Part of my columnars waiting to repot them in the ground.....
all from seed



Rgds

"Drop on echeveria"

Davide

Nice variegaton on this young ferocactus from seed

Thanks guys :D I really don't know the species of these fraileas. In the past I had few flowers on Astrophytum and Turbinicarpus at 10 months. For example this T. roseiflorus sowed september 2007 and flowering in July 2008: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/pippo1/DSCN5144.jpg http://i2.photobucke...

...to have buds on 8 months old seedlings??
Frailea sp.

thank Peter and Kevin

iann wrote:It has an Echinopsis hybrid look to it, maybe between plants that used to be in different genera. Are the flower tubes very hairy?

Hi Ian, the plant is in my friend's house so at the moment I couldn't answer to your question. I'll check later. Thank you for your suggestion

Can you help me to ID this guy?



Thank you!

Thank you Bill and Daiv :D Daiv . Tillianum, Oenanthemum and Ambatoense (white flower) are very close species (may be the same...). Tillianum comes from tillianum Sierra Ambato (west zone) while oenanthemum comes from Sierra Ambato (south-east zone). Perhaps the only way to distinguish them is to o...

Hi all, Yes it is Aloe mitriformis. Often I move the wheelbarrow to ensure an homogeneus lighting to the plant
Rgds

My aloe in bloom

Gymnocalycium tillianum in bloom, enjoy

Among all the turbi's species I sowed in 2007, these are the tallest.
T pseudomacrochele (left) and T. booleanus (right)

Some of my young melos from seed. Sowed 2007 october: M. neryi (shulzianus) http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/pippo1/DSCN0270.jpg M. ernestii (erythracanthus) http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/pippo1/DSCN0258-1.jpg M. levitestatus (rubrispinus) http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/pippo1/DSCN0256...

cactuspolecat wrote:Echinopsis/Lobivia/Pseudolobivia, dunno what species tho'
When it flowers, maybe naming will be easier!

CP

Thanks CP! This is a good starting point
I hope it will bloom soon..
Rgds