PB's flower pics '09 update 8/26

CelticRose · Post by **CelticRose** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:11 am

Nice flowers!

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:48 am

well, as usual, flowering has really slowed down here in the peak of the summer heat. The days are still near 110F with hot nights, although there is just a hint of cooler nights now. Here's a few flower pics from the past few weeks:

A couple of the nice little Mammillaria estabenensis from Baja:

Rescued Echinocactus horizonthalonius from the Silver Bell Mines here in AZ:

Close up of the hot pink Mammillaria guelzowiana:

Coryphantha ramillosa (I think):

A bunch of photos of Ferocactus sinuatus, two different plants, one from South Texas and the other from Mexico. Seed grown. The larger of the two was in a 2" pot in 2005. It's in a two gallon pot now and outgrowing it. These are not really Ferocacti. They take a huge amount of water in the summer and will grow like crazy given enough heat and sun. They love it here in Phoenix.

peterb

TimN · Post by **TimN** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:56 am

Nice pictures, Peter. The Feros at the end look kinda/sorta like T. setispinus (if you squint a little)

The temps haven't really changed much, but I think the shorter daily photo period is causing my plants start growing again. I've noticed lots of new growth, especially on my P. greggii. I had to buy some bamboo sticks today to try to prop the thing up...

Saguaro123 · Post by **Saguaro123** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 4:54 am

Nice flowers Peter.
Love the Ferocactus.

süleyman · Post by **süleyman** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:22 am

very nice flower collection and photos, Peter

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:01 pm

Good stuff! I really like the Feros.

iann · Post by **iann** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:06 pm

Nights are still warm here too (sometimes staying above 60F!!!!), but the autumn growers are champing at the bit.

CelticRose · Post by **CelticRose** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:29 pm

Nice flowers!

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:02 pm

Great stuff, Peter!
I am very surprised you used the F word for the last 2 plants

Post by **daiv** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 11:01 pm

From a 2" to a 2 gallon pot in 4 years? That is surprisingly fast! It seems in the pic that the flowers are larger on the one in the larger pot too. Is that just an illusion?

vlani · Post by **vlani** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:41 am

Love that island mamm

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 5:03 am

the flowers on the larger plant are definitely larger. They are two different seed collections from MG so maybe it's not a function of the plant size.

Yes, D, I know...but I'm not comfortable calling them Thelocactus or Hamatocactus either. Not really sure what they are. I just don't think they quite fit in ferocactus either, and I do think they are different enough geographically and so on to be a good species as "sinuatus," not just a ssp.

Mostly, I just really dig the spines dude!

peterb

iann · Post by **iann** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:51 am

Maybe they should go in Sclerocactus, that's a good dumping ground for all sorts of weird very spiny plants

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:17 pm

Only if we move the old Scleros from the Great Basin and Mojave into a new genus. Something like Hochstaetterus.

peterb

iann · Post by **iann** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:20 pm

If you lump Ferocactus and Thelocactus (and Glandulicactus?) then the "in the middle" Hamatocactus species would fit very nicely with them. Otherwise they are just two species that look a lot alike but don't sit well together in a splitters world.