Very interesting, thanks for the cladogram as well!

Also very intriguing to see Neowerdermannia and Yavia in the same clade.

I know, it has been a few years since my last member blog, I finally found some more time for it!

Here's my first flower for this season, Rebutia marsoneri DH380

Nice pictures! You don't have names to go with them?

I never spray cacti because they aren't orchids neither bromeliads, no practical use at all. I water them when they are moved to greenhouse and temps are high enough, never give them "some drops" but good amount of water. Better later and much than earlier and little. Consider for example...

greenknight wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:52 am Looks like a Lobivia, now lumped into Echinopsis.

I would also say Lobivia, impossible to say at first glance what species it may be and/or if it's a hybrid
This comment needs correction though, since the DNA-research of Schlumpberger et al. in 2018 Lobivia is no longer lumped under Echinopsis

In my experience you should never water mildly, soaking your plants thoroughly with every watering makes much more sense. Of course making sure that the soil completely dries between waterings. This applies mid-summer as well as in early spring. However, it is generally a good idea to spray your pla...

Very interesting plant and description!
I have never heard of there being a correlation between Pyrrhocactus and Neowerdermannia before though.
Have I missed something there?

Some additions to the seeds I plan to sow, probably next week: Aylostera pygmaea var. RH1069 Aylostera nigricans var. carmeniana MN151 Opuntia Xhumifusa Sulcorebutia steinbachii JK106 Ferocactus glaucescens Coryphanta gladiispina Notocactus roseoluteus Opuntia sp. Aylostera kupperiana Rebutia minusc...

A merry christmas and a happy new year to all of you!

Pretty much the same here, I actually count on not too many seedlings surviving.
Which is fine, because I need three plants for my collection at most usually.
I take my one to two year old seedlings that I don't need to one of the monthly meetings of our local cactus club and give them away.

Honestly? You can never be completely sure of course, but chamaecereus without a field number are a bit of a red flag to me
Simply because these get hybridized so much

That said, the first one does have locality data, so that is a bit comforting

First off, it has been a while since I was active on this forum, quite a number of years actually However, from time to time I check to see what's going on here It is my intention to participate a bit more! Like many plant lovers, for me this is the time of year when I start collecting and ordering ...

C And D wrote: ↑Sun Nov 19, 2023 12:29 am IMG_1476.JPG

Absolutely stunnning!

@nino_g actually that should be Reicheocactus famatinensis now, since Schlumpberger recombined it

I live in the netherlands so I am not really familiar with your kind of conditions, on hot days they may be a bit like the conditions in japan. that may especially be the case because I keep most of my cacti in my greenhouse where it can get very hot. I use a special kind of paint that blocks a good...