Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
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In August the same players as before did the bloom.
Respecting the small pots. These are just 4 cm wide and almost usable - for rooting some cuttings or offsets, keeping tiny plants. But getting dry too fast (2 - 3 days max.) in my conditions.
Second bloom this summer! Didn't happen before.
Last night the Discocactus bloom was caught on my camera.
And a Lophophora that made first flower just days ago.
Respecting the small pots. These are just 4 cm wide and almost usable - for rooting some cuttings or offsets, keeping tiny plants. But getting dry too fast (2 - 3 days max.) in my conditions.
Second bloom this summer! Didn't happen before.
Last night the Discocactus bloom was caught on my camera.
And a Lophophora that made first flower just days ago.
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
Re: Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
Turbinicarpus swobodae with ripe fruit under the side September sun. The only self-pollinating species of the genus I know about.
Some my seedlings of above species, 2 - 3 years old. Slow growing beasts. The pot is 5 cm wide.
And a baggy I just opened some days ago - P. mammulosa seedlings ~ 1 month from germination. These ware fast. Started under the real Sun and now moved into the incubator for winter growing.
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
Re: Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
Nice plants. Your seedlings look great!
Mark
Mark
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Thanks, Mark. Another baggy unsealed today after 2.5 months from seeds. Thought CO2 could be depleted inside already, some mould is seen as well - I decided they needed fresh air. The same species, just doing more seedlings from own seeds for fun. Growing too close and will need new pots soon obviously.Mark wrote:Nice plants. Your seedlings look great!
Mark
And a (1st!) promissing bud on my Fero latispinus. Even the Sun is so low and enters my windows for a short time now, I hope in some days to see a flower...
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
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The Lophophora at the top of the page has to be the most picturesque one I've seen. It almost looks fake!
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Well, it's real. The previous owner almost wasted it in a small pot with some bad soil. Now it recovered, scars went under ground, the top is growing flat and it started blooming. Some of the recent acquisitions:HP22B wrote:The Lophophora at the top of the page has to be the most picturesque one I've seen. It almost looks fake!
Frailea mammifera
Eriosyce occulta
Removed that alien soil as much as I could.
And the last bloomers so far - mammillarias: The last ones never stopped since March.
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
Re: Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
And that would be my "Halloween cactus" ... The very first bloom.
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If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
Re: Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
Lovely, George. My F. latispinus buds every year since 2010 or 11 and it's never managed to open a single flower.
Z, in (mostly) sunny Lisbon.
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Re: Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
Mine did it on the third attempt. The flower is still open today. Even got bigger.jfabiao wrote:Lovely, George. My F. latispinus buds every year since 2010 or 11 and it's never managed to open a single flower.
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
Re: Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
That Ferocactus flower lasted about 10 days. It's not the last, something like a bloom with this M. plumosa.
This mild winter will call the spring or what?
Looks like bloom begins.
This mild winter will call the spring or what?
Looks like bloom begins.
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°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
Re: Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
Lovely! The bud on my plant is still growing, but no sign of opening yet...7george wrote: The flower is still open today. Even got bigger.
Z, in (mostly) sunny Lisbon.
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Re: Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
Some of the wintering cacti:
Outside.
Outside.
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°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
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Under the winter sun.
Eriosyce occulta
Turbinicarpus bonatzii
Eriosyce occulta
Turbinicarpus bonatzii
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°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
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Really beautiful plants! Great to see what is achievable without a greenhouse in Canada Your garden is inspiring me to try some cold hardy seeds next year, as I have more balcony than windowsill space. I think I'll give the Escobaria vivipara a go, the pediocactus is intriguing too. Do you have any agaves in the garden?
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Thanks, Iris,
No, I don't have any agaves outside now, no hardy enough for this climate. I have just some Yucca glauca plants that are under snow these days.
Do you think you will need real cold hardy species in Vancouver?
No, I don't have any agaves outside now, no hardy enough for this climate. I have just some Yucca glauca plants that are under snow these days.
Do you think you will need real cold hardy species in Vancouver?
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8