steve: hee! not unless you're the SW from farpoint, in which case i already know. ;)
KB: yes, this is the plant:
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'Deep%20Shadows%20'%20CU.jpg ain't it purty? it's actually much deeper red than the photo.hadn't heard of the PPDP, but will keep an eye out for sudden SUAD (shrivel up and die -ing). :D had heard about not cutting spikes, but not much else, except that it should be happy in the same light as my phals.
will have to do some reading up....
--j_a