BRC's cacti adventure...in a flat

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Only the biggest one in the back flowers for me every year. The others (var chinensis) are quite big but they refuse to flower. I think it depends on what cultivar
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There are more cacti in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
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You are probably right.

I only had one other Aloe since i started growing cacti and succulents, and that one flowered for me in a matter of months, i just thought that eventually, someday, maybe lol, it would grace me with some flowers.

Back in 2012 i believe, Aloe veriagata. (Bad Photo)

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Found this photo now. It's my only flowering aloe other than the vera.
Aloe nobilis:
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All my other aloes that should flower, aren't doing anything [-(
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Clearly they are conspiring!! :P
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Wellcome back BRC. =D>
Maja

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Speaking of "Ghosts of the Christmas Past" ... ;-)
Once bitten by the cactus collecting/growing bug, there is no known cure!
There's no 12 step programme for Cactaholics...so I shall just have to get some more!!
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Hello, thank you, majcka and hoteidoc, nice to see you guys are still around :)

Just got home with a new member, so the collection is expanding nicely , will post pics tomorrow.

For now i will post another of my badly taken photos of one of the few plants that i have kept.

Tanquana hilmarii changing into some "new clothes"

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Graces me with a flower every year :)
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Glad to have you back!

Your photos are great (well, some of them), don't sell yourself short.
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Thank you greenknight :)

As for the quality of the photos...well i like to think that it's something people have come to expect of me hehehe.

So today, i decided to repot my Aloe... It was quite the adventure

Lots of roots!!

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The tiny ones already on their own.

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The big guy...still with lots of roots :)

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Lots of work!!


But in the end, all done!!

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Also a new adition...

Euphorbia platyclada. Used to have a lovely one a few years ago, but unfortunatly lost it :(. Got this new one, as a gift. Need to repot it.

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Thank you :)
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Good job! I love digging into roots and seeing what's going on
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One of my 15 new aditions...

Obregonia denegrii

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Pretty happy with it :)
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First flower of the year over here, from one of my new resisdents.
Not sure exactly which Turbinicarpus it could be, but maybe schmiedickeanus.

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Love it :)
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Well the sun is out after almost two weeks of rain and grey skies and my residents have decided to present me with a few small but beautiful flowers.

I love turbies!!

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Not a turbie!
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Falls down in tears

Light of the night
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