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Hi everyone i am a new member my friend told of this site and i was blown away to see that there are people like myself who are addicted to cacti. I have been collecting cacti and succulents for several years now at first i started with one small hothouse now i have five. So i know that what started out as a few plants turned into an obsession and i have now found a forum where you can share information. I live in Adelaide love to grow cacti from seed and graft to then degraft and put on on roots. I have alot of Astrophytum asterias seed and many other cacti seeds if anyone is interested pm me its free also anyone after certain plants i might be able to help. I have to learn how to put photos up to show. Look forward to sharing many ideas with everone

G'day mate, and welcome aboard.

You've gotta show us some pics of the hothouses and your plants... it sounds like quite a collection.

Thanks Lachy got lots of photos but not very good with computers have to ask my friend to show me how. I started collecting only cacti but now have alot succulents aswell although my passion still lies with cacti. With winter around the corner looks like i will be spending more time on the computer so lots of pics.

Hey there cactuscook welcome to the forum , 5 hothouses? wow you must have quite the collection going ... yes many cacti addicted types here hahaha....

Hi cactuscook This is a great forum, I have no internet at my new house still and haven't been able to log in much and I am missing it! Sounds like you have a great collection, can't wait to see some pics

hi cactuscook welcome aboard... great to see another adelaide person on here!!! there dosent seem to be many of us.

kind regards
Darren

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great to see another adelaide person on here!!! there dosent seem to be many of us.

Which amazes me... the last time I drove through SA, I kept thinking "man, what a great place to grow cacti this is". I reckon the climate would be spot on for a lot of species.

When i finally work out how to put up photos i have thousands of really nice pics. Seen some magnificent outdoor cacti gardens. Look forward to postin some pics. Only been to Melbourne once but planing a trip over soon would like to check out collectors corner never been.

http://photobucket.com/ photobucket makes it easy , just upload and then cut and paste the code into your reply and they should transfer... my main problem is I dont yet have a decent camera , and my fuzzy phone pics are depressing ...good excuse for me to go overseas to buy one at duty free shopping hehe

Thanks blowng i tried but seems like they want to charge me i will get this worked ill just get someone to show me really busy with work during the day so unable to get someone to do it just now.

Hang in there CC you'll get the pictures worked out. It took me ages to understand it and required a fair bit of patience. Some of the moderators were very helpful. I am looking forward to seeing some of your collection!

Welcome aboard cactuscook send me a pm if you can't sort out the pictures and I will straighten it out for ya.

This is how I use the board to upload and display images...

1. Have the image stored on your computer, then click the little icon above the message compose window that looks like a floppy disk in front of a polaroid. Make sure "file" is selected and click on "browse".

2. Select the image then click "open". Then click "host it".

3. Copy the image URL, then click on the icon that looks like a polaroid. Paste the url, then click Ok.

I followed those steps, and uploaded this...

Thankyou everyone for being patient with i have photos under my pictures is it a matter of moving them to a different location.

Ive given up now two hours later still cant work it out sure will laugh when i finally get it worked out i will wait now till someone does it for me. Should be posting photos within a week.

lol, photobucket is free though , i had the same trouble when it was all new to me also...

Hey cactuscook, I look forward to seeing your collection.

hello and welcome

hope you figure it out with photos

Thanyou to everyone who helped i finally figured it out yah can post pics now.

Whoa... nice pic!

wow thats a nice show from lui... do they always flower like that or is it a byproduct of grafting? i have one but its very small

regards
Darren

I have a heaps better pic but the flowers are plentiful because of graft i have on own roots but not nearly as many flowers. Check the next pic

i have nothing to say except ...WOW!!!!