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by Lewis_cacti
Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:14 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Oroya?
Replies: 12
Views: 2975

Oops forgot to congratulate Todd on such a fine plant and amazing flowers to boot. :D they are really awesome, double colours. looking at those I hope mine obliges one day.
by Lewis_cacti
Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:05 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Oroya?
Replies: 12
Views: 2975

I have one of these (bought it labelled as Oroya peruviana v. depressa but i can't find much under that name though but i'm keeping it labelled as such). I love the name, Oroya peruviana from Oroya in Peru. Mine is immaculate but has never flowered. Oroya as a genus seem to be uncommon here and very...
by Lewis_cacti
Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:37 am
Forum: Free For All
Topic: What would you do with 50 gator skulls?
Replies: 26
Views: 5776

yes, poor things :(
by Lewis_cacti
Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:30 am
Forum: Cultivation
Topic: When do you water your cacti?
Replies: 35
Views: 8072

once the fungus gnats start disappearing :lol: right on! Nobody waters when its raining? I just have a feeling that its the best time ... In mid-summer here, that's definitely the best time to water.. then the plant actually gets a chance to drink. :shock: 8) (who am i kidding it never rains here i...
by Lewis_cacti
Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:18 am
Forum: General
Topic: Why do you think Cacti are largerly ignored....
Replies: 45
Views: 7338

daiv wrote:It sounded like they just stuck the dead agave flower stalks in the mix for looks.
You mean the dead 'cactus flowers' :lol: :roll:
by Lewis_cacti
Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:16 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: two mystery cacti
Replies: 11
Views: 2874

The shopkeeper apparently claimed that its soil should never be watered. Apparently it should be sprayed with water once a month, and that's it i found this to be quite humorous :lol: some people have no clue! :shock: i agree i think that the Euphorbia is E.enopla, and a post-light-deprived specime...
by Lewis_cacti
Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:12 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Cactus ID help
Replies: 2
Views: 1544

i think #2 is a tip cutting off an Echinopsis pachanoi.
by Lewis_cacti
Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:10 am
Forum: Cacti Places
Topic: Macy's Flower Show - Minneapolis
Replies: 8
Views: 3426

I don't really understand what the Wollemi Pine had to do with the southwest theme :shock: Rightly so! That, a species of prehistoric Australian tree (discovered in 1994, only 150km from the largest city in the country!), is about as far removed as possible. well i guess its got that 'odd, strange,...
by Lewis_cacti
Wed Apr 08, 2009 1:50 am
Forum: Cacti Places
Topic: Royal Botanical Gardens: Instalment 5 - final.
Replies: 15
Views: 7165

I collected some seed off that EXACT Oreocereus/Morawetzia deolziana specimen when i was there last year. :D http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/1239_1932_300320091248_1_1.jpg it was flowering like crazy when i was there too. Its really spectacular. hopefully my seed germinates (yeah i've been t...
by Lewis_cacti
Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:00 am
Forum: General
Topic: Echinopsis "Haku jo"....
Replies: 8
Views: 3440

felted rib or not, the flower still looks good. :wink:
by Lewis_cacti
Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:52 am
Forum: General
Topic: Stars & Stripes in the Garden
Replies: 20
Views: 4550

just awesome. :D

CP, i concur. i can honestly say that i have never encountered a named Paramount hybrid here. which is a shame because the ones i've seen online look really great, the flowers are just outstanding.
by Lewis_cacti
Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:48 am
Forum: General
Topic: Echinopsis "Haku jo"....
Replies: 8
Views: 3440

yeah, mine flowered. once. once out of about 30 aborted buds.
flowering from a reverted (non-felted) rib is not that uncommon though, but mine flowered from a felted rib.
by Lewis_cacti
Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:00 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Mammillaria bocasana or guelzowiana?
Replies: 11
Views: 4150

the roseiflora is trying even harder to be a guelzowiana :lol:
by Lewis_cacti
Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:20 am
Forum: General
Topic: Warm weather brings out the G. mesopotamicum
Replies: 20
Views: 3644

my favourites are some you didn't even intend to photograph, the lophs (williamsii?) in the background of the Mamm haageana ssp. elegans. they look quite large :D

also i like M.saboae and the gymno vatteri.
by Lewis_cacti
Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:15 am
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: John's 2009 Topic
Replies: 176
Views: 31249

i just browsed through this thread.
Looks good John. :)

I think that your 'crazy' Mamm with the tiny flower is actually M.columbiana. :)

p.s. you need more astros and a loph or two:wink: :lol: :roll: