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by hob
Tue May 22, 2012 8:13 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Rebutias white flower
Replies: 5
Views: 1412

Re: Rebutias white flower

=D> =D>

one more for you ...............

Rebutia pygmaea haagei RH1094

Image
by hob
Tue May 22, 2012 8:06 pm
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: hobs topic 2012 (year 7)
Replies: 39
Views: 10633

Re: hobs topic 2012 (year 7)

maybe......................maybe not....................... sometimes the images inspire me to play a little with the image editor like this http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z279/hobspics/cacti%202012/P1270872-1.jpg http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z279/hobspics/cacti%202012/P1270869-1.jpg http:...
by hob
Tue May 22, 2012 7:40 pm
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: hobs topic 2012 (year 7)
Replies: 39
Views: 10633

Re: hobs topic 2012 (year 7)

Lovely photos hob! Getting a strange spidey sense feeling here theirs a Rebutia explosion incoming any day now on this thread! Don't know what you mean..................... :-P................i do grow others too :mrgreen: http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z279/hobspics/cacti%202012/P1270871.jpg h...
by hob
Mon May 21, 2012 8:42 am
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: hobs topic 2012 (year 7)
Replies: 39
Views: 10633

Re: hobs topic 2012 (year 7)

Harald, not really sure what i will do when that big one hits the roof :? well its that time of year again when the plants flower..................... http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z279/hobspics/cacti%202012/P1270845.jpg http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z279/hobspics/cacti%202012/P1270844.jpg...
by hob
Mon May 21, 2012 8:25 am
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: My Cacti 2012
Replies: 119
Views: 11728

Re: My Cacti 2012

looking really good this year Harald :D
by hob
Fri May 18, 2012 9:52 pm
Forum: Free For All
Topic: time on my hands
Replies: 60
Views: 19335

Re: time on my hands

daiv wrote: I like that there always seem to be some cactus that make their way into your galleries too.

i have so many i don't have room to work where there are not plants in the way :lol:
by hob
Fri May 18, 2012 9:43 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Name confusion = need some advice please
Replies: 38
Views: 3627

Re: Name confusion = need some advice please

Hey all, Being relatively new to the overwhelming amount of cacti available, I am trying to get a seed list together. And this is what has put me into a complete world of confusion. For example, I find a specific cacti I want... search the name and, in some cases, I get a list of 40 synonyms. How e...
by hob
Fri May 18, 2012 9:13 pm
Forum: Free For All
Topic: time on my hands
Replies: 60
Views: 19335

Re: time on my hands

Well what can i say................its been a long cold wet winter for the plants, moved them out in April and had frosts in may :shock: been really busy the last 2 months ...............the people who rented 50 acres of land at the farm where my workshop is went bust and left us with 5 fields of vi...
by hob
Fri May 11, 2012 9:20 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Mammillaria hahniana ????
Replies: 11
Views: 3821

Re: Mammillaria hahniana ????

vlani wrote:Not muscula, albipilosa.
i agree with that.
by hob
Sat May 05, 2012 1:14 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Cactus with a weird label.
Replies: 14
Views: 1674

Re: Cactus with a weird label.

Field number: L 689
Collector: Alfred Bernhard Lau
Species: Echinofossulocactus erectocentrus
Locality: Salinas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Altitude: 1900m
Date: 21/5/1974

well its definately not that so you have the wrong collection number :?
by hob
Sat May 05, 2012 1:05 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Cactus with a weird label.
Replies: 14
Views: 1674

Re: Cactus with a weird label.

what does the label say?
by hob
Fri May 04, 2012 4:50 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Three beauties Chamaecereus silvestrii ?
Replies: 6
Views: 890

Re: Three beauties Chamaecereus silvestrii ?

vlani wrote:All three are hybrids with chamaecereus in the mix
i would agree with that.
by hob
Fri May 04, 2012 4:43 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: White Chamaecereus silvestrii
Replies: 6
Views: 793

Re: White Chamaecereus silvestrii

hard to tell unless you get a named specimen, i have 2 dozen small plants in the greenhouse that i crossed myself...............all un-named as yet.
by hob
Fri May 04, 2012 4:29 pm
Forum: General
Topic: What's the best day for a cold-climate-cactus grower?
Replies: 41
Views: 2965

Re: What's the best day for a cold-climate-cactus grower?

daiv wrote:Watering restrictions in England aside - it was still nice to finally move the plants out. :wink:
i got mine out about 2 weeks ago, now they are forecasting a frost at the weekend :roll: