Too fat?

iann · Post by **iann** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 11:10 pm

Pediocactus nigrispinus has been sucking up the water and storing it away for the hard times it knows will be coming ...

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LLLcacti · Post by **LLLcacti** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 10:44 pm

That is one CUTE cactus

......Guess I just like my cacti with a little junk in the trunk

iann · Post by **iann** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:14 pm

You might not like this one in another few months when it is half the size, a spiny husk hiding from the summer heat.

LLLcacti · Post by **LLLcacti** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:25 pm

googled some pics, They look evil when they dry up. I prefer the fatty version you have here....Can you keep them watered so they stay fatty like this?

iann · Post by **iann** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 3:44 pm

LLLcacti wrote:googled some pics, They look evil when they dry up. I prefer the fatty version you have here....Can you keep them watered so they stay fatty like this?

No. They will die if you water them persistently in hot weather.

LLLcacti · Post by **LLLcacti** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 9:28 pm

good to know!

7george · Post by **7george** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 2:51 am

Just in time! My Pediocacti expended these days too. Not as much but those are outside in my rock garden and it's dry here.

iann · Post by **iann** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 10:40 pm

7george wrote:Just in time! My Pediocacti expended these days too. Not as much but those are outside in my rock garden and it's dry here.

How cold do they get in winter?

7george · Post by **7george** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 4:15 am

This (I hope past already) winter was mild - just once fell to -26 C, it usually gets down to -33 C for a couple of nights and the common minimums are ~ -15 to -20. These days is above 0, even got to +18 yesterday.

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A link to a better view.

iann · Post by **iann** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 9:59 pm

A lot colder than here!

iann · Post by **iann** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:17 pm

Well my first authentic (not indoors under lights) flower opened today. On Pediocactus nigrispinus, but not this seedling. I though P. paradinei would be first, but it is still a fat fat bud. It hasn't been below about -4C in the greenhouse all this winter, but they seem to be coping with it.

iann · Post by **iann** » Wed Apr 08, 2015 7:39 pm

Still looking and smelling good.

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P. paradinei still not flowering. It has a nasty habit of aborting when temperatures get got too quickly.

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LLLcacti · Post by **LLLcacti** » Wed Apr 08, 2015 9:40 pm

AWESOME!

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:38 am

Very cool! What if you put some ice cubes on the plant, to keep them cool?

Mark

iann · Post by **iann** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 2:22 pm

We get plenty of ice here in winter, but its hard enough keeping the plants dry without deliberately adding more water

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