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- Mon Apr 20, 2020 10:08 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Scars on my astrophytum asteria
- Replies: 4
- Views: 644
Re: Scars on my astrophytum asteria
Anything tan or brown is mechanical injury healed over with cork. This is extremely minor, in my opinion. I've had two Astros get huge bites taken out of them and you can't ever tell now (8 years later). If this were my plant I'd put it in a pot and make it a point to not look at that part of the pl...
- Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:51 pm
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: Can this cactus be green again?!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 562
Re: Can this cactus be green again?!
The bottom part won't be green again without spray paint. :lol: But seriously, you have a Cylindropuntia subulata. They are generally easy to deal with. Your best bet is going to be rooting the new growth. Cut (with a sterile knife) the offset right where it joins onto the main stem. Put it in a sha...
- Tue Apr 14, 2020 8:21 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: What's covering my PEYOTE (LOPHOPHORA WILLIAMSII)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1780
Re: What's covering my PEYOTE (LOPHOPHORA WILLIAMSII)
Lovely! It must be quite old?! I've had it since 2007, it was about 3" across when I got it. As you can see, I don't shampoo and brush the hair :roll: . It's outside under shade cloth all the time. I get about 10 volunteers each year, they turn up in different pots here and there... Quite and ...
- Tue Apr 14, 2020 2:12 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: What's covering my PEYOTE (LOPHOPHORA WILLIAMSII)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1780
Re: What's covering my PEYOTE (LOPHOPHORA WILLIAMSII)
Nice, in a few months you should get some fruit.
This is one of my plants. You can tell I don't comb it's hair.
This is one of my plants. You can tell I don't comb it's hair.
- Wed Apr 08, 2020 1:42 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Baby cactus update and EarthPods Cactus Food?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 748
Re: Baby cactus update and EarthPods Cactus Food?
Can't provide anything useful on the food, but keep in mind that not all cactus grow vigorously all year. I always look at the apex of the plant for signs of new spine growth to tell me if a plant has "woken up" from it's winter slumber.
- Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:25 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Q = Best or recommended tweezers?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1418
Re: Q = Best or recommended tweezers?
My experience with cheap tweezers is that they are cheap and usually aren't up to the task of grasping tiny spines/glochids. They generally aren't up to the task of gripping human hair all that well, either. Get something decent, then examine carefully to make sure the gripping surfaces are parallel...
- Thu Apr 02, 2020 7:43 pm
- Forum: Member Blogs
- Topic: My flowering Cacti 2020
- Replies: 105
- Views: 29712
Re: My flowering Cacti 2020
Things are popping at Rancho Hegar! Well done!
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 2:02 pm
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Stenocactus with yellow flowers?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 334
Re: Stenocactus with yellow flowers?
Before the "Great Stenocactus Shake-up" the yellow flowered ones were 'sulphureus'. I have no idea what the current organization is.
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 1:57 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Tuberous root of Mammillaria bocasana
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1306
Re: Tuberous root of Mammillaria bocasana
Agreed, and sometimes I am a pedantic jerk! :lol: To be more informal about it, I believe napiform roots can (and maybe should?) be more commonly called taproots. When I was looking around for references, it seems that taproots are a more general term that covers napiform, conical, fusiform and tub...
- Tue Mar 31, 2020 9:59 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Tuberous root of Mammillaria bocasana
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1306
Re: Tuberous root of Mammillaria bocasana
Not meaning to be a pedantic jerk, these are all napiform roots. Tuberous roots are truly like potatoes, not like a turnip.
But hey, call them what you like!
But hey, call them what you like!
- Mon Mar 30, 2020 5:52 pm
- Forum: Succulent Identification
- Topic: Agave ID
- Replies: 4
- Views: 807
Re: Agave ID
It looks variegated in the center of the leaf which would mean it's likely 'mediopicta". There is an Agave americana mediopicta alba. They can get quite large in the right setting, nearly 2 meters in size. Is the plant pictured 50-75 cm? Its hard to tell for certain. If it is an A. americana, t...
- Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:00 pm
- Forum: Member Blogs
- Topic: Edwin Dwianto
- Replies: 138
- Views: 56685
Re: Edwin Dwianto
Turbis are not long-lived flowers. They make up for that in volume as they get older.
- Wed Mar 25, 2020 2:31 pm
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: What species will it be? So rare, thanks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 557
Re: What species will it be? So rare, thanks
M. hutchinsonia ssp. louisae? You'll need flowers to make a good ID.
- Tue Mar 24, 2020 4:22 pm
- Forum: Member Blogs
- Topic: Edwin Dwianto
- Replies: 138
- Views: 56685
Re: Edwin Dwianto
My key for identifying T. polaskii is that mine turn red in the winter, moreso than the other Turbis. Not sure if you have the climate to turn them red, though. Mine are still brick red. The whole is the pollen ripe and/or is the stigma receptive thing is a mystery to me. My biggest challenge is to ...
- Tue Mar 24, 2020 4:08 pm
- Forum: Member Blogs
- Topic: River City collection
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6645
Re: River City collection
Great looking plants!