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by CoronaCactus
Tue Aug 20, 2013 5:02 am
Forum: Cultivation
Topic: Tephrocactus/ Cylindroptunia watering...
Replies: 3
Views: 1896

Re: Tephrocactus/ Cylindroptunia watering...

Opuntia come from both North and South America. Cylindropuntia are almost all from North America (C. tunicata comes to mind, as it's also found in Chile) but Austrocylindropuntia are all from South America (or Central America) Austro meaning south or southern. Try this scenerio...when your a child y...
by CoronaCactus
Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:49 am
Forum: Cacti Places
Topic: August SoCal trip
Replies: 5
Views: 3348

Re: August SoCal trip

Yup, the Huntington is a 'do not miss!' Quail has been renamed San Diego Botanical Gardens. Too many to list in the SD area! Most are wholesale though. You are welcome to stop by our nursery, but might be a bit off your travel path. It's in a bit of disarray...just had our 2nd baby boy born :mrgreen:
by CoronaCactus
Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:45 am
Forum: General-Succulents
Topic: Pterodiscus speciosus and Adenium hybrid
Replies: 9
Views: 3680

Re: Pterodiscus speciosus and Adenium hybrid

Nice ones, James.
Not many people growing Pterodiscus yet they are self-fertile! But ya still need atleast one to get started 8)
by CoronaCactus
Fri Jul 26, 2013 4:36 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: I have a name
Replies: 7
Views: 2123

Re: I have a name

Nice plant! C. humilis :lol:


C. montana could be a possibility, although usually with all black spines.
by CoronaCactus
Fri Jul 26, 2013 4:29 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Astrophytum coahuilense?
Replies: 7
Views: 2793

Re: Astrophytum coahuilense?

A. coahuilense differs from A. myriostigma in fruit, flower and seeds along with having heavier flecking covering the body completely and it has a velvet-like touch. The flower is yellow with a red throat or rarely a pure yellow flower.
by CoronaCactus
Fri Jul 26, 2013 4:22 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Plant ID please
Replies: 2
Views: 1531

Re: Plant ID please

Austrocylindropuntia cylindrica cristata
by CoronaCactus
Wed Jul 17, 2013 4:33 am
Forum: Greenhouses etc.
Topic: Cactushobbyman, here I go again
Replies: 55
Views: 17947

Re: Cactushobbyman, here I go again

You do good work! Foam padding would definitely be nice, maybe in bright florescent orange :lol: Actually, that reminds me.... i can't remember where it was, but i couldn't forget what i saw. Above a short doorway was a large plush toy yellow duck. I had no trouble getting through as i was bent over...
by CoronaCactus
Wed Jul 17, 2013 4:24 am
Forum: General
Topic: Last of the new arrivals!
Replies: 11
Views: 3659

Re: Last of the new arrivals!

I can't imagine that there would be a problem if there's a touch of peat in the Copiapoa. /quote] Steve (and Coronacactus), it was not meant as a point of criticism when I mentioned the peat on the roots of the Copiaopa, (I should have elaborated). I only wanted to point out that it's apparently po...
by CoronaCactus
Tue Jul 16, 2013 5:59 pm
Forum: Greenhouses etc.
Topic: Is 30% light o.k.?
Replies: 4
Views: 3203

Re: Is 30% light o.k.?

I would advise against any kind of window tinting film as most film blocks out from 90 to 99% of the suns UV rays.
by CoronaCactus
Tue Jul 16, 2013 5:53 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Last of the new arrivals!
Replies: 11
Views: 3659

Re: Last of the new arrivals!

They look great in their new homes, Steve! The Frailea flower either never opened or you may have missed it, that's a seed pod. The Copiapoa may have had a little peat, still being a seedling it may have still been in it's starter mix. Most of the others were in 70/30 or 60/40 potting soil/pumice. H...
by CoronaCactus
Tue Jul 16, 2013 5:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Rain in July? That's a first!
Replies: 4
Views: 1618

Re: Rain in July? That's a first!

For me i wouldn't call it rain...not even enough to get the ground wet out here :( Too bad, could have saved me a lot of time watering!
by CoronaCactus
Tue Jul 02, 2013 1:59 am
Forum: Cacti Places
Topic: Anything good near palm springs?
Replies: 4
Views: 2701

Re: Anything good near palm springs?

Just outside of town, right near (and right under) the aerial tramway on route 111 headed towards I10 there are some valleys with lots of plants. Stick to the first few valleys right near the tramway and just past the last set of houses, any further than that and there aren't many plants. There's a ...
by CoronaCactus
Tue Jul 02, 2013 1:49 am
Forum: General
Topic: Eriosyce identification?
Replies: 9
Views: 2371

Re: Eriosyce identification?

Don't ya just love pine trees..... :evil:
by CoronaCactus
Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:08 am
Forum: Greenhouses etc.
Topic: New greenhouses, fishing for ideas.
Replies: 7
Views: 4214

Re: New greenhouses, fishing for ideas.

For the floor, i like a good quality weed cloth and a 3" thick layer of 3/4" gravel. Concrete with drains would be nice, but very expensive!

For bench height, i used 32" and 28". I'm 6'1" and have no problems. I actually prefer the 28".
by CoronaCactus
Wed Jun 26, 2013 3:45 am
Forum: Cacti Places
Topic: Mojave, Joshua Tree, Organ Pipe 2013
Replies: 5
Views: 2810

Re: Mojave, Joshua Tree, Organ Pipe 2013

Opps, forgot it's split in 2. You are correct, sir! I think it also straddles the Colorado and Mojave Deserts.