Cereusly sweet

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These are great chilled! =P~
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Cool Tony. 8) Thanks for the preview.
I'm also trying to grow the grow the fruit organically. 8)
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I think I might have one of those. They look like kiwi's.
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Looks delicious!!!!
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Yum!
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Hey Tony,
Except for the first picture, that is C. athiops, isn't it?
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daiv wrote:Hey Tony,
Except for the first picture, that is C. athiops, isn't it?
Yes it is.
I crossed the two plants you see in the images to get those fruits.
The C. peuvianus? sets fruit by itself. (self fertile)
But the C. athiops will not.
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A hybrid? Are you going to sow any of the seeds to see what it turns into? It would be enlightening to see the byproduct of some C. peruvianus offspring. I suspect that many of the plants which I am always saying are "C. peruvianus" are in fact hybrids just like this.
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daiv wrote:A hybrid? Are you going to sow any of the seeds to see what it turns into? It would be enlightening to see the byproduct of some C. peruvianus offspring. I suspect that many of the plants which I am always saying are "C. peruvianus" are in fact hybrids just like this.
I have little plants in the propagator already, I will shoot an image later on today.
I started them in the green house in august, they were slow to germinate and just sulked all summer in the heat so they are WAY behind in growth.
I will never start cactus seed in the summer in the greenhouse again. [-(
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C. athiops x C. peruvianus hybrids?
Just to see if anything weird comes out of it. :)
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Great Tony! I guess in 5 years or so we'll start to get an idea anyway. :D
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I'm curious for an update? Which fruit tasted better?
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