peterb's 2012
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Some flower pics from today.
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- Gymnocactus beguinii
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- another beguinii
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- Gymno beguinii from below
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- Mam lasiacantha
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- Pediocactus winkleri RP132
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- Pediocactus winkleri RP132
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Great looking seedlings and flowers Peter!
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Love the Pedio flowers. They look kind of delicate for such a spiney "hard" looking plant.
The name on the Gymno, beguinii - do you pronounce that "beg-win-e-eye"?
The name on the Gymno, beguinii - do you pronounce that "beg-win-e-eye"?
Disclaimer: I'm in sunny Arizona, so any advice I give may not apply in your circumstances.
Tim
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I think I say beg-win-ee-eye. Woody Minnich tells a funny story about taking a group on a tour of mexico and telling them "Tomorrow, we are going to the big weeny eye!" (at least that's what one of the tour group members heard).
peterb
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beautiful flowers peter
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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a few of one of my favorite earlier bloomers, Echinofossulocactus phyllacanthus var. violaciflorus, slightly confused today by the sudden drop in temps.
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Seedling pics at 6 weeks. Ready to go outside into fresh air and shaded natural light, regular watering/drying cycles in another couple of weeks.
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- Escobaria missouriensis
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- Echinomastus arizonicus
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- Echinomastus durangensis
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- Echinofossulocactus zacatecasensis
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- Echinocereus fendleri kuenzleri
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- Austrocactus patagonicus
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- Echinocereus mapimiensis
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- Peniocereus cuixmalensis
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great looking seedlings! you grow them in open air right?
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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great list,Peterb. I sown E. russanthus fa. cowperi in november 2008 and flowered after 2 years:
Blum et Al, call this species chloranthus ssp. rhyolithensis.
when I arrived from A & M.Ohr, the label was written
russanthus ssp. rhyolithensis fa. cowperi RC7/95 (but on this acronym I have not found anything)
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Blum et Al, call this species chloranthus ssp. rhyolithensis.
when I arrived from A & M.Ohr, the label was written
russanthus ssp. rhyolithensis fa. cowperi RC7/95 (but on this acronym I have not found anything)
here the picture
Angelo
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Angelo, interesting that cowperi is considered a synonym of rhyolithensis. I have about three tiny cowperi seedlings right now, so we will see what they do. Yes, I grow seedlings in a tray and pots without baggies. I like to interact with them a lot.
I think they only look huge because the photos are super macros, using a tripod. But I love looking at the details. It turns out also that photography is a good way to inspect the pots for problems, etc.
peterb
I think they only look huge because the photos are super macros, using a tripod. But I love looking at the details. It turns out also that photography is a good way to inspect the pots for problems, etc.
peterb
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the name ryolithensis was given because the habitat of this species is covered with igneous red-brow rock.
Angelo
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Wow, I'm really impressed. By all the seedlings and before that, by the Pediocactus (I don't have), the Mamm lasiacantha (this seems to be the subpopulation of M lasiacantha without the feathering on the spines), and that Stenocactus. Nice work!