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by Franj
Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:05 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Mammillaria sheldonii?
Replies: 11
Views: 3120

I've gone down this road with two cacti, both sold to me as M. mazatlanensis ssp. patonii by different growers. One flowers like yours, light pink leaning toward white on the margins and the other a very deep almost magenta color. I am told that the magenta is probably M. mazatlensis and the lighter...
by Franj
Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:19 am
Forum: General
Topic: Critters and Cacti (and other succulents)
Replies: 8
Views: 2616

Hi MJG, I really can't answer that question. Do a search on the Latin name and see what you come up with. Many insects that can be considered beneficial in their larval stages can also be considered benificial in the adult phase. Then again, many are harmless as adults, but extremely distructive as ...
by Franj
Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:51 am
Forum: General
Topic: The BIG Move!
Replies: 52
Views: 13854

Wow! That's an extreme move Daiv. Remember those days as a child when you were growing some cold hardy Opuntias, Coryphanthas, Escobarias and Mammillarias or whatever, in Minnesota? Well, you are going back to that. Good that you see you will need a Conservatory/Greenhouse/enclosed Patio, or somethi...
by Franj
Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:29 am
Forum: General
Topic: Critters and Cacti (and other succulents)
Replies: 8
Views: 2616

Thanks Daiv :D Building websites like ours, truly is a labor of love isn't it. I also go at it in spurts. I have at least two dozen new species to build pages for. But now and then I feel I just have to get away from this danged machine. LOL, after all I sit in front of one all day at my real job. S...
by Franj
Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:05 am
Forum: General
Topic: Sigh... blink, blink, I think I'm in love...
Replies: 8
Views: 2379

Hi CP :D

For those like me who are a little less than thrilled with the standard yellow Parodia flower, that one sure is refreshing!

Dave
by Franj
Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:49 am
Forum: General
Topic: Critters and Cacti (and other succulents)
Replies: 8
Views: 2616

Critters and Cacti (and other succulents)

Hi all :-) Between my long hours at the day job and building my own website, I haven't had much time for hanging out here in a while. Good to see the place is still standing, LOL :-) Some nice improvements Daiv :-) I especially like the idea of letting members of the forum donate pics to help round ...
by Franj
Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:06 am
Forum: Big Picture Project
Topic: CactiGuide.com Big Picture Project
Replies: 70
Views: 107043

This is great idea Daiv. If I can come up with anything I think you can use I'll be happy to donate it. I've gotta new camera now and I'm taking pretty good pics. I only have a few on your list of no pics but can probably contribute some to the plant entries that lack flower, spination, habitat pics...
by Franj
Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:54 am
Forum: Cactus Picture Contest
Topic: Special Contest 1
Replies: 15
Views: 9144

Hi all :-) I'm not surprised at all that Dominique won this one. That M. luethyi pic is one of my favorites:-) All the other pics are wonderfull too. I am pleasantly surprised and humbled that one of mine was included. Like Dominique I've been away from this Forum for quite a while. Like the John Le...
by Franj
Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:09 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Unknown Ephiphyte with a weird appendage
Replies: 4
Views: 2044

Someone on another forum suggested it might be a parasitic plant. That maybe a Tillandsia seed got hooked on the spines and germinated. Interesting idea except I don't have any Tillandsia.
by Franj
Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:20 am
Forum: General
Topic: Neoporteria nidus senilis is rockin' and rollin'!!!!!
Replies: 15
Views: 5480

Hi Bill :-) Of all the Eriosyce I think this one is my favorites. Closest thing to neon you'll ever get in a cactus flower. I have several that bloomed magnificently for me last year and one that just put out a flower and has several buds. I have a pic from last year of one with a half dozen flowers...
by Franj
Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:06 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Unknown Ephiphyte with a weird appendage
Replies: 4
Views: 2044

Unknown Ephiphyte with a weird appendage

Hi all :D Haven't posted here in awhile. My 60 hour a week job has been more like 80 of late. But this has me fascinated and I really am not quite sure what I'm looking at. Last spring I attended a Central Arizona Cactus and Succulent Society show and sale at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix....
by Franj
Sun Jan 07, 2007 6:53 am
Forum: General
Topic: Since I must take my leave...
Replies: 10
Views: 2323

Ditto :D

I'll have to hold out on the Mam ID's till you get back :D

Franj
by Franj
Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:36 am
Forum: Free For All
Topic: thought id say hi
Replies: 5
Views: 2769

I'll echo that! Welcome to the forum Manda :D Losing plants is like "a part of growing up" with this hobby. I've lost quite a few over the years sometimes unexplained. I had a beautifull little Eriosyce odieri that was looking just fine one day and turned to mush the next. I nearly cried :...
by Franj
Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:06 am
Forum: Cultivation
Topic: how much water?
Replies: 3
Views: 1637

Hi Mr. Cinderella :D I agree it depends on the time of year. When it's hot I water once a week. But then I live in a very hot dry climate. It's humid in Singapore is it not? I'm not really sure of your climate. If humid you should water less and as mentioned earlier it's good to let the plant dry ou...
by Franj
Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:58 am
Forum: Cultivation
Topic: Best time of year to buy new bareroots..
Replies: 7
Views: 2290

I echo what the others have said. I've made the mistake of ordering bare rooted plants in late fall and winter and lost a few of them. Fortunately I can still get my plant fix. There are several nurseries here in Tucson where I can buy potted cacti. I rarely lose any of those.

Franj