Minime8484's C&S Collection - 2012
- Minime8484
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My first Matucana flower opened today: Matucana aureiflora - love the deep golden color of the blooms. Lots more to come too!
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very beautiful! I have two year old seedlings of these, how long from seed to flower?
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)
mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
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Thanks, StrUktO!
I got this as a mature plant, so I don't know how old the plant is.
I got this as a mature plant, so I don't know how old the plant is.
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More new flowers for me today - a couple more!
First, a Thelocactus that I posted in the Cactus ID Forum that hasn't had a consensus yet: either Thelocactus rinconensis or Thelocactus tulensis. Either way, lovely flowers! Also my first flowers from Sclerocactus uncinatus var. wrightii opened completely today (wasn't hot enough the last couple of days); love the deep colors of these flowers!
First, a Thelocactus that I posted in the Cactus ID Forum that hasn't had a consensus yet: either Thelocactus rinconensis or Thelocactus tulensis. Either way, lovely flowers! Also my first flowers from Sclerocactus uncinatus var. wrightii opened completely today (wasn't hot enough the last couple of days); love the deep colors of these flowers!
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both remarkable looking 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)
mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
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Lovely!
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- Minime8484
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Thanks all!
New ones are poppin' open almost daily this time of year - love it!
Today, another new bloomer for me - Turbinicarpus booleanus.
What a weird growth form for a cactus!
New ones are poppin' open almost daily this time of year - love it!
Today, another new bloomer for me - Turbinicarpus booleanus.
What a weird growth form for a cactus!
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Nice flower!
agree, cool looking though.Minime8484 wrote: What a weird growth form for a cactus!
A cactus and succulent collector who especially likes Ariocarpus. …Though I have a bit of everything! Want some pictures? See my flickr! I also do art and such.
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indeed!
the growth habit is a bit similar to that of t. krainzianus ssp. minimus, I like this flower colour better though!
the growth habit is a bit similar to that of t. krainzianus ssp. minimus, I like this flower colour better though!
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)
mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
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My first Cleistocactus of the season (Cleistocactus ferrarii) opened its first bloom today - also one of my favorite cactus flowers of all! We call it the Candy Corn Cactus!
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they look almost alien, don't they! so strange to see an open flower that isn't actually open, great colours too!
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)
mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
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Flowering kicking into high gear here in the valley. Did some gardening today (planting some new goodies) and went around taking photos of the bloomers. Here they are for today:
Arrojadoa ericaulis - second round of blooms; LOVE this plant! Cleistocactus hyalacanthus - blooming profusely now; usually lasts well into summer Echinocereus rayonesensis - first time bloomer for me! Fouquieria splendens - my first Fouquieria bloomer of the year; blooming at the tips of all the branches; spectacular sight! Gasteraloe "Helen Headlei" - didn't bloom last year I'm assuming because of the ultra-cold winter we had; now making up for lost time. Sansevieria sp. - An indoor plant, but the first one we've ever had that bloomed; pretty cool flowers. Sclerocactus uncinatus var. wrightii - this 3rd bloom is quite a bit paler than the first 2; almost with a pinkish cast. Yucca rigida - every year it sends out more bloom stalks; this year 6 so far (planted as a 6-8" plant in 2004!).
Arrojadoa ericaulis - second round of blooms; LOVE this plant! Cleistocactus hyalacanthus - blooming profusely now; usually lasts well into summer Echinocereus rayonesensis - first time bloomer for me! Fouquieria splendens - my first Fouquieria bloomer of the year; blooming at the tips of all the branches; spectacular sight! Gasteraloe "Helen Headlei" - didn't bloom last year I'm assuming because of the ultra-cold winter we had; now making up for lost time. Sansevieria sp. - An indoor plant, but the first one we've ever had that bloomed; pretty cool flowers. Sclerocactus uncinatus var. wrightii - this 3rd bloom is quite a bit paler than the first 2; almost with a pinkish cast. Yucca rigida - every year it sends out more bloom stalks; this year 6 so far (planted as a 6-8" plant in 2004!).
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Just starting the Echinocereus Show here.
First, my reliable Echinocereus engelmannii just kicking into gear. And my Echinocereus (polycanthus) pacificus first opened its flower 1/2 way yesterday, so I waited for today's (continued) sunny and warm weather, but despite even that, this is as far as it opened today too. Strange. Still, it is a beautiful orange color.
First, my reliable Echinocereus engelmannii just kicking into gear. And my Echinocereus (polycanthus) pacificus first opened its flower 1/2 way yesterday, so I waited for today's (continued) sunny and warm weather, but despite even that, this is as far as it opened today too. Strange. Still, it is a beautiful orange color.
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Great show, Tristan!
That ferrari looks like it has a bit of Lambourgini paint on it
That ferrari looks like it has a bit of Lambourgini paint on it
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Fantastic stuff! Love seeing that Arrojadoa and the pacificus. That's a Baja plant I have yet to see in habitat. Have to go way up into the mountains for it.
peterb
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