One man went to grow........2014 Diary
One man went to grow........2014 Diary
These are my humble offerings to date. I can claim little credit for the cacti as they are both plants which I bought last autumn from an E-bay seller. The longiflora had a poor root system but that hasn't stopped it. Plenty of buds on other plants so hoping for a good year:
Pleiospilos nelii -
Close up of flower (one of my pet hates is pictures of flowers without any sign of the plant body)
Mamm Longiflora -
Mamm hernandezi -
Pleiospilos nelii -
Close up of flower (one of my pet hates is pictures of flowers without any sign of the plant body)
Mamm Longiflora -
Mamm hernandezi -
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Re: One man went to grow........2014 Diary
Really nice start! Love the Mammillaria longiflora!
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My favorite is the Mammillaria hernandezii. I tried to grow one of them last year, but perhaps the heat we have here killed it. I had been told to not place it in full sunlight. Perhaps, I shall try to grow this plant again sometime in the future. I love its spines and the blossom size and color too.
Harald
Harald
Re: One man went to grow........2014 Diary
the hernandezii looks amazing!
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)
Re: One man went to grow........2014 Diary
A few more taken yesterday:
Echinocereus viridiflorus
Lophophora Williamsii -
Mamm duwei -
Thelocactus panarottoanus -
Some may think I am quite mad when I say I was disappointed with this last plant when I received it last year because it was too big and too near to flowering size. No sense of achievement. I'll get over it.
Echinocereus viridiflorus
Lophophora Williamsii -
Mamm duwei -
Thelocactus panarottoanus -
Some may think I am quite mad when I say I was disappointed with this last plant when I received it last year because it was too big and too near to flowering size. No sense of achievement. I'll get over it.
Re: One man went to grow........2014 Diary
you will, haha
lovely flowers, I especially like the e. viridiflorus
lovely flowers, I especially like the e. viridiflorus
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)
Re: One man went to grow........2014 Diary
Nothing greatly exciting today:
Matucana aureiflora -
Mamm Spinosissima -
The plant itself. It must be about 30 years old and has survived periods of huge neglect -
Rebutia/Aylostera sp -
Sulco sp -
The last 2 I bought unlabelled from the BCSS stand at Stokesley Show in 2012. I should be grateful for help in identifying them. You may even have grown them!
Matucana aureiflora -
Mamm Spinosissima -
The plant itself. It must be about 30 years old and has survived periods of huge neglect -
Rebutia/Aylostera sp -
Sulco sp -
The last 2 I bought unlabelled from the BCSS stand at Stokesley Show in 2012. I should be grateful for help in identifying them. You may even have grown them!
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Re: One man went to grow........2014 Diary
Loving the Thelocactus Panarottoanus , wonderful flowers on that and spines are dangerous
Amazing how that Matucana Aureiflorum , you could mistake it for a Gymnocalycium Monvillei very easily. Them < < BAM > >
Whats going on here ? Fire coloured flowers !
That plant is just sexy
Amazing how that Matucana Aureiflorum , you could mistake it for a Gymnocalycium Monvillei very easily. Them < < BAM > >
Whats going on here ? Fire coloured flowers !
That plant is just sexy
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Re: One man went to grow........2014 Diary
"Humble" though they may be (to use your word), your collection is nicely varied, and you are getting some enviable blooms. Hope it continues to be a good year for you.
Catch a falling star--but don't try it with a cactus!
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Re: One man went to grow........2014 Diary
My morricalli spent a very tough winter and I thought it was a goner. It still has an overall terrible look, but the main stem is showing some nice light shiny green growth. It was so bad for so long I found a smaller, younger one at our garden center, but that is still too young to have any buds yet. Last year the old one was beautiful, but then we had that long, frigid winter and even the heated greenhouse was not enough to save many of my cacti. Thanks for the photo. I can still dream.
Catch a falling star--but don't try it with a cactus!
Re: One man went to grow........2014 Diary
The long awaited neem oil treatment of all plants took place today. Mixing it was not the ordeal I was expecting it to be and although I watered some of it over the plants it has not made the sticky mess I half expected. I just hope it works as well as other posts suggest it should. I will report again in due course.
Here's a notocactus to end with:
Here's a notocactus to end with:
Re: One man went to grow........2014 Diary
I said I would report back on the outcome of my neem oil treatment. It is now nearly 3 weeks on so I expect effects of the treatment will have subsided by now. As a contact insecticide it appeared to have immediate results and as a systemic..................failure. The little buggers (mealy bugs) are still there , not many, but enough to annoy me intensely. I don't know what to do now. Do I have another go, increase the strength of the dose ( I used 5ml per litre), wait until autumn, just use it as a contact spray or give up and try something else? I don't have a lot of mealies and I try to be very vigilant and inspect plants and pots regularly but I would love to have a clean collection and I had high hopes for the neem oil. Maybe I should have saturated the pots instead of just a generous watering??
If anyone has a miracle remedy I should be pleased to hear about it.
If anyone has a miracle remedy I should be pleased to hear about it.