Minime8484's C&S Collection - 2012
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Beautiful, beautiful stuff!
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Lots of action in the garden the past couple of weeks, including a few newbies for me!
First, the coolest Cholla - Cylindropuntia anteojoensis. Really love the soft yellow color of the blooms and the texture of the segments! My old reliable Leuchtenbergia princeps also started the summer off right. Then, my first ever Frailea bloomed - Frailea pseudopulcherrima. Hopefully, more Frailea's will follow! A bloom from my recent aquisition, Turbinicarpus viereckii was a nice surprise! My Mammillaria spinossisima ssp. pilcayensis was a little late this year, but is always a treat. And finally, my Carnegia started opening its flowers this week - LOTS more to come (banner year for blooms after zippo last year!).
First, the coolest Cholla - Cylindropuntia anteojoensis. Really love the soft yellow color of the blooms and the texture of the segments! My old reliable Leuchtenbergia princeps also started the summer off right. Then, my first ever Frailea bloomed - Frailea pseudopulcherrima. Hopefully, more Frailea's will follow! A bloom from my recent aquisition, Turbinicarpus viereckii was a nice surprise! My Mammillaria spinossisima ssp. pilcayensis was a little late this year, but is always a treat. And finally, my Carnegia started opening its flowers this week - LOTS more to come (banner year for blooms after zippo last year!).
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Nice flowers! Better late than never!
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One more for the day: Cleistocactus tupizensis.
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How long did it take for the growth of you Mammillaria spinossisima ssp. pilcayensis? I kinda like that one.
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Not really sure - I got it only a year or two ago from B&B Cactus in Tucson...it was on a $1 clearance rack, so I just couldn't pass it up!
It started out almost completely prostrate, but just in the last month, it perked up, went vertical, then started to bloom.
It started out almost completely prostrate, but just in the last month, it perked up, went vertical, then started to bloom.
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Tristian nice plants. I like the Cholla .. I have never heard of it? is it a Mexican one ?
Nice saguaro blooms, mine are just starting to get buds on them.. Mine are always behind..
Nice saguaro blooms, mine are just starting to get buds on them.. Mine are always behind..
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
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So beautiful! Indeed it is by far the best time of the year!!
Is that Frailea free planted in your yard? It's amazing that it have open flowers.
I only obtain open flower with a special treatment. Very hot, very bright sunlight and a constant moisture.
Is that Frailea free planted in your yard? It's amazing that it have open flowers.
I only obtain open flower with a special treatment. Very hot, very bright sunlight and a constant moisture.
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I always thought that saguaro flowers look good enough to eat, kind of like some yuccas. I wonder if they are edible?
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Yep - all my Frailea's are planted in-ground in a special area of the garden for small cacti. Hope the other species like that spot as much!Ralf wrote:Is that Frailea free planted in your yard?
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Yeah - it is found only within the state of Coahuila near Cuatro Cienegas. Described only in 1976,Peterthecactusguy wrote:Tristian nice plants. I like the Cholla .. I have never heard of it? is it a Mexican one ?
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tristan, wow! great looking flowers! to be able to get your own saguaro in bloom is just mindblowing to me
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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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Tristian thanks, it's probably pretty rare. I love cholla flowers tho.
btw thanks for the info
also an FYI cholla blooms are edible, I have never heard of saguaro blooms being too.
Many of the local populations relied on the saguaro for food and I dont remember the flower buds being edible, but they sure ate the cholla buds
btw thanks for the info
also an FYI cholla blooms are edible, I have never heard of saguaro blooms being too.
Many of the local populations relied on the saguaro for food and I dont remember the flower buds being edible, but they sure ate the cholla buds
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
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The blooms keep on a comin' almost faster than I can walk around the yard with the camera!
Here are a few more from the last couple of days.
My first flowers on my Cylindropuntia californica ssp. rosarica A reliable Echinocereus stramineus decided this week was the week to bloom. My first flower of Gymnocalycium ragonesii also bloomed this week (tough getting a good pic of this one as it's in filtered shade). And finally, my old Echinopsis that remained unidentified with certainty for over 10 years as it has refused flowering all that time FINALLY treated me with a single flower this year, confirming my suspected ID of Echinopsis huascha.
Here are a few more from the last couple of days.
My first flowers on my Cylindropuntia californica ssp. rosarica A reliable Echinocereus stramineus decided this week was the week to bloom. My first flower of Gymnocalycium ragonesii also bloomed this week (tough getting a good pic of this one as it's in filtered shade). And finally, my old Echinopsis that remained unidentified with certainty for over 10 years as it has refused flowering all that time FINALLY treated me with a single flower this year, confirming my suspected ID of Echinopsis huascha.
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wow, that Cylindropuntia californica is awesome. I wonder where that one grows in habitat.
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