Lego's Cactus Collection

legomaniac89 · Post by **legomaniac89** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:20 pm

Here's a couple more

Parodia herzogii

Mammilaria microhelia

Mammillaria elongata "Julio"

legomaniac89 · Post by **legomaniac89** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:15 pm

It's been a while since I've been here. I've had lots of flowers since July, and lots of pictures to go with them.

M. elegans - yes, this has been flowering nonstop since early July

M. pringlei - the first flower of many

N. magnifica

Echinopsis somethingorother

A couple of succs too while I'm here

P. nelii

Euphorbia sp. ?

Saguaro123 · Post by **Saguaro123** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:57 am

Awesome cacti and flowers!
Love the N. magnifica

Post by **daiv** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:17 pm

Looking back over the earlier posts, I noticed Tony attributed the plants to Altmans. I was under the impression that there was a different supplier on the east coast. Do any of the pots or tags have "The Cactus Collection" on the side?

I'm just curious as there always seems to be more variety at stores in the east.

legomaniac89 · Post by **legomaniac89** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 12:07 am

Saguaro123 wrote:Awesome cacti and flowers!
Love the N. magnifica

Thanks Saguaro!

daiv wrote:Looking back over the earlier posts, I noticed Tony attributed the plants to Altmans. I was under the impression that there was a different supplier on the east coast. Do any of the pots or tags have "The Cactus Collection" on the side?

I'm just curious as there always seems to be more variety at stores in the east.

Yup, the pots they came in all say "The Cactus Collection". Most of these came from Lowe's, as I don't have a good local supplier for these things.

Cereusly · Post by **Cereusly** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 5:06 am

legomaniac, is that a school of Rasboras in the freshwater tank? Very nice collection of cacti too. Tony

legomaniac89 · Post by **legomaniac89** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 12:04 pm

Cereusly wrote:legomaniac, is that a school of Rasboras in the freshwater tank? Very nice collection of cacti too. Tony

Thanks! Sure is. Harlequin Rasboras are some of my favorite fish. Now that the tank's had a chance to grow in a bit, here's a recent picture.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 12:20 pm

Stunning!

Post by **daiv** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:36 pm

legomaniac89 wrote: Yup, the pots they came in all say "The Cactus Collection". Most of these came from Lowe's, as I don't have a good local supplier for these things.

OK, well that is Altman's trade mark, so I'm sure that is it. I know they have a east and west locations. They must operate fairly independantly to give the larger variety out east.

süleyman · Post by **süleyman** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:34 am

welcome

you have a nice collection.

Harriet · Post by **Harriet** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 12:26 pm

Love the flowers and the "other" hobby! That tank looks serene. I'll bet that one look at it relieves any stress, and that if you sat and stared at it you would become totally mellow...

C And D · Post by **C And D** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 4:25 pm

Nice starter collection
and love the planted tank, very well done

You should join a club, and they can hook you up with more plants, also check out cactus-mall.com, for local nursuries in your area

Don't fight the addiction, just give in, it will treat you good

Christer Johansson · Post by **Christer Johansson** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 4:46 pm

Very nice setup!!

legomaniac89 · Post by **legomaniac89** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 2:06 am

I really have to start checking this place more often. This is a great forum!

In another thread somewhere around here, I was trying to figure out how I was going to keep these things dormant for winter. My garage gets too cold and my basement is too warm, and I don't have any connections with someone who has a heated greenhouse, but I finally came up with a pretty good solution. At my work, the back room is heated just enough to keep it above freezing during the winter, so I picked up a few of those 3x2 plastic containers, uprooted all the cacti (that was a chore

), and placed them in the boxes. My boss limited the space I could use, so I couldn't keep them potted through the winter.

It's working great so far. I've only had a couple casualties, and they weren't real healthy to begin with. I sold a few off, so if spring ever comes again we can start this all over again!

Post by **daiv** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:41 pm

Hey, thanks for the update!. So did I hear correctly that you had to unpot all of your plants?