BRC's cacti adventure...in a flat

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My little lopho seedlings...


I sowed them in early October, i decided since we had abnormal hot weather at the time to give them a shot...here they are today

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This is where they are, two plastic cups stuck together with tape...for the time being it has worked perfectly, and also its good to recycle

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A few pictures...

These fellows are going nicelly

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These ones, well they haven't open yet...
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And the first flowers of the year are showing up...

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Very nice plants. And it looks like you've got lots of space for them.
I also have an aloe like the one starting to blooom. Wondering when will mine!
Please post pics of the blooms when fully open!
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that Stenocereus doesnt look very good.
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I assume you are talking about it's colour CactusBoss?

Well i think i sai something about that in a earlier post might be wrong, but he is not sick or rotting, actually he has grown quite a bit...i assume he is a variegated form.


And yes Pix i shall post pics of the flowers when they fully open :)
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Hey Calin, here it is...

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Flowers and flower buds popping left and right, i love it.

Of my 6 lophos this is by far my favourite. Unlike the others it has been outside all year round and it just looks gorgeous.

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My kalanchoe is all over the place!!

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Flowers and flower buds...lovely...

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and one of my orchids :P

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Very nice bloom (the aloe).
The kalanchoe is also nice!
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So a year as gone by and i am still here...

It seems like it was just a couple of weeks ago that i started collecting cacti, but in fact it has been over a year now.
A year as gone by since that late February day that i decided to buy my first cacti, a day i do not regret, and believe it to be one of the best decision i have made :) .

Why? Because they have been extremely beneficial to my well being, both physically and emotionally they have helped me, they are indeed a great way to help with stress...

On the 27th of February i bought my first plants, 2 Trichocereus bridgesii, 2 Hoodia Gordoniis, 1 Lophophora Wil. , 1 Steno. Multicostatus, and another i never identified...of those 7, only two remain today, a Hoodia Gordoniis, and the multicostatus.

A month after my first purchase i had already close to 30 cacti...but then things changed...the place were i was planing on putting them suffered some changes, suddenly there wasn't enough sun exposure, and a place that had room for over 60 cacti, quickly shrunk to a place i can barely fit 15... Things had to change, hard decisions were taken and sacrifices were made...because of that my collection never grew as it should have.

Because of it, i started selecting my plant carefully, only getting specimens that appealed to me, that were attractive, rare etc...

Even though i lack the room, and to a certain extent the solar exposure i still press on today, and after making it through my first winter with only one casualty i feel confidant on my capabilities on growing more difficult cacti and succulents.

Today i am a happy cacti grower, and i'm a big fan of Astrophytums, Lophophoras and Gymnocalyciums.

So what are my objectives for my second year of growing cacti?

1 - Increase my sun exposure further

2 - Make my updates more interesting, with better photos.

3 - acquiring new species that appeal to me (like Lobivias)

4 - get more room for cacti :)


Finally i would like to thank each and every single of you guys, for your patience, all your replies, all your help, and also for all the pictures you guys post that motivate me to be a better and more dedicated grower.

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Some of my cacti have been very sneaky as of late...setting up buds without me noticing it, and flowering without me around :(

Like my Multi... this guys as been flowering since last Saturday , but i never seen him with the flower open, he is always like this, just waiting for me to leave for work or something and flower without me around... sneaky

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My other smaller one is almost ready...really exited :)

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Well time for another update lol...

The photos i posted earlier today are 2 days old, but only today (it's my day off) i was able to post them...

Well i have a new development...

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I am extremely happy, they are gorgeous :)

Should i try and pollinate them?
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Gorgeous indeed! Love the Steno's!!
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Thank you Minime it is a great motivation when people reply :)

Yes they are indeed lovely, i am actually thinking of getting one or two more stenocactus they are so nice and don't take allot of room.

Also i need something to spice up things, i have allot of Astrophytums, and they won't be blooming for a few years, so the stenos would liven up things a bit :)


And yeah, i still need to work on my pictures, but i'm always in a rush they never turn out as good as i hope :?
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lovely flowers!
With apologies to the late Professor C. D. Darlington the following misquotation springs to
mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
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Yes they are!!

Thank you so much for posting StrUktO :)
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