Minime8484's C&S Collection - 2012

[Minime8484]

Looks great in pictures, Tristan. The Grusonia pulchella (micropuntia, etc) is RP128, from Millard Utah.

peterb

Tells you how bad my handwriting is - can't even read my own!
Thanks for the correction - you just KNOW I want accurate records!

[Peterthecactusguy]

I can't read my own writing either, but I will say this, nice haul

[NancySLAZ]

Happy Birthday! What a haul! I'd say Tucson nurseries are a wonderful place to go for one's birthday and the plants are great birthday presents!

[Minime8484]

I always tell my husband he never will be able to say, "I can't think of anything to get you for <insert reason for present here>" or "You are difficult to shop for"!!

[Minime8484]

More blooms keep coming!
First, my biggest flush ever from this Mammillaria grahamii:

Mammillaria grahamii

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My ever-faithful Coryphantha sulcata with its first blooms of the year:

Coryphantha sulcata

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And, finally, my first bloom on my Cleistocactus vulpis-cauda (the first one that avoided the crickets, at least!):

Cleistocactus vulpis-cauda

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[gemhunter178]

Nice flowers and plants!

[Peterthecactusguy]

Nice, I missed a good show yesterday, too bad I couldn't drive all the way down there. I just am lacking in funds to drive so far. At least I was able to view the garden for over an hour. It looked beautiful, and I got some good pictures I need to put up.
I need to grow some Mamm grahamiis...
They are awesome.

[tumamoc]

I keep meaning to put Cleistocactus on my want list. The flowers are great! I have a Cory sulcata about that size, but potted. I take they do well in the ground in Phoenix? How much shade do you give yours?

[Minime8484]

Yes - Cleistos on the Want List NOW!!

C. sulcata gets full sun until about 1-2pm, then occasional shade after that. Doesn't seem to mind our sun or heat in the least.

[Peterthecactusguy]

like all plants tho, I worry about the cold more than the hot... I get alittle frostier here usually a good frost every year or three.

[Minime8484]

Hard to get a shot of my largest Arrojodoa penicillata when blooming because it only blooms fully at night, but the flowers are beautiful!

Arrojadoa penicillata - 2012Sep24 A

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The bloom on my Coleocephalocereus aureus doesn't stand a chance from the voracious ants...

Coleocephalocereus aureas - 2012Sep24 A

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[Arjen]

very nice! those arrojadoa flowers sure are weird!
that waxy appearance looks very unlike any cactus flower, also strange for a nightbloomer to have a purple flower

are those coleocephalocereus related to melocacti?

[gemhunter178]

Wow, that's quite a lot of ants......
I also wonder how those thin columnars stay upright...
Other than that: Nice flowers, plants .........and maybe even ants!

[tumamoc]

I really dig that Arrojadoa! I didn't realize they could get so leggy.

[Minime8484]

Thanks everyone!

This morning, I got a NICE surprise instead of an ANT surprise - my Pereskia weberiana treated me with my first ever Pereskia bloom!
Very excited to see this doing so well - it's still very small (c. 8" for longest branch) and was just a 5" fresh cutting when I got it in the spring.

Pereskia weberiana - 2012Sep26

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