Dan's flowers and stuff 2014

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Re: Dan's 2014

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June was a busy month for me, although I was on a field course in Costa Rica for most of the month, so I didn't get as much contact with my plants as I would've liked. Costa Rica was incredible though!

June was still fairly floriferous nonetheless. I got my first ever Strombocactus flowers in June. :D They really were breathtaking.
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I also got started on growing some African Amaryllids from seed. They've really grown since this picture, but this is how they looked before I left in early June.
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Another first time flower I had in June was Cintia knizei! Hurray for first flowers from small genera.
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And this lot flowered too (amongst others). :D Eriosyce napina, Lobivia famatimensis, Gymnocalycium mesopotamicum and Thelocactus bicolor v. tricolor.
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That's about the gist of June in my collection. :)
-Dan
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Some pictures from July now, to bring this thread up to speed. Sadly most of my Eriosyce flowered while I was away, but I suppose I'll be able to see them again next year. :P Can everyone see these pictures just fine? I've been using my pictures posted on tumblr so I don't have to resize and re-upload them here.

Let's start off with a nice night-bloomer, which I usually don't see in flower, Setiechinopsis mirabilis
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And catching up with those bulb seedlings, they really grew a lot while I was away:
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One of my seed grown Ceropegia woodii began flowering! It's not really stopped this month:
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These two ridiculous hybrid flowers were open just a few days ago, Epiphyllum 'showboat' and Echinopsis 'Sorceress':
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Escobaria minima is such a treat when it flowers, and it only needs a 2 inch square pot. Definitely a good investment in terms of bench space!
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-Dan
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And now I'll leave you with the newest plants to my collection, some very nice species and most of them are of known provenance. :)

Pelecyphora strobiliformis
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Strombocactus corregidorae
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Pelecyphora aselliformis
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Pygmaeocereus bieblii
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Astrophytum caput-medusae
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Mammillaria guelzowiana
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-Dan
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Nice new additions.
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adetheproducer wrote:Nice new additions.
Thanks, I'm pleased with them. :) They barely cost me anything as well. They came with a seed order I made back in September and some of them were sent free as gifts. I also got a generous portion of Aztekium valdezii seeds for free, along with numerous Sclerocactus seeds I ordered. Worth the wait I'd say. :wink:
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deffinatelly free anything is good espesially more so when they are the more interesting mexican minature, I am a little bit jealous to be honest.
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A few flowers for you all to enjoy. :D

Echinocereus pulchellus, Thelocactus hexaedrophorus and Thelocactus bicolor v. tricolor
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Two nice little Astrophytums in flower. The first is A. asterias which started out as being a nude form but then decided to start growing flocking. It had a pure yellow flower though, which is somewhat different. :wink: The second is a hybrid of A. asterias and an unknown parent (probably ornatum).
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Hybrids!

This one is Rebutia 'Candy Stripe'.
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The classic xChamaelobivia 'Rose Quartz'.
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A snail-eaten Echinopsis 'Romance'.
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And lastly of these hybrids, two lovely flowers on Echinopsis 'Bourne sunset'.
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Flowers to be continued....
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And some more flowers from the past week or so for everyone to enjoy. :)

Naturally, one of my favourites. Eriosyce crispa v. huascensis
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This isn't a succulent or a cactus, but some people might find it quite nice. Hypoxis villosa. :)
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One of the best plants in my collection was in full flourish as well, enjoying all the heat we've had recently. xFerobergia (L. principis x F. fordii)
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A lone Cumarinia odorata, which isn't much to look at, I'll admit. :P
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And to round off the flowers I've had recently (I have had plenty of others as well as ones here :wink: ), these two Turbinicarpus lophophoroides were in flower today. :)
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Now, just one more post with some new plants and a collection overview, and this thread will be more or less up to date... at least for a day or two. :wink:
-Dan
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Soooo, to round off this lot of posting, I'll show you some new plants I got in the post and what my greenhouse looks like at the moment. :P

Here are my newbies:
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I got 4 different localities of Echinocactus horizonthalonius. Some of which are spiny...
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Or not so spiny. :)
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I got 2 Mammillaria haudeana forms from different localities.
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Obregonia denegrii
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A grafted Strombocactus corregidorae to pair with my other plant on it's own roots.
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And a grafted Escobaria abdita, which might have a fruit forming on it! :)
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Finally, what's the state of my greenhouse? :P Well it looks like this at the moment!
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It's getting a little cramped in there, but I can always make space by rearranging plants if need be. I just need to stop buying more plants in the mean time. :wink:
-Dan
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" I can always make space by rearranging plants if need be. I just need to stop buying more plants in the mean time. " Oh the BS we tell ourselves! My GH is packed also but I'll be fine if nothing grows any bigger. Yeah, Right! Maybe we should come up with a list of the 10 Best Lines( or is that Lies) of Cactus Keeping. Sue
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Looking good your plants look really healthy. I like the collection of lophs and arios
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Time for a little catching up. The weather hasn't been amazing lately, so there's not that much to report.

Beautiful Gymnocalycium ragonesei flowers.
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My ever reliable Astrophytum asterias in bloom.
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My first flower on this Avonia quinaria ssp. quinaria.
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...and what the plant itself looks like:
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Echinopsis hybrid 'Whirligig'.
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And for Ade (amongst others!), my Ariocarpus and Loph. collection. Sadly you can't really see my big L. williamsii v. caespitosa in this picture.
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Leuchtenbergia buds in the making.
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And one for the bulb-lovers amongst us. Ammocharis tinneana in full leaf indoors. There are assorted other plants in the background too: big U. pectinifera, Schlumbergera, some Adenium hybrids, Eriosyce seedlings and others. :P
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What amazing plants Dan! I'm green with envy :mrgreen: !
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Re: Dan's flowers and stuff 2014

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Hi Dan, is this one of your sales?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131308601832? ... _120wt_958" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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adetheproducer wrote:Hi Dan, is this one of your sales?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131308601832? ... _120wt_958" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Yep, well spotted. :wink: I need to clear out some space for plants I like, so I'm selling some species I have several plants of, or things I'm not all that fond of. :P Currently just spares, but I might list some I have one plant of.
-Dan
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