Welcome Craig Fry!
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- Posts: 803
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- Location: Very Sunny Weston super Mare ,UK (Near Bristol)
Good luck in finding Mammillaria luethyi
Its pretty rare in cultivation
Mine are cuttings from a graft
Otherwise, I couldn't even find any seed
The photos are from my first plant, but the graft and plant died a couple years ago, so I got another one 2 years ago, which the new rooting cuttings are from.
I'm hoping that they are different plants, so when the second one finally flowers, I can get seed.
Its pretty rare in cultivation
Mine are cuttings from a graft
Otherwise, I couldn't even find any seed
The photos are from my first plant, but the graft and plant died a couple years ago, so I got another one 2 years ago, which the new rooting cuttings are from.
I'm hoping that they are different plants, so when the second one finally flowers, I can get seed.
Craig
Paul i looked at several places and did'nt see any for sale i don't have one myself, not really my thing.daiv wrote:Paul, I don't think you'll have too much trouble finding one in the UK. Hob, Ian, etc. will probably be able to point you in the right direction.
incurable cactoholic
growing rebutia's with a mix of others.
growing rebutia's with a mix of others.
Miles to Go has 1 inch grafts for $6. For example. Must have been some of the huge crop I saw at Anderson's nursery when I visited last fall.
It's always this way with recently discovered cacti. They are made immediately available to a few collectors, most often through unscrupulous and nefarious means (haha) and then slowly become part of the trade. The same will eventually be the case with Digitostigma caput-medusae. The only exceptions are when a plant is so doggoned hard from seed or difficult in cultivation that it remains rare in the market. Someone was telling me that Yavia cryptocarpa is an example.
peterb
It's always this way with recently discovered cacti. They are made immediately available to a few collectors, most often through unscrupulous and nefarious means (haha) and then slowly become part of the trade. The same will eventually be the case with Digitostigma caput-medusae. The only exceptions are when a plant is so doggoned hard from seed or difficult in cultivation that it remains rare in the market. Someone was telling me that Yavia cryptocarpa is an example.
peterb
Zone 9
I know Ian has one:
http://www.cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus ... es=luethyi
and so does Templegate John:
http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=492
http://www.cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus ... es=luethyi
and so does Templegate John:
http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=492
All Cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are Cacti
Jaw dropping, as always Craig. I love looking at Ariocarpus hybrids. Though the stability/time/patience required must fall into the "watching paint dry" category.
The Digitostigma seedlings look great. What a wild plant.
I'm actually a big fan of plant parasites and those Pholisma are otherworldly for sure.
peterb
The Digitostigma seedlings look great. What a wild plant.
I'm actually a big fan of plant parasites and those Pholisma are otherworldly for sure.
peterb
Zone 9