bought this book the other day...

Ariocarpus et cetera by John Pilbeam and Bill Weightman




Contents

• Acknowlegements
  
• Introduction
  
• Cultivation
  
• Map of Mexico and Southern USA
  
• Checklist of Genera and Species
  
• Commentary on Genera and Species
  

Acharagma Ariocarpus Astrophytum Aztekium Cumarinia Epithelantha

Geohintonia Leuchtenbergia Lophophora Neolloydia Obregonia Ortegocactus

Pelecyphora Stenocactus Strombocactus Toumeya Turbinicarpus

good read!

any recommendations on other good books?

So where did you find that one San rainbow?

I just wish I could find a good one for identifying. Hear so many good and bad about books. Andersons - The Cacti Family has been canned so where do you go from there?

From two books I have they give a totally different description of a gymno.......nough to drive a person nuts lol

I had been looking everywhere for it, managed to get it here in oz from www.kimscactusbooks.com.au.
It was pretty pricey but one sold on ebay second hand in the UK for the same price I got mine (new) delivered for.
I tried amazon and other places but no luck, so I had to part with a few pennies but it is worth every cent.

there is so much conflicting info out there... I want a good cacti encyclopedia, any recommends?

Sounds like a good read

try books by Rudolf Schulz and Attila Kapitany.

Its not a cactus encyclopedia, but it is a bloody good read & full of interesting snippets.
A Cactus Odyssey: Journeys in the Wilds of Bolivia, Peru, and Argentina

Been thinking about getting that Ario book. Bit expensive but looks good nonetheless. It features alot of the genera and species that I like to grow and am interested in.

What makes it worth paying $100+ for it? Do you mind doing a bit of a review on the book at all?

here is a link to some great boooks.
http://australiansucculents.com/index.php?page=books

The books on Uebelmannia and Copiapoa look cool. Thanks for the link Gracie!
Rudolf Schulz and Attila Kapitany have wrote some great stuff.

Copiapoa In their Environment book is awesome and full of great photos, don't have it but a friend does

The link is Attila's

I have the Pinguone,Kenya - Succulents and their Environment, Aeonium and Echeveria books and they are all great. The way the Aeonium book is written makes it a really good read.

Can never have enough books on cactus and succulents

no probs,

What makes it worth paying $100+ for it? ... mmm good question trig, bearing in mind I haven't red it all yet...
The first thing that springs to mind would be the amount of time, effort and funds invested that it would take to produce such a beautiful book, and it's written on all the cacti species I love the most .
The book is a good read, well presented, hard cover, lots of beautiful detailed colour photos and a good amount of information on species, sub species in cultivation and in the wild.
Its a book you would keep for ever, a good reference to look back on, it would probably be quite collectible as I would imagine that the number of books pressed would certainly be limited, and a small number at that, once there gone, there gone.
I have been looking for a book specializing on most of the genius's here for a while and this one sums them up nicely!

hope this is of some help.

Cheers

San Rainbow wrote:

no probs,

What makes it worth paying $100+ for it? ...

it would probably be quite collectible as I would imagine that the number of books pressed would certainly be limited, and a small number at that, once there gone, there gone.

You answered your own question there. Most cacti specialist books are printed very few times. When a book is available I always try to get it as quick as possible, I'd hate to miss out.