Snowfella's cactus trials

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Ralf wrote:It's nice to see that your spring has begun. Here faces the fall in front of the door.
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Spring is about to take a few steps back in the coming week by the sounds of things, cool change about to blow in come monday. Hopefully it won't force to many buds to abort, though my Mammillaria unchinata aborted what looks like all it's buds even with the warmth. :(
Most kept on going though giving me a few new flowers. :)

Unknown Stenocactus.
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P. haselbergii, got to be my longest lasting flowers.
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M. duweii starting to take off again.
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M. mystax is still going :shock:
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Thought I lost this G. bruchii var niveum, sat all last year without doing a thing so it was a nice suprise to find it in bud.
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O. microdasys responding to spring with some new growth.
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C. peruvians working on taking over the gardenbed.
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M. geometrizans following suit
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Small Echinopsis with hints of buds and new heads, kinda sunburned but coping.
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Lobivia working on a bud aswell
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And what was sold as O. cacanapa with some new growth. Still have no real idea what it could be with those spines.
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SnowFella wrote:O. microdasys responding to spring with some new growth.
Oh. That one is good. "some" new growth, ha? =D>
SnowFella wrote:M. geometrizans following suit
Why is that my M. geometrizans has very short spines and yours has long? :-k
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Possibly the conditions it's growing in? It's inground and getting full sun from early morning to around 2pm when the fence start blocking the sun. Judging by the growth on mine it was seed grown, purchased it as a tiny 5 inch plant with short spines. Put it in the ground some 3 years ago and it's now just over 3 foot with multiple arms.

Here's the earliest photo I have of it, gardenbed has gone through some changes since then. The only 2 plants still there is the geo and Aloe plicatilis.
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And April this year, the C. peruvians has it beat hands down.
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This was December 1st 2010, the C. peruvians can be seen bottom left....then it was an 8 inch cutting, it's now a 5 foot monster. :shock:
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Beautiful garden!
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Minime8484 wrote:Beautiful garden!
Nice little corner. Isn't it? =D>
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Thanks. It's been the bane of multiple beechballs last summer, poolfun + beachballs + spines = punctures for sure! :lol:
Though it's a headache in the making I'm afraid, just to small for atleast 3 large growing plants. Probably going to have to take some of the larger plants out before long and replace them with smaller ones.

Few more blooms managed to make it out here before the change in weather struck this afternoon, massive stormclouds on the horizon right now.

The unknown Stenocactus opened another 2 buds
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Another little Rebutia joined in, colour sends my camera sensor to it's knees though.
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And first flower for my M. marksiana, this one really doesn't like direct sun
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Rest are budding up nicely, bodes well for the coming weeks/months.
M. crinta ssp wildii
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M. spinosissima
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M. matudae
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M. rhodanata
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M. gotnoideawhatitisyet 8-[
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Notocactus buiningii
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Unknown Notocactus, less than an inch in size and already 2 buds in the making.
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G. platenese
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Think this total unknown is working on a bud aswell, in a 2 inch pot.
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"Rescue" Lobivia/Echinopsis, found as a knocked off head underneath the C&Sbench at the local big box store last year. Pocketed it, popped it on some soil and it's gone nuts with gratiture ever since.
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And lastly my Hylocereus seedling forrest, god knowns what I'll do with these as they grow up :-k
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Nice plants and flowers! As for the hylocerus, graft something onto them! :D
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That is the first Steno I remember seeing where the flowers (very impressive, BTW) have not been prevented from opening full wide by the spines on top!
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'Rescue' Lobivia is possible L. arachnacantha. Apropos Hylocereus, maybe a little Pitahaya farm? :wink:
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Change of weather was mainly cancelled, back up to 30 degrees yesterday with more sunshine to come. Shame in a way as I wouldn't of had anything against a few cool days since I have some diggin in the garden to do. :roll:

M. bocasana starting to warm up to spring.
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M. spinosissima
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M. crinta ssp wildii
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Unknown Mamm starting up aswell.
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Another unknown, possibly M. magnimamma. Not a happy camper down by the soil line though.
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Another M. magnimamma, I think 8-[
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One for Majcka ;)
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And lastly 2 battlers trying hard to work their way through last summers mite infestation.
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L. williamsii
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Looks like you've got a fast start on the season. May it be a good one for you!
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the "cacanapa" looks like macrocentra to me (one of the azurea types as described by Powell and Weedin). Beautiful plants, great to see spring starting on the other side of the world!

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Another warm spring day here, warmest yet with temps climbing up to 33C/91F in the shade. Expecting an afternoon thunderstorm to hit sometime this afternoon that hopefully will cool things down overnight.

Photobomb incoming too, some repeats but also some new plants.

M. spinosissima....again :oops:
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M. crinita ssp wildii...again
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M. elongata, first flowers for me on this one.
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M. zeilmanniana albiflora
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Unknown Mamm, first flowers again
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M. magnimamma....again :lol:
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About to get bright in the Epi corner soon.
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Better photo of that Opuntia, buds or new pads?
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My vetoed Aloe, wife wants it gone :( Letting it flower one last time then I'll get rid of it somehow, weighs a ton though.
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M. mystax has now flowered all the way from ground level almost to the apex.
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And 2 photos of the whole insanity, have to replace the overflow bench soon as it's just getting to flimsy. Plus I can no longer fit all the plants :roll:
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nice collection!

you need a greenhouse ;)
With apologies to the late Professor C. D. Darlington the following misquotation springs to
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