Minime8484's C&S Collection - 2015

Minime8484 · Post by **Minime8484** » Wed May 06, 2015 10:40 pm

Another today - love the soft shade of yellow from this species - one of the few species of cholla I can tolerate in my yard!

: Cylindropuntia anteojoensis (2015-May06).JPG (28.97 KiB) Viewed 2517 times

Minime8484 · Post by **Minime8484** » Fri May 08, 2015 5:12 am

A bit more coolness in the garden today.

: Coleocephalocereus aureus 2 (2015-May07)A.JPG (49.86 KiB) Viewed 2501 times

: Corynopuntia clavata (2015-May07).JPG (55.27 KiB) Viewed 2501 times

: Coryphantha salinensis (2015-May07).JPG (70.06 KiB) Viewed 2501 times

jp29 · Post by **jp29** » Fri May 08, 2015 2:30 pm

Boy the plants in your garden do look great now, Tristan. A lot more flowers since K.W. and I visited with you in April..

K.W. · Post by **K.W.** » Sat May 09, 2015 12:35 am

Good evening James and Tristan,

yes a lot of beautiful plants and FLOWERS!!!

Here in Cologne, everything is very late. No Echinocereus flower to see. So far, only buds.
Today I showed the pictures of my stay in Arizona friends. All were thrilled!

James, Tristan, I wish you a nice weekend!

Best wishes

K.W.

Minime8484 · Post by **Minime8484** » Mon May 11, 2015 2:49 pm

Thanks all!
A bunch more new flowers this weekend!

: Arrojadoa multiflora 2 (2015-May10).JPG (18.02 KiB) Viewed 2460 times

: Cereus pervianus 'mostrose' (2015-May10).JPG (27.49 KiB) Viewed 2460 times

: Cleistocactus buchtienii 3 (2015-May10).jpg (66.06 KiB) Viewed 2460 times

Possibly my new favorite Cleistocactus flower - first time bloomer for me! Love the color transitions; the flowers were green in bud but end up with only a greenish tint at base and green tips to the petals.

: Cleistocactus palhuayensis 1 (2015-May11)A.JPG (30.82 KiB) Viewed 2460 times

: Cleistocactus palhuayensis 1 (2015-May11)B.JPG (38.75 KiB) Viewed 2460 times

: Echinocereus stoloniferus ssp tayopensis 3 (2015-May10).JPG (84.62 KiB) Viewed 2460 times

: Gymnocalycium horstii 2 (2015-May10).JPG (53.48 KiB) Viewed 2460 times

: Gymnocalycium ragonesii (2015-May10).JPG (90.37 KiB) Viewed 2460 times

And, thanks to James for this one!

: Opuntia quitensis (2015-May10).JPG (41.59 KiB) Viewed 2460 times

K.W. · Post by **K.W.** » Mon May 11, 2015 10:16 pm

Good afternoon Tristan,

great plants and photos!

That's my favorite too.

: Cleistocactus palhuayensis 1 (2015-May11)B.JPG (38.75 KiB) Viewed 2445 times

Best wishes

K.W.

Arjen · Post by **Arjen** » Tue May 12, 2015 6:56 am

lovely flowers
I too enjoy the sight of that cleisto, the echinocereus is my favourite though

Cleistocrazy · Post by **Cleistocrazy** » Fri May 15, 2015 8:20 pm

Tristan,

That Cleistocactus palhuayensis is indeed a winner!

Bob in soggy San Diego

Minime8484 · Post by **Minime8484** » Fri May 15, 2015 10:32 pm

Thanks all!
Some more flowering the past couple of days.

This first one surprised me by how fast the flowers popped out of the cephalium in the morning, and by sunset was in its full glory! The smell was really nice too. Thanks, James!

: Discocactus buenekeri 1 (2015-May14)A.JPG (34.88 KiB) Viewed 2416 times

: Eriosyce taltensis ssp floccosa (2015-May13).JPG (42.3 KiB) Viewed 2416 times

: Grusonia marenae (2015-May12).JPG (33.93 KiB) Viewed 2416 times

Cleistocrazy · Post by **Cleistocrazy** » Fri May 15, 2015 11:15 pm

Tristan,

Very unusual flower on that Grusonia marenae. It's the first I have seen. Many thanks for sharing!

Bob

Minime8484 · Post by **Minime8484** » Fri May 22, 2015 8:53 pm

Missed a bunch while out of town this past week, but made it back for these:

K.W. · Post by **K.W.** » Fri May 22, 2015 11:03 pm

Minime8484 wrote:Missed a bunch while out of town this past week, but made it back for these:

: Cochemiea poselgeri 3 (2015-May22)A.JPG (45.77 KiB) Viewed 2391 times

Wonderfull Tristan!

AND. . . I found me a Cleistocactus palhuayensis ! ! !

Best wishes and nice weekend,

K.W.

Minime8484 · Post by **Minime8484** » Fri May 22, 2015 11:38 pm

K.W. wrote: AND. . . I found me a Cleistocactus palhuayensis ! ! !

Fantastic! Please post a photo - would love to see yours!

Minime8484 · Post by **Minime8484** » Fri May 29, 2015 11:35 pm

First bloom from one of my supposed Cleistocactus tupizensis clones (no locality info, but originally came from a plant in the Netherlands with no locality info either; it's always just had this name)...I've always suspected this was not correctly ID'd and was probably closer to C. parviflorus, and the flower seems to confirm that, though my only verifiable C. parviflorus with locality info has not yet bloomed...but, otherwise looks quite similar. Can't seem to locate good close-up photos of definitive C. parviflorus (the photos in the new CL are of blooming plants, but too far away to see anything but red in the flowers!). Flowers also similar to my clones of C. buchtienii, but I get the feeling many of the closely-related Bolivian Cleistocactus species probably look very similar in flower morphology and are probably a bit variable anyhow.

Would love to know others' thoughts on the ID of this plant!