 4″ pot as well as the plant on the right. Plant on right longest leaf is 44.45 cm and only 1.27 cm wide due to the extreme folding of the leaf. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Streul, USA

May 25, 2004 – Sansevieria humbertiana (Guill.) Plant & Photo: Robert Streul, USA. From Tropical East Africa. Up to 10 leaves on one shoot, up to 33 cm long, 1.3 cm thick, cylindrical, long-tapering, dark green with indistinct transverse bands, upper side grooved, with a subulate white tip, margins acute below midway, whitish to reddish, surface rough, little furrowed. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Streul, USA

May 25, 2004 – Sansevieria liberica Plant & Photo: Robert Streul, USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Streul, USA

May 25, 2004 – Sansevieria longiflora (Sims) Plant & Photo: Robert Streul, USA. From Tropical Africa. Four to six leaves on one shoot, lanceolate, up to 1.5 cm long and 9 cm across, grooved below and flat above. Dark green with lighter blotches or irregular bands. Margins reddish brown. Flower sc. around 25 cm long. Inflorescence capitate or densely racemose, 8-35 cm long. Fl. around 12 cm long. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Streul, USA

May 25, 2004 – Sansevieria parva ‘Gilt Edge’ Plant & Photo: Robert Streul, USA. In a 4″ pot, this plant is approx. 31.12 cm tall. Robert Streul: This photo doesn’t do justice to the plant by not showing the minimal yellow leaf edge that gives the plant its name. The yellow leaf margin is wire thin. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Streul, USA

May 25, 2004 – Sansevieria patens Plant & Photo: Robert Streul, USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Streul, USA

May 25, 2004 – Sansevieria pinguicula (Bally) Plant & Photo: Robert Streul, USA. From Eastern Zimbabwe. Leaves 5-7 rosulate, 12-30 cm long, thick-fleshy, 2.8 to 3.5 cm thick below midway, upper side very concave, tapering gradually towards the spiny tip. Infl. paniculate. The leaves are stemless, usually 1-3 and have a rough surface up to 60 cm long, erect, recurved backwards, dark grey-green, a round channel which runs the full length of the leaf. First discovered and named by Peter Bally in 1964. It looks like a small Agave. The leaf colour can vary from a pale green to beautiful blue. The leaves are tipped with a very hard light brown and lethal spine. It offsets by above ground branches which terminate in new plantlets which are carried above the ground on stilt-like roots. It appears to be walking hence the common name of “Walking Sansevieria”. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Streul, USA

May 25, 2004 – Sansevieria stuckyi (Godefroy-Lebeuf) Plant & Photo: Robert Streul, USA. From Tropical East Africa. Rhizome creeping up to 5 cm thick. Leaves 1-2 on a shoot, erect, stiff and smooth, 80-270 cm long, 3-8 cm thick with a groove 8-30 mm across below, narrowing above, with up to 20 dark green longitudinal lines or shallow furrows, dark green, at first with lighter transverse markings. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Streul, USA

May 25, 2004 – Sansecieria trifasciata ‘Black Gold’ Plant & Photo: Robert Streul, USA. Robert Streul: This sans has a tendency to show the grower when it needs a larger pot. If you don’t give it a larger pot it will turn on you and destroy the pot. This is a handsome plant with a good amount of character. It appears to be close to the trifasciata but does not get as tall. The tallest leaf is 60.32 cm and the widest leaf is 6.98 cm however the width of the leaves is variable. In addition, leaves can be flat, slightly wavy and even forming a rather noticeable fold. Very pronounced banding and distributed quite evenly on the leaf. Easy to care for, offsets freely and leaf cuttings produce plants true to type. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Streul, USA

May 25, 2004 – Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Frank Niedz’ Plant & Photo: Robert Streul, USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Streul, USA

May 25, 2004 – Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Laurentii Compacta’ Plant & Photo: Robert Streul, USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Streul, USA

May 25, 2004 – Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Laurentii Mein Liebling’ Plant & Photo: Robert Streul, USA. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Streul, USA

May 25, 2004 – Sansevieria trifasciata `Moonshine’ Plant & Photo: Robert Streul, USA. Moonshine sansevieria. This is a relatively new cultivar which features broad, nearly solid, light silvery gray-green foliage with a tracery of dark green around the margin. Plants grown in deep shade have darker leaves. `Moonshine’ plants, also sold as `Moonglow’, usually have 3 or more upright leaves giving individual divisions a vase-like form as the leaves diverge slightly from the center of rosettes. `Moonshine’ is identical in growth habit and vigor to `Futura’ and `Robusta’. Robert Streul: Wide leaves up to 4″ and 12″ tall. Easy to grow. Leaf cuttings do not produce offshoots true.Of all the Sans in my collection this plant is perhaps the most handsome thanks in part to the difference in color of the juvenile leaves and the adult leaves which almost gives the appearance of two different plants in one pot. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Streul, USA

May 25, 2004 – Sansevieria ‘Thick Leaf’ Tentative ID – may be a new cultivar. Plant & Photo: Robert Streul, USA. Robert Streul: This plant is in a 5″ pot. Found among a pot full of S. trifasciata variety. Has produced several offsets of the same form and size. I had Juan Chahinian look at it and he dubbed it ‘Thick Leaf’ for the time being. The plant does indeed have a thick leaf especially at the base. Most leaves have a wavy appearance with heavy regular banding. It remains to be seen if this plant will stay as a dwarf variety. One offset will be removed this spring and given a pot with ample root space which may in turn revert the plant back to a normal trifasciata size. If by chance it retains its small or dwarf size I will have to check back with Juan to see if we have a new cultivar. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Streul, USA

September 4, 2004 – Sansevieria fischeri – variegated? Plant & Photo: Robert Streul, USA. Robert Streul: This photo that shows some slight, ever so slight, variegation along the leaf edge. It was sold to me as a normal plant. With each new leaf growth I keep hoping this variegation will increase. Time will tell. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Streul, USA

April 16, 2009 – Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus v. albiflora Plant & Photo: Hans-Jürgen Bräuer, Germany © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Hans-Jürgen Bräuer, Germany

February 1, 2009 – Ariocarpus bravoanus ssp hintonii Plant & Photo: Hans-Jürgen Bräuer, Germany © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Hans-Jürgen Bräuer, Germany

April 15, 2009 – Ariocarpus fissuratus Plant & Photo: Jerry Dowding – Canada © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Jerry Dowding – Canada

January 25, 2009 – Aloe polyphylla Plant & Photo: Doug Rowland – UK © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Doug Rowland – UK

January 25, 2009 – Aloe polyphylla Plant & Photo: Doug Rowland – UK © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Doug Rowland – UK

January 25, 2009 – Echinopsis leucantha From Roger Peel’s private collection at home in the UK © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Roger Peel, UK

January 25, 2009 – Aloe plicatilis Plant & Photo: Robert Stephenson – Australia © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Stephenson – Australia

January 25, 2009 – Aloe ecklonis Plant & Photo: Rosi and Jürgen Lenz, Australia. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Rosi and Jürgen Lenz, Australia

January 25, 2009 – Agave underwoodii Plant & Photo: Robert Stephenson, Australia A Cuban species. It does not like low temperatures when leaves mark very badly. Eventually will be a large rosette. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Stephenson, Australia

January 25, 2009 – Agave parryi cv kichiokan variegata Plant & Photo: Robert Stephenson, Australia Margins of leaves show paler green variation. If grown in light shade variegation is more prominent. Offsets easily © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Stephenson, Australia

January 25, 2009 – Agave murpheyi Plants, Photos and Comments: Robert Stephenson, Australia. Robert Stephenson: “My Agave murpheyi is in almost full bloom. This is the first photo of flowers on one of the umbels. They look as if they are made of plastic. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Stephenson, Australia

January 25, 2009 – Agave guadalajarana Plant, Photo and Comments: Robert Stephenson, Australia. Robert Stephenson: “This is a beautiful blue-white species which has decided to put out a panicle. I have noticed over the past 2-3 months that the centre of the rosette has been changing. These leaves have few or no marginal teeth but retain the terminal spine. The center has also started to open. Over a weekend, the centre has not only opened but elongated as well. The color around the centre has changed only marginally compared to other species that have flowered for me.” © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Stephenson, Australia

January 25, 2009 – Agave filifera ssp microceps (Syn Agave filifera fma compacta) Plant and Photo: Robert Stephenson, Australia. Robert Stephenson “Yesterday, whilst having a poke around the garden, I had a look at one of my agaves, Agave filifera ssp microceps (Syn A. filifera fma compacta) and was amazed to see that the head had divided dichotomously. I haven’t heard of this before, so out with the digital and took the attached photo of the plant dividing. Look carefully at the centre of the rosette for this phenomenon. There are two definite heads, going in opposite directions. The other photo is an earlier one of the same plant for comparison.” © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Stephenson, Australia

January 25, 2009 – Agave americana cv. Medio-picta Alba Plant & Photo: Marina & Roy Welham, Canada. This plant is producing two offsets – one variegated in the same colors as the mother plant. The other has reverted back to the plain color of Agave americana. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Marina & Roy Welham, Canada

January 25, 2009 – Agave colorata ‘dwarf’ Plant and Photo: Robert Streul, USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Streul, USA

January 25, 2009 – Aeonium tabulaeforme Photo: Robert Stephenson, Australia © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Stephenson, Australia

April 17, 2009 – Ariocarpus retusus Plant & Photo: Jerry Dowding – Canada © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Jerry Dowding – Canada

April 21, 2009 – Ariocarpus retusus v. scaphirostris Plant & Photo: Hans-Jürgen Bräuer, Germany © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Hans-Jürgen Bräuer, Germany

April 16, 2009 – Ariocarpus trigonus Plant & Photo: Hans-Jürgen Bräuer, Germany © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Hans-Jürgen Bräuer, Germany

April 16, 2009 – Ariocarpus trigonus Plant and Photo: Louis Zelenak, USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Louis Zelenak, USA

April 17, 2009 – Astrophytum asterias Photo: Bob Stone, USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Bob Stone, USA

April 16, 2009 – Astrophytum asterias ‘Super Kabuto’ Plant & Photo: Robert Stephenson, Australia. This plant is in a 3″ pot. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Stephenson, Australia

April 18, 2009 – Astrophytums myriostigma Plant & Photo: Bev and Kermit Bender – USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Bev and Kermit Bender – USA

April 16, 2009 – Astrophytum senile Plant & Photo: Robert Stephenson, Australia © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Robert Stephenson, Australia

April 18, 2009 – Astrophytum senile var aureum Plant & Photo: Hans-Jürgen Bräuer, Germany © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Hans-Jürgen Bräuer, Germany

April 20, 2009 – Astrophytum ‘Superkabuto’ Plant & Photo: Hans-Jürgen Bräuer, Germany © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Hans-Jürgen Bräuer, Germany

April 20, 2009 – Aztekium hintonii Plant & Photo: Hans-Jürgen Bräuer, Germany © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Hans-Jürgen Bräuer, Germany

April 17, 2009 – Photo: Eve Nilenders, who tells us this photo was taken on the island of Hvar, right on the edge of Hvar Town. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Eve Nilenders, USA

April 16, 2009 – Carnegiea gigantea Plant & Photo: Marina & Roy Welham, Canada The grand Saguaro cactus. Very slow growing but worth the wait. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Marina & Roy Welham, Canada

April 16, 2009 – Cephalocereus palmeri Plant & Photo: Bill Hendricks, USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Bill Hendricks USA

April 20, 2009 – Cerus peruvianus Photo: Geoff Baker, New Zealand © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Geoff Baker, New Zealand Rare chlorotic form

April 21, 2009 – Cactus & Succulent Gardens at the 6th China Flower Expo in Chengdu Photos: Bill Hendricks, USA which he took on a trip to China in September 2005 © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Bill Hendricks, USA

April 21, 2009 – Cactus & Succulent Gardens at the 6th China Flower Expo in Chengdu Photos: Bill Hendricks, USA which he took on a trip to China in September 2005 © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Bill Hendricks, USA

April 21, 2009 – Cactus & Succulent Gardens at the 6th China Flower Expo in Chengdu Photos: Bill Hendricks, USA which he took on a trip to China in September 2005 © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Bill Hendricks, USA

April 20, 2009 – Cleistocactus icosagonus … produces orange flowers in mid summer. Plant & Photo: Marina & Roy Welham, Canada © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Marina & Roy Welham, Canada

April 21, 2009 – Cleistocactus strausii Plant & Photo: Marina & Roy Welham, Canada © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Marina & Roy Welham, Canada

April 17, 2009 – Cochemia setispina Plant & Photo: Hans-Jürgen Bräuer, Germany © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Hans-Jürgen Bräuer, Germany

April 21, 2009 – Coryphantha pallida Plant, Photo and Comments: Louis Zelenak, USA. Nice plant. Stays small. Flowers throughout late summer. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Louis Zelenak, USA

April 21, 2009 – Coryphantha pallida Plant, Photo and Comments: Louis Zelenak, USA. Nice plant. Stays small. Flowers throughout late summer. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Louis Zelenak, USA

April 17, 2009 – Crassula falcata Plant & Photo: Marina & Roy Welham, Canada. Just beginning to produce a red flower at the end of June. The flower was in full bloom in August. Easy to flower and easy to grow. A favorite of many hobbyists. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Marina & Roy Welham, Canada

April 17, 2009 – Crassula falcata Plant & Photo: Marina & Roy Welham, Canada. Just beginning to produce a red flower at the end of June. The flower was in full bloom in August. Easy to flower and easy to grow. A favorite of many hobbyists. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Marina & Roy Welham, Canada

April 17, 2009 – Delosperma congestum Plant and Photo: Lynda Muckle, Canada © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Lynda Muckle, Canada

April 17, 2009 – Delosperma echlonis v latifolis Plant & Photo: Bill Hendricks, USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Bill Hendricks USA

April 17, 2009 – Disocactus flagelliformis Plant & Photo: Hans C.Askly, Denmark © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Hans C.Askly, Denmark

April 17, 2009 – Disocactus (Aporocactus) flagelliformis Plant & Photo: Marina & Roy Welham, Canada © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Marina & Roy Welham, Canada

April 16, 2009 – Echinocereus adustus Photo: Paul Brunelle, Canada © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Paul Brunelle, Canada

April 18, 2009 – Echinocereus pectinatus variety Plant & Photo: Hans-Jürgen Bräuer, Germany © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Hans-Jürgen Bräuer, Germany

April 17, 2009 – Echinocereus reichenbbachii v. albertii Plant & Photo: Bev & Kermit Bender, USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Bev & Kermit Bender, USA

April 15, 2009 – Echinocereus triglochidiatus Plant & Photo: David Papayanopulos – USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and David Papayanopulos – USA

April 15, 2009 – Echinocereus triglochidiatus Plant & Photo: David Papayanopulos – USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and David Papayanopulos – USA

April 17, 2009 – Echinocereus triglochidiatus Plant & Photo: Bev and Kermit Bender – USA. Flowers lasted five days. © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Bev and Kermit Bender – USA

April 16, 2009 – Echinocereus viridiflorus v. montanus Cold hardy species growing outside year round in Ontario, Canada. Plant and Photo: Lynda Muckle, Canada © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Lynda Muckle, Canada

April 21, 2009 – Echinopsis (Trichocereus) ‘Apricot Glow’ Plant & Photo: Bev and Kermit Bender – USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Bev and Kermit Bender – USA

April 21, 2009 – Echinopsis (Trichocereus) ‘Apricot Glow’ Plant & Photo: Bev and Kermit Bender – USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Bev and Kermit Bender – USA

April 16, 2009 – Echinopsis (Trichocereus) ‘Flying Saucer’ Plant & Photo: Bev and Kermit Bender – USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Bev and Kermit Bender – USA

May 27, 2009 – Echinopsis marsoneri (Previously known as Lobivia jajoiana) Plant & Photo: Bev and Kermit Bender – USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Bev and Kermit Bender – USA

May 27, 2009 – Schick Echinopsis hybrid ‘Oracle’ Plant & Photo: Bev and Kermit Bender – USA © Photograph Copyright of The Amateurs’ Digest and Bev and Kermit Bender – USA