Josh's 2012

[promethean_spark]

Today Titanopsis hugo-schlechteri was flowering. It's hard to get the flowers to open all the way in late winter.

Also flowering is some Dodecatheon clevelandii. Not very succulent, but they do have tuberous roots. These are among the first wildflowers to go in the spring here. Took these 3 years from seed to really get going.

[peterb]

wow, love those wildflowers. And the Titanopsis is a great one. Is hug-schlecteri as cold hardy as calcarea?

peterb

[promethean_spark]

I haven't killed either at 26.8'F in my unheated GH.

[Enzo]

Fantastic photos! How old are those tiny Blossfeldia seedlings?? Thanks for sharing

[iann]

wow, love those wildflowers. And the Titanopsis is a great one. Is hug-schlecteri as cold hardy as calcarea?

peterb

No, but it is pretty good to about 25F. Not much more in my experience, but maybe with drier conditions. Definitely not the 0F or so that T. calcarea can take. It is also generally trickier, more sensitive to incorrect watering.

[promethean_spark]

Blossfeldias were sown 10/27.

[promethean_spark]

This weekend:
Muscari are blooming:

Mammillaria sanchez-mejorade:

Stenocactus ssp.

Turb valdezianus:

[peterb]

wow, look at those "sine wave ribs" on that Stenocactus! so cool.

peterb

[CoronaCactus]

Sweet!
How about Stenocactus coptonogonus?

[Arjen]

lovely flowers!

[promethean_spark]

Sweet!
How about Stenocactus coptonogonus?

That one looks like it's due in about a week.

When stenocacti hunker down for the winter they get maximum waviness. When the stretch up and inflate in the spring they'll straighten out more. I haven't watered them since oct, and won't for another month or so.

[promethean_spark]

These guys are fast/robust enough that I sowed them with saran wrap and a rubber band instead of a full baggie. I use electrical tape to close the drain holes and only mist them. Tape will come off when they graduate to the GH.
Avonia papyracea

Acanthocalxium glaucum

Ferocactus fordii littoralis

Ferocactus chrysacanthus - much slower than fero fordii

Ariocarpus kotsch. v. elephantidens

Coryphantha tripugionacantha

Ornithogalum sardienii

I think my Aztekium hintonii are larger than these ornithogalum...

[Minime8484]

Really nice seedling! Great work!

[promethean_spark]

The aloe variegata in an outdoor bed are popping right now. I've found these to be quite hardy in the ground. (hardy by soggy frosty CA winter standards)

Last year only one bloomed, next year should be nuts.

[promethean_spark]

Things are coming along well with the seedlings. Many will graduate to the GH soon.
Strombocactus siedelii (6mos)



Aztekium hintonii (6mos)


Strombocactus disiformis (18mos)


Geohintonia (6mos)


Blossfeldia formosa (18mos)


Blossfeldia spec rio icla (6mos)


I'm not always so patient...
Pediocactus knowltonii (2mo)


Echinocactus grusoni v brevispinus (these guys are very weak seedlings - 6 months)