Peterb's new, revised 2012

[peterb]

I decided to abandon ship on my old thread and once I figure out how, I am going to delete it entirely, rather than rebuild all the images, etc.

Some recent pics below.

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[Arjen]

why, something wrong with the old topic?

great looking flowers!

[Lazz]

Beautiful flowers!

[peterb]

why, something wrong with the old topic?

great looking flowers!

Thanks! All the images are missing in the old thread so it seems lifeless to me. I'm not finding a way to remove it entirely, which I think would improve the forum.

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[Tony]

why, something wrong with the old topic?

great looking flowers!

Thanks! All the images are missing in the old thread so it seems lifeless to me. I'm not finding a way to remove it entirely, which I think would improve the forum.

peterb

Great plants! really like the tiny escobaria duncanii.
Im probably going to do the same thing with mine and I think I could do it for you, but am afraid to touch anything.

[peterb]

Thanks Tony, I guess I'll wait a bit and just keep this thread going here in the meantime. The Esco duncanii is SB1635, by the way. I had forgotten how similar the flowers are to zilziana.

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[Ralf]

Great flowers as always, Peter. A really nice collection!
I hadn't thought that Echinomastus get flowers after 4 years. Anyhow your conditions for the plants are not comparable with mine.

[peterb]

Thanks Ralf, and nice avatar! E. erectocentrus from Redington Road?

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[Ralf]

Thanks Ralf, and nice avatar! E. erectocentrus from Redington Road?

peterb

Last year I had the luck to find them with open flowers. In 2009 it was somewhat to late therefor.
Anyhow there was a great crew on my side.

[peterb]

Some recent flowers. Managed to return home in time not to miss anything.

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[gemhunter178]

Wow! Nice "show"! Especially the E. bonkerae!

[peterb]

Yes, E. bonkerae is one of the real drama queens of the Echinocereus, and all cacti for that matter. The colors are a definite challenge for my camera.

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[hegar]

Hello Peter,
I too love that Echinocereus bonkerae. That Epithelantha gregii, the Gymnocactus viereckii, the Echinomastus spp., especially the one with the dark throat, and also the Echinomastus intertextus, which has a lighter pink stigma than those we usually encounter here growing in the wild. That genus is giving me problems whenever I try to grow it. A few years back I did have a nice flowering plant with multiple blossoms that seemed to be doing fine.
I believe it lasted for two or three years and then died. I have no idea what I am doing wrong. I was told, that I should not plant this cactus too deeply and I listened to that advice, but the plants still do not survive.

Harald

[peterb]

Hi Harald, are you planting the Echinomastus in a pure mineral desert soil without any organics? They do also like limestone and acidified or rain water. However, I have also noticed that they seem to not live very long in cultivation or in habitat. It is rare in habitat to encounter very old plants. They flower at a young age and then live perhaps 10 years or so and expire. This is just my observation.

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[Arjen]

peter, lovely pictures all over but the e. bonkerae is astonishing!