BRC's cacti adventure...in a flat

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Nice! =D>
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Well time to resurrect this thing :)

So far this year not allot of action on my cacti but I've seen some buds forming up, on my steno and one of my gimnos...

On the other hand the few succulents i have have been busy and are setting up their own flowers!!

C. Coralita

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Ledebouria socialis?

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I'm very surprised about L. Socialis, it's setting a flower stalk and dividing at the same time, i didn't think it had enough energy to do both things at the same time :)


And that's it for now :)
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Very nice, love the crassula.
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First flowers of the season.


I had a hard time getting this,with my crappy camera, and my awful skills as a photographer this was the best i could do...

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And now a good surprise, a few months ago, this fellah (i though it was G. viereckii but the flowers don't match i think. maybe G.saueri? ) had is fate pretty much sealed...


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But i did as instructed, and it still clings to life, and as presented me with some flowers :)

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Not sure if he is out of danger or not, but if not, at least it's going out with a bang :)
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I think those flowers look very nice. Whatever you did, you are getting rewarded. Nice job.
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that plant looks like it's fine, nice flowers!
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Nice save - those are really pretty flowers!
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Crassula coralita

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Nice flowers on those Crassulas!
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Yes they are :).

Unfortunately i don't have much to show up till now, this year hasn't been good, allot of issues like the economic crisis and stuff, have been troublesome and have eventually do take a toll on one's health, haven't spent allot of time watching the plants, or indeed taking good care of them, but hopefully i should have some other updates soon.

Thanks for the comment Gem :)
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Hi guys!!

Finally got caught my Thelocactus flowering today :)

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...and he could use a bit more water :P
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BRC wrote:Hi guys!!

Finally got caught my Thelocactus flowering today :)

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...and he could use a bit more water :P
Nice flower....and those long spines too... =D>
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Very nice flower!
hendryterok wrote:....and those long spines too...
I agree, they look great on the plant!
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A little update :)

Second flower, and a third is on the way, i guess it's happy :)

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this unidentified cactus (still not sure if it's a rebutia, or a sulcorebutia) with a nice little display, a weird contrast with the crumbling pot were he still resides


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