Windowsill and patio growing

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Harvest of Micranthocereus densiflorus fruit

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Cuttings, offsets and seedlings rooting and growing on in a
"make-shift" outdoor planter-box - under 30% shade cloth
over chicken wire

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Discocactus placentiformis (sensu latto) growing in plastic
containers in an outdoor plastic plant-box which proved to
be an environment that was too hot for optimum growth

[Minime8484]

Impressive series of very plump Discocactus! Must be amazing to see (smell!) them all bloom together!

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Impressive series of very plump Discocactus! Must be amazing to see (smell!) them all bloom together!

It is getting harder for me to photograph Discocactus in flower these days Tristan -- I am usually asleep by the time the flowers open -- and not awake early enough the next morning to capture the flowers in full bloom. Any way, here are pics of a plant-box of Discocactus crystallophilus in afternoon bud, followed by "next morning" spent flowers:

[Cleistocrazy]

James,

Those Discocactus placentiformis appear to be in perfect growing form to me. I cannot imagine what those plants would look like growing under optimum conditions. You certainly have a "green thumb" for these plants!

Bob in Chula Vista

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.......... but here are some pics of individual Discocactus placentiformis in flower -- as you say, Tristan -- intoxicating fragrance permeates the night air!

[Minime8484]

Wow.
No other words seem to suffice.

[jp29]

James,

Those Discocactus placentiformis appear to be in perfect growing form to me. I cannot imagine what those plants would look like growing under optimum conditions. You certainly have a "green thumb" for these plants!

Bob in Chula Vista

Thanks, Bob. Not always a green thumb though.

[jp29]

Wow.
No other words seem to suffice.

Thanks, Tristan -- we all get our share of "Wows" however.

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Flowering Discocactus buenekeri (sensu latto) and Discocactus horstii
growing outdoors under 30% shade cloth in 2¾" (7cm) square plastic pots
maintained in a wooden plant-box

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Mostly Discocactus horstii and Frailea castanea seedlings growing outdoors
under 30% shade cloth in 2¾" (7cm) square plastic pots maintained in a
plastic plant box. The pots become too hot in the blazing Arizona summer
sun when maintained this way -- I now only use wooden plant boxes.

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Euphorbias growing outdoors under 30% shade cloth in 2¾" (7cm)
and 3¼" (8cm) square plastic pots maintained in a wooden plant-box

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Next week ushers out the last of winter in our northern hemisphere and ushers in the first day of Spring (the 20th of March) whereupon I will stage all of my plants outside under 30% shade cloth in wooden plant boxes (many have been outdoors for the past three weeks anyway).

Good bye to this ..........









.......... not to return until sometime in late October!

[keith]

Your cactus look great!! I never tried that species always thought it was difficult... but you don't seem to be having any trouble.