Lazz 2012-20??

[Lazz]

Hi, I thought I'd post a few photos of some of the action in my garden over the last month or so.
Mostly echinopsis, but there are a few others in there too.

BTW I have put a couple of time-lapse videos on youtube. (Search for lazzy0001)
They are a bit rough but you get the idea....

The first 4 photos below are of the garden i started September/October 2011.

The first photo is a 'during' pic from October 2011

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These next 4 are 'after' photos. (November 2012)

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[majcka]

Where were those pics all that time? You should put them on earlier.

[Lazz]

oops!

[SnowFella]

Echinopsis overload just like last spring! Amazing show there mate!
If my new bed in the making gives just a fraction of that flush I'll be a happy camper!

[gemhunter178]

That's more cactus flowers that I have ever seen! Awesome!

[Arjen]

remarkably beautiful! that's quite the cactus garden you've got there!

[Ivan C]

Lazz

Wow! That is quite a show. Do many of those flowers have a fragrance? It's just beautiful!

Ivan

[Minime8484]

Wonderful garden! Gorgeous!
Really love the Cleistos you have!
What is the Cleisto in the 10th pic that looks like it is being propped up with a stick and a rock?

[midlife crisis]

That is very cool Lazz

Just a couple of flowers open then
Have you built your beds up with any soil in particular ie just added some course sand or a whole new mix to the beds ? What ever you have done they are defiantly loving it.

Cheers
Midlife

[Lazz]

Thanks for the positive comments.
It's good to be able so share my interest. (Apart from my partner and I, no-one has seen the show 'in person' this year.)

. Do many of those flowers have a fragrance?

They must have, but I sniffed around today and it must be a subtle fragrance if there is one.

Have you built your beds up with any soil in particular ie just added some course sand or a whole new mix to the beds

The garden in the first photos was built up by us for a few years growing bulbs and other non prickly plants and then when the weeds got in I brought in a
few trailer loads of sand and loam, mixed it all up with my trusty shovel and then covered the lot with about 2 cm of sand. It appears to be working alright.
I can't believe it is only about 14 months old myself. The other garden had some slightly raised beds when we moved in and I moved some more soil around from the existing vegetable garden and from some other beds that needed to go.
It is fairly sandy soil here (in a river valley) but there are clay patches.
I covered the lot with crushed brick to about 3cm Wish I hadn't. It acts as a mulch in the winter and keeps the soil damp. But so far so good.

What is the Cleisto in the 10th pic that looks like it is being propped up with a stick and a rock?

That one I have no idea of. The original plant was given to me as a gift 7 years ago in a small pot.
The piece in the photo broke off the original, which is now in the ground and growing. It is prone to growing tall and falling over.
I wouldn't mind knowing what it is either..
It has never shown any sign of a flower. Nothing. at all.
BTW The plant is supporting the stick now.

Cheers Larry

[philwilliams]

Great show Lazz, the garden looks like its maturing nicely. The echinopsis are oustanding. Do you use any fertilizer in the garden ?

[Minime8484]

What is the Cleisto in the 10th pic that looks like it is being propped up with a stick and a rock?

That one I have no idea of. The original plant was given to me as a gift 7 years ago in a small pot.
The piece in the photo broke off the original, which is now in the ground and growing. It is prone to growing tall and falling over.
I wouldn't mind knowing what it is either..
It has never shown any sign of a flower. Nothing. at all.
BTW The plant is supporting the stick now.

It certainly seems to be a Cleistocactus to me - at least from that distance, but would you be able to post a photo or two of the plant up close? It actually looks like one of my plants that is also unidentified - though I have my suspicions. If it is a Cleistocactus, it seems strange that it wouldn't have bloomed for you yet...

[Lazz]

Thanks again for the comments.
(Ha! figured out the "Quote" thingy. )

The echinopsis are oustanding. Do you use any fertilizer in the garden ?

Thanks Phil. I haven't used any fertilizer in either garden. I will have to one day I guess.
Those yellow echinopsis don't like winter here I have found. The roots tend to rot away.
The pink ones are bulletproof and so are the orange.

It certainly seems to be a Cleistocactus to me - at least from that distance, but would you be able to post a photo or two of the plant up close? It actually looks like one of my plants that is also unidentified - though I have my suspicions. If it is a Cleistocactus, it seems strange that it wouldn't have bloomed for you yet..

Hi Minime8484, Here are some photos of the original plant as of today.
I hope these help you ID your plant (and mine)
You can see that there is no sign of buds again this year.
I have always assumed it was some sort of Cleistocactus and have been waiting for a flower.
The little white flower on the third shot is from a white cedar tree that drops litter for most of the year.
Thousands of little flowers, then leaves, and then berries, all over my garden. I can't get a photo in November without berries or flowers in the shot.

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Cheers Larry

[SnowFella]

Think I might have that one too, unfortunately it came totally without a label or any kind of information.

Checked the timelapse video's out and they look great to me! How did you go about getting them shot?

[Lazz]

Hi Snowfella.
Glad you liked them. I do have some more I may put up at some time.
Sue bought me the camera last December.
Its a Brinno. They have a web site.
I set up a tripod, choose a time setting. It has 7.
From 1 min 5 min 30 min 1 hr 12 hr 24 hr and custom ( down to 5 seconds.)
And then set it going. Simple as that. It saves to an on-board USB stick.
Generally I go to work for the day and miss all the action at home.
It saves in avi HQ but the tube videos are reduced.
A very neat bit of kit I reckon. And not too expensive.
Almost a must for a Cactophile (is that a word??)
cheers
Larry