peterb's 2012
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indeed! a lovely flower and great picture of it!
With apologies to the late Professor C. D. Darlington the following misquotation springs to
mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
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peterb
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- Austrocactus bertinii
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- Echinomastus unguispinus
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- Mammillaria slevinii
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- Peniocereus cuixmalensis
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You got that working right
The shine on the Peniocereus is great!
The shine on the Peniocereus is great!
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Great looking seedlings, Peter. Do you have any tips for germinating austrocactus seeds? I got some from Mesa recently.
Also, at what age/size do you start separating seedlings into their own pots?
Also, at what age/size do you start separating seedlings into their own pots?
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The Austrocactus was 2 out of 5 for me, under normal conditions. Moist, humid environment under the dome, 80 during the day and 68 or so at night. I would have preferred 5 out of 5 but I'll try to nurse these two up.
I usually don't separate seedlings until about 12-18 months, sometimes longer for the slow ones. It all depends on size and pot conditions and density.
peterb
I usually don't separate seedlings until about 12-18 months, sometimes longer for the slow ones. It all depends on size and pot conditions and density.
peterb
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Wonderful looking seedlings and great pictures! I find it tough to get good detail on seedlings.
Disclaimer: I'm in sunny Arizona, so any advice I give may not apply in your circumstances.
Tim
Tim
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Was out working on 2-5 year old seedlings today. It's so great when they finally start to develop some adult characteristics. Not to mention flower, which a few of them might do this year, from a few years ago.
Bunch of pics:
Bunch of pics:
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- Escobaria duncanii from Mesa Garden (not from my own sowing), getting ready to flower, which is cool.
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- A cool plant, Escobaria missouriensis asperispina. I had no idea it formed such huge taproots!
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- another asperispina
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- Mammillaria meridiorosei, SB3. (considered a form of wilcoxii now I guess).
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- The beautiful Mammillaria viridiflora SB69.
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- An unknown Mammillaria. tayloriorum maybe? sown 5 years ago. I lost the tags.
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- Acharagma roseana galeanense
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- One of about 10 Grusonia pulchella. I finally figured out how to keep these going. Sandy soil, winter water.
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- Fero from Baja after about 4 years.
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- Ancistrocactus megarhizus.
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Really nice seedlings! They all look so healthy!
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Thanks Tristan. I love growing from seed. Some more general collection photos attached.
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- E. viridiflorus davisii again, great colors.
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- three2 year old Echinocereus ×lloydii (look ma, proper hybrid notation!)
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- Three 2 year olds from the same packet of Mesa Garden seed, supposedly E. milleri from Coke County. hmmmm...
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- Pedio winkleri RP132 getting ready to flower
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- Ancistrocactus scheeri.
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- Thelo bicolor schwartzii (I think)
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- An all time favorite, Glandulicactus wrightii GL704
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- Echinomastus unguispinus from Gomez Palacio with buds hidden by the spines.
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- Echinocereus baileyi
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- Echinocereus rigidissimus rubispinus from the type locale.
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Lovely collection. I envy you your talent with sowing cactus seeds. My luck in that area has been abysmal at best. I get a great crop of newborns that die from one affliction or another and break my heart in the process. So I keep telling myself three things: I am too old to see many of them grow large; if they all grew I would have to move them to much larger quarters; and, this forum is a great place to watch other folk's cacti grow.
Bottom line? Keep posting! I need thrills, even if they must be of the vicarious variety.
Bottom line? Keep posting! I need thrills, even if they must be of the vicarious variety.
It’s not the fall that kills you; it’s the sudden stop at the end.
Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
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Great work done Peterb. I'm really a fan of your skills.
That is a deadly red color fero, love it.
That is a deadly red color fero, love it.
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Wow! Amazing color on those spines, just amazing!
A cactus and succulent collector who especially likes Ariocarpus. …Though I have a bit of everything! Want some pictures? See my flickr! I also do art and such.
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Harriet, the trick to the results I get from sowing seed is I just keep sowing. For every plant that makes it under my conditions, there's probably 50 that die. Maybe that's an exaggeration...not sure. I don't keep records because it's too depressing. I do generally group seed sowing of various species in three categories: down cold, still learning and repeatedly fail. I have found too that if I can move a few of the "repeatedly fail" over to the "still learning categry," all is well.
Re: the super red spines on the fero, that's how it looks post watering. I love how water brings out spine colors.
peterb
Re: the super red spines on the fero, that's how it looks post watering. I love how water brings out spine colors.
peterb
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There is nothing quite like a wet Ferocactus!
Great looking seedlings.
Great looking seedlings.
Forget the dog...Beware of the plants!!!
Tony
Tony