i thought id start a post about books on cacti
while there is so much info on the net and in forums like this its nice to look at books too.
everyone likes books right? i like books with lots of pictures.
anyway i have seen the book
Ariocarpus et cetera by John Pilbeam & Bill Weightman



for sale on the net and i wanted to get it but dont know without seeing it if i should. does anyone have this book?

i have some really old skool cactus books
one of them, Cacti in Colour, is signed by the authors Edgar and Brian Lamb! haha my grandma gave it to me
the other one i like because it has good pix is MacDonalds Encyclopedia of Cacti

Can anyone recommend me a good novice book? I'm getting a bit baffled with all the name changes

Innes & Glass "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cacti" is a really good and beautifully photographed book, although some of the nomenclature is a bit dated and there are some surprising omissions (the Trich section is a bit ordinary, for example). Subik & Kunte "The Complete Encyclopedia of Cacti" is also a good book and includes some really good background info on each plant. If you're at all interested in collecting plants from a certain region, this book is a great reference as it groups plants by location. Again, there is a bit of omission here and there, but overall it's an excellent book. Preston-Mafham's "Cacti the Illustrated Dictionary" is probably one of the better guides; however this one is limited to purely the small globular and miniature species. It does have its limitations, but is does these types really, really well.

Thanks blowng, I have bookmarked that. I am really over the computer some days though and I like to have a book to read too.
Thanks Lach I will look them up

The Classics, a must for every serious collector.

The new cactus lexicon
The cactus family - E. Anderson
Cactus lexicon - C. Backeberg
Cacti - J Borg
The cactaceae - Britton and Rose

Hello,

The cactus family from E. Anderson is my favorite.

http://www.cactus-mall.com/bookshop/cactusfamily.html

Another overview can be found here.

http://www.cactus-mall.com/bookshop/

Free in the language you can also download books here

http://www.cactuspro.com/biblio/en:accueil

Blossfeldia