End of Summer
End of Summer
Been very hot here in S. CA. Cactus are all growing now just like the end of monsoon season in the desert where they are from. Lost a few cactus and germinated a few more 2015.
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- cactus benches
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- More cactus all N american
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- Some big Ariocarpus
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- Ariocapus fissuraus v. loydii
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- M. herrerea over 20 yrs old
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- M albicans summer flowers
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Re: End of Summer
Straighten the picture camera software shows it straight but loads it at 90 degrees off.
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- Steve Johnson
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I just love all the cacti in your collection, so it's hard to single out anything in particular. You and I are supposed to be getting some decent rain in a couple of days -- hope it comes, because late-summer rain should be perfect cactus weather here in SoCal.
If you just want photos without all the blather, please visit my Flickr gallery.
My location: Los Angeles, CA (Zone 10b)
My location: Los Angeles, CA (Zone 10b)
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Hi Steve, yes we have the same style of growing cactus in the hand built wood frame benches. Long ago I had a bench setup just like you do back when I lived in a Townhome. It was back then I started growing cactus from seed. I found Mesa gardens from a tip received at Abbey gardens in Carpenteria, in the days before the internet. And then 3 years in Phoenix AZ my collection increased at least 5x nice big cactus at half the cost of California which is funny because they often bought cactus from California. Also in AZ they imported cactus dug up in Texas where apparently there are no laws against it and sold them really cheap. When I moved back to Cali I gave away half my collection it was just too big to move hopefully they are planted and doing well back in AZ?
Miles2go in Tucson if you can visit him its worth the trip I bought many rare cactus from him.
Miles2go in Tucson if you can visit him its worth the trip I bought many rare cactus from him.
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- Mammillaria pectinifera typical Miles2go cactus
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Beautiful beautiful cacti, the last one ^ Mammillaria pectinifera is really nice!
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mammillaria supertexta grew from seed a long time ago doesn't really look like supertexta to me? And the Ario waiting for fall flowers hopefully
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- mammillaria supertexta ?
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- Ariocarpus retusus
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Mammillaria herrerea from 2012 now out with mature cactus same sunlight , etc. My own seeds which are not easy to get requires steady hand, tweezers and 4X magnifier.
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Your supertexta looks like Mammillaria crucigera or Mammillaria crucigera subsp. tlalocii
Did it start out as 2 headed (tlalocii)? or split dichotomously (crucigera)?
what City do you live in Keith?
Did it start out as 2 headed (tlalocii)? or split dichotomously (crucigera)?
what City do you live in Keith?
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Hi Craig, I cut the head off it many years ago to try and get a clump. It was part of a Mesa garden seed order. I had a bunch of them some had central spines. Easier than crucigera IMO.
I live in Moorpark CA . North of you in Ventura co. I used to go to Abby Gardens That's the first nursery that I found that specialized in cactus. I still have some Abby plants from ~1990. Not many but a few.
Heres Ariocarpus hintonii I bought at miles many years ago. I have two of them I should have bought more . Do you happen to know where I can get a few M. luethyi ?? Not grafted own roots would be best but a graft is Ok.
I live in Moorpark CA . North of you in Ventura co. I used to go to Abby Gardens That's the first nursery that I found that specialized in cactus. I still have some Abby plants from ~1990. Not many but a few.
Heres Ariocarpus hintonii I bought at miles many years ago. I have two of them I should have bought more . Do you happen to know where I can get a few M. luethyi ?? Not grafted own roots would be best but a graft is Ok.
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Miles2go has some in stock right now. They are grafted but you could always degraft them.
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In Europe there are many for sale now, as they are being mass propagated both non-grafted and grafted ones for cheaters. You can always order seeds to grow them yourself. Much cheaper, and easier to order from Europe.keith wrote:Do you happen to know where I can get a few M. luethyi ?? Not grafted own roots would be best but a graft is Ok.
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Wonderful plants, Keith.
Z, in (mostly) sunny Lisbon.
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Fall flowering Ariocarpus from West Texas blooming in different shades of pink. I got these in Arizona many years ago and they seem to like California alright. They did pretty good in Phoenix even at 115F while many of my other succulents didn't. I Grow them under 50% shade cloth. Seeds germinate easy but grow really slow. Don't need much water but when I do water I flood them. The bottom pictured plant oozed a clear white sap from the side of its big tap root all winter a few years ago I thought it was a goner, took it out of its pot stored it inside and let it hang bare root supported upright in a clay pot. Sap came out for months and then it seemed to dry out so I replanted in the Spring. Seems OK now.
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- Ariocarpus fissuratus
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Winter time now the Ario retusus always flowers about 1 month later than Fissuratus. the Astrophtum asterias is a plant I have trouble keeping alive here are 3 survivors left from 6 I grew from seed back in 2006. Keep dry in winter and no frost.
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Winter bloomers Turbinicarpus jauernigii which are almost blooming right now, maybe tomorrow . Slow growers but not too hard to keep alive.
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