What Andy said.Andy_CT wrote:Bill, I can't tell ya what they are but I can tell ya that I like em
Chris, That huge munzii is amazing! What else you hiding in your garden? I'd love to see em all
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- John P Weiser
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Chris that is a very nice plant. It looks huge! I can see by the growth it is more candelabra shaped than the spinosior. It also appears to put on substantial yearly growth. Very nice to see it in action.
John
John
From the High Desert Steppe
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
Awesome munzii Chris I often envy the warmer climate growers.
Welp, got some more opuntia blooming Let me know when you get tired of opuntia and I'll stop posting them--- NOT
Didn't realize I had another of these beauties in the garden It's trying to become a hybrid with O. rhodantha
Heres another that was suppose to be O. engelmannii (and might be) but it has orangish flowers.
Escobaria vivipara is still putting on a show
Heres a view of what people slowdown to look at as they drive down the street in front of my house.
Hope I'm not boring anyone
Welp, got some more opuntia blooming Let me know when you get tired of opuntia and I'll stop posting them--- NOT
Didn't realize I had another of these beauties in the garden It's trying to become a hybrid with O. rhodantha
Heres another that was suppose to be O. engelmannii (and might be) but it has orangish flowers.
Escobaria vivipara is still putting on a show
Heres a view of what people slowdown to look at as they drive down the street in front of my house.
Hope I'm not boring anyone
Bill
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If it sticks ya or pokes ya, I like it
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I think I'd have to stop, get out and take a good long look myself! Always nice!!
From the High Desert Steppe
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
First, Andy I was meaning to say before how cool that "potatoe" O. fragilis is, looks almost like a Tephro.
Bill, I think I'd have to park and stare in awe of all the color in your cactus bed, unbelieveable how many flowers are on that one plant.
Now, from here today.
Opuntia anacantha/elata
O. polyacantha-Mt Whitney type
Cylindopuntia arbuscula
C. imbricata thing
O. microdasys
O. microdasys "rufida"
O. leuchotricha
O. lindheimerii
O.engelmannii type from near Organ Pipe
And whole plant
Chris
Bill, I think I'd have to park and stare in awe of all the color in your cactus bed, unbelieveable how many flowers are on that one plant.
Now, from here today.
Opuntia anacantha/elata
O. polyacantha-Mt Whitney type
Cylindopuntia arbuscula
C. imbricata thing
O. microdasys
O. microdasys "rufida"
O. leuchotricha
O. lindheimerii
O.engelmannii type from near Organ Pipe
And whole plant
Chris
This trough stays put all year so the plants stay outside all winter unprotected. They are tough plants. I am actually more worried about heavy rains in the spring and summer than I am about the winter cold believe it or not. The ones you see are Escobaria Missouriensis (two different clones), Echinocereus Viridiflorus and the Opuntia is a Polyacantha/Fragilis hybrid.poobar wrote:Hey Andy what kinds of cacti are you growing?
I live in Massachusetts so we probably have fairly similar weather and I would like to try to grow some cacti outdoors, but I have no idea where to start...
What do you do with them in the winter??
The hardiest cactus outdoors for us are the hardy Opuntias. Opuntia Humifusa is native to the Connecticut, Mass and Rhode Island shorelines so that one is best adapted to our conditions. Other Opuntias like Polyacantha, Fragilis and Macrorhiza are easier ones here to.
There's others but these are the best ones to start with. I've lost several plants to rot so you'll have to live with a few fatalities at times.
Good drainage is the key to keeping these plants alive, they can't sit in soaked soil all the time. Raised mounds is the best approach for this.
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The rainy cool weather has moderated. We gained twenty degrees in temp today from the mid fifties to the mid seventies. The flowers are finally opening instead of half opening and then melting. thought I'd post a few closeups. The last is a peek at what's lift to come.
From the High Desert Steppe
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
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Man, I'm loving all the hardy pictures .
Andy, good to see some flowers in your garden
John, you have a rainbow of colors in that garden of yours and enjoying them all
Heres a few more in my garden.
C. whipplei-- dwarf form
O. compressa starting to cut loose.
Another smaller variety and one of my favorites.
O. pottsii-- salmon colored flowers.
Andy, good to see some flowers in your garden
John, you have a rainbow of colors in that garden of yours and enjoying them all
Heres a few more in my garden.
C. whipplei-- dwarf form
O. compressa starting to cut loose.
Another smaller variety and one of my favorites.
O. pottsii-- salmon colored flowers.
Bill
If it sticks ya or pokes ya, I like it
If it sticks ya or pokes ya, I like it
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