Melocactus Bellavistensis semi-nudus
Melocactus peruvianus 6 months old. Not the best picture and you already have a photo of a smallish one.
Melocactus curvispinus Lobelli
Melocactus
Thanks,
Only the peruvianus are mine from seed, the other two I've had for a year.
The semi-nudus is weird, when I got it, it had 'normal' spines, and then grew all the pathetic ones you can see now. I saw another for sale last weekend, a fair bit bigger than this one, and again, it only had normal spines.
You may remember I pm'd you a while ago about growing a heap of melocactus and taking photos, the seeds for that have been going into pots for the last couple of days. 11 different varieties so far, and I think at least another 10-15 to go.
Quite a few echinocereus as well, so I'll try to get some photos of them to you as they grow.
Only the peruvianus are mine from seed, the other two I've had for a year.
The semi-nudus is weird, when I got it, it had 'normal' spines, and then grew all the pathetic ones you can see now. I saw another for sale last weekend, a fair bit bigger than this one, and again, it only had normal spines.
You may remember I pm'd you a while ago about growing a heap of melocactus and taking photos, the seeds for that have been going into pots for the last couple of days. 11 different varieties so far, and I think at least another 10-15 to go.
Quite a few echinocereus as well, so I'll try to get some photos of them to you as they grow.
I've been growing Melocactus from seed for about 2 years now, I have about 30 of 35 distinct species, and then about 20 more subspecies growing from seed. Alas I recently moved house and they're all currently staying at my parents until I get my new greenhouse, but when I do I can provide photographs of seedlings for many species, and also for every Micranthocereus and Arrojadoa providing none have suffered too badly without my care for the last 6 months.