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by luddhus
Sat May 07, 2022 4:32 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Most popular cactus sold?
Replies: 18
Views: 3735

Re: Most popular cactus sold?

The various "Holiday cacti" (Schlumbergera/Rhipsalidopsis) are fairly common, i guess?
by luddhus
Mon Jan 03, 2022 11:29 am
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: Cactiseed and frost?
Replies: 8
Views: 1202

Re: Cactiseed and frost?

Mrs.Green wrote: Sun Jan 02, 2022 7:53 am Is it safe to send seed in the post, even though the temperature is -20 degrees celsius in my area
They should be fine. I have often stored cactus seeds in a freezer, and so far germination has been the same as with fresh seeds.
by luddhus
Thu Apr 29, 2021 4:24 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: New Cacti with no ID's
Replies: 6
Views: 1158

Re: New Cacti with no ID's

14 - Wigginsia
21 - Gymnocalycium
by luddhus
Sat Apr 17, 2021 11:39 am
Forum: General
Topic: Packaging for shipment
Replies: 7
Views: 1482

Re: Packaging for shipment

I have often ordered plants from German nurseries, and many have not bothered to remove the soil before shipping, and at least two do not even unpot them. It has worked surprisingly well, no plants have been damaged. Other European nurseries that I have bought from have always sent the plants bare-r...
by luddhus
Tue Dec 08, 2015 6:58 pm
Forum: Cultivation
Topic: Offsets rooting
Replies: 12
Views: 2333

Re: Offsets rooting

Have you checked Lobivia arachnacantha?
by luddhus
Mon Dec 07, 2015 6:08 pm
Forum: Cultivation
Topic: Offsets rooting
Replies: 12
Views: 2333

Re: Offsets rooting

J-M wrote:the offsets come from a parent plant forming a big clump of at least 20.
Few Parodia offset so readily, and none of those I know resemble your cuttings. Echinopsis and G. mesopotamicum offset frequently. Should be easier to say what it is if you can get a picture of the mother plant.
by luddhus
Sun Dec 06, 2015 5:03 pm
Forum: Cultivation
Topic: Offsets rooting
Replies: 12
Views: 2333

Re: Offsets rooting

Mammillaria vetula gracilis. Are you sure the other species is a Parodia? Has the mother plant flowered? Some closeups would help, but it could be Gymnocalycium mesopotamicum.
by luddhus
Sun Nov 15, 2015 6:12 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Adopted these - Help me Identify!!
Replies: 4
Views: 896

Re: Adopted these - Help me Identify!!

My guess is R. baccifera horrida for the first one.
by luddhus
Thu Nov 21, 2013 6:19 am
Forum: General
Topic: Thanksgiving and Christmas cacti
Replies: 19
Views: 3306

Re: Thanksgiving and Christmas cacti

Low temperature should produce more pink flowers. I have observed this on indoor plants where flowers on segments close to the (cold) window have been more pink than the rest. On the other hand I have had flowers in spring with almost no trace of pink, and those buds should have been formed in even ...
by luddhus
Wed Nov 20, 2013 6:47 am
Forum: General
Topic: Thanksgiving and Christmas cacti
Replies: 19
Views: 3306

Re: Thanksgiving and Christmas cacti

Can the color of the hybrids change with growing condition? Light, fertilizer? Yes, the colour of especially white and yellow Schlumbergera flowers often turn more pink when growing conditions change. Low temperature is said to be the cause, even if my own observations have been somewhat inconclusi...
by luddhus
Thu Sep 12, 2013 1:16 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: i think is a rebutia
Replies: 5
Views: 968

Re: i think is a rebutia

Looks more Echinopsis/Lobivia-like to me
by luddhus
Sat Aug 31, 2013 11:27 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Please help me find the names for my cacti (almost done)
Replies: 17
Views: 2978

Re: Please help me find the names for my cacti (almost done)

All the photos of the Rebutia I found seem to be a roundish (globular) plant. Search for pictures of e.g. Rebutia fiebrigii (or Aylostera fiebrigii) and I think you will see some more cylindrical plants too, they grow like that sometimes. (I did not say that your plant belong to that species, but I...
by luddhus
Sat Aug 31, 2013 5:15 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Please help me find the names for my cacti (almost done)
Replies: 17
Views: 2978

Re: Please help me find the names for my cacti (almost done)

haroldo wrote:
majcka wrote:#8 and #11 are both Mammillaria!!!!!!
Alber khan wrote: ...
11.M.hahniana or hageena....


:?:
8 is Mammillaria elongata (not Myrtillocactus as in the text below the picture).
11: Alber khan meant Mammillaria hahniana or Mammillaria haageana. (But personally I think it looks more like a Rebutia.)
by luddhus
Thu May 23, 2013 3:55 am
Forum: Photography
Topic: Camera to the test
Replies: 10
Views: 6240

Re: Camera to the test

FYI: The pictures contain EXIF data. The following is for the first picture, but the rest (the last is slightly different, but not much) were shot with almost the same settings: Camera Maker: Canon Camera Model: Canon EOS 550D Lens: EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Image Date: 2013-05-21 18:06:29 (no TZ) Fo...
by luddhus
Thu May 16, 2013 5:34 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: need help with another cactus
Replies: 13
Views: 1472

Re: need help with another cactus

rutilans