Hana's cacti

[Hanazono]

A 2nd filial Astrophytum hybrid was in flower yesterday.
This one was posted on 24th September, same one.

[Hanazono]

I propagate cacti from seed.
Seedlings of Ariocarpus and Astrophytum asterias have been introduced other threads.
I post photos of some other species.
Seedlings are in 5 cm square tubes.

Astrophytum Onzuka and fukuryu banjyaku
Left 4 columns-Onzuka / sown seed in 2013
Ritht 3 clumns-fukuryu banjyaku / sown seed in 2014

Discocactus heptacansus v latispinus / sown seed in 2013

Echinocactus horizontharonius / sown seed in 2014

Obregonia denegrii / sown seed in 2013

[K.W.]

Good evening Frank,
very nice plants!

May I ask; What do you do with 105 Obregonia?
Do you select plants in old age? The rest is disposed of?
Or do you have, as I hope, plantfriends as customers?

Many questions, Pardon!


Best wishes

K.W.

[Hanazono]

G'morning K.W.

I will keep all Obregonia seedlings until next repotting.
I select seedlings at each occasion of repotting.
Seedlings in 5 cm tubes have selected twice.

The rest is returned to soil.

Frank

[K.W.]

Thanks for the explanation Frank!

In our small greenhouses in Europe, unfortunately, we have no place for many large seedlings.
So we keep only 3 or 5 when it goes in 5 cm pots. . .


Best wishes

K.Wilhelm

[Hanazono]

Yes my backyard is not huge but it also is not small.
It is an average of old property in here.

I made 2 vege-patches, 2 m x 4 m each in front of the greenhouse.
It was hard to grow veges because summer was too hot.
Cacti was planted in one of them.

I took the photo yesterday.
Cacti try to defeat weeds but it seems not to be easy.

[K.W.]

Good evening Frank,

will the weeds not dry up in the summer?
I also have a lot of weeds in the pots. Among the large plants standing at the outdoor-dining.
But at the end of the summer most of the weeds are dried up again.
I wish I could leave my cacti at the outdoor-dining all year long. . .

Best wishes

K.W.

[Hanazono]

Yes they, winter weeds should dry up now.
It is not hot enough in this year by unknown reason.

[Hanazono]

I have 9 flowering size of Geohintonia mexicanas.
2 of them pushed flowering buds up but failed to open.

[Hanazono]

Godzilla in my greenhouse in this morning!


This one actually called "Blue tongue", just 40 cm length.
2 blue tongues appear in my greenhouse on hot days in summer.
They eat insects and snails.

[george76904]

Very nice cacti, I really want to try growing geohintonias! I like the blue tongue, they are pretty cool skinks! I hadn't realized until just now that they were native to Australia.

[jfabiao]

I love blue tongue skinks. Apparently, they're one of the few reptiles that can develop a relationship with humans. You could try leaving out a dish of fruit and veggies for them, apparently that makes up for a good part of their diet.

I love your cacti, but I really envy you for having such beautiful creatures visit your greenhouse.

[K.W.]

I love blue tongue skinks. Apparently, they're one of the few reptiles that can develop a relationship with humans. You could try leaving out a dish of fruit and veggies for them, apparently that makes up for a good part of their diet.

I love your cacti, but I really envy you for having such beautiful creatures visit your greenhouse.

I can only agree jfabiao on all points!!!

Bravo Frank!


Best wishes

K.W.

[Hanazono]

These asterias were in flower in this afternoon.

[Hanazono]

A Geohintonia mexicana was in flower yesterday.