Bruno's C&S 2014

bruno · Post by **bruno** » Fri May 23, 2014 10:02 am

Long time no speak, but, after a few problems that kept me away from plants and friends, I'm just back.
Because the biggest new is that I moved in a new house, well, here it is.
Of course ample space for plants and south facing terraces were the first selection criteria....

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Pictures are as of spring 2013, just before installing the new shelves. You can spot my old mammillaria plumosa and an echinocereus rigidissimus var. rubrispinus as markers, all other plants were waiting for a (sunny) place

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Next two shelves are for plants living outside all year around like opuntia, echinopsis etc...

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All space is now fully booked

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Echinomastus were placed first, then all the others...

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Ciao

adetheproducer · Post by **adetheproducer** » Fri May 23, 2014 11:46 am

Nice set up, good light and easy access.

bruno · Post by **bruno** » Sat May 24, 2014 3:36 pm

Thank you

Here in Rome, Ancistrocactus is the first plant to flower as of early February, these are 4 to 6 yrs old from seed

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Followed by certain Mammillaria

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bruno · Post by **bruno** » Sat May 24, 2014 3:51 pm

As of march I got a flower of Mammillaria marittima seldom seen in over 20 year together with this plant

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Another news was this flower of Mammilaria senilis, the first one after 15en yrs of cultivation.

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Other mammis in flower in march

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bruno · Post by **bruno** » Sat May 24, 2014 3:59 pm

Still in march some of my favorites begin flowering

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dasyacanthus' was the first flower to open

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April is next...
Ciao

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Sat May 24, 2014 4:48 pm

Bruno, I love all of your plants! You do such a fantastic job growing the real difficult, challenging ones and keeping them looking like they do in habitat. Always a pleasure seeing your photos!

peterb

hegar · Post by **hegar** » Sat May 24, 2014 5:43 pm

Hello Bruno,
with all the preparatory work that you have invested and the southern orientation you selected, I am sure that your cacti will do as well or better than they did at the old location.
Because most of my cactus plants either do have yellow or pink blossoms, I am more drawn to those with other flower colors. That is, why I do pick the Mammillaria senilis and M. marittima as my favorites thus far.

I especially like the contrast between the spine color and the blossom of the M. senilis. Is that flower very large for those produced by Mammilarias or is the plant body (stem) very small?

Harald