Celtic Rose's plants - 2009

CelticRose · Post by **CelticRose** » Mon May 11, 2009 3:01 am

I've decided to jump on the bandwagon and start my own "member thread". I'll start posting about all my plants here, except for the Kalanchoe marnieriana which I'll keep in its own thread. There's not much info online about that plant, so I want to make things easy for anyone looking for information on it.

Here's a link to the K. marnieriana thread -- it was updated today. http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11350 If you know anything about this plant, please go to this thread and share.

Let's start with Portulacaria afra, previously seen here:
http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10684
http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtop ... 941#92941.
http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11349

I pruned the large plant today. It was so crammed into a corner of my windowsill that I couldn't even turn it around so that both sides of the plant got light.

Here it is before pruning.

And after:

And here are the cuttings and some leaves waiting to be rooted. Thanks to Buck for telling me how to root P. afra, and thanks to Cuda for instructions on how to root succulent leaves.

I won't root all of those leaves -- I'll pick out the ones that look best after they've sat for a day.

Here's the smaller plant.

More to come.

kevin63129 · Post by **kevin63129** » Mon May 11, 2009 3:25 am

Nice plant.Looks lie you really have the hang of it.

CelticRose · Post by **CelticRose** » Mon May 11, 2009 3:37 am

Thanks, Kevin!

Here the next installment: Mammillaria bombycina.

Previously seen here:
http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10675
http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtop ... sc&start=0
http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10808

And here it is today. Plenty of wool and new growth

, but no flowers

.

Can anybody tell what's wrong in this picture?

CelticRose · Post by **CelticRose** » Mon May 11, 2009 3:55 am

Notocactus notsurewhatyet. Could be a rutilans or a roseoluteus, I'm waiting on a flower.

Previously seen here:
http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10675
http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtop ... sc&start=0

This one has grown a lot since I got it in January. It probably needs repotting, but I don't want to do anything to stress it since I want it to flower.

CelticRose · Post by **CelticRose** » Mon May 11, 2009 4:23 am

Mammillaria vetula ssp. gracilis var. fragilis, or M. gracilis for short.

Previously seen here:
http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10676
http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtop ... sc&start=0
http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtop ... =rhodantha

This is another one that's growing like crazy.

It has two new offsets, and the sharp-eyed among you should be able to spot the beginnings of more in the previous pictures -- all three stems are starting new offsets.

Here are the offsets that fell off the main plant when I repotted it. Previously seen here: http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10688. There were originally six, but only two took. Those two did nothing for the longest time, and I was beginning to think that I'd lost them too, but all of a sudden they doubled and tripled in size almost overnight!

CelticRose · Post by **CelticRose** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:18 am

And lastly, the troublemaker that started it all: Mammillaria rhodantha ssp. rhodantha.

Previously seen here:
http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtop ... ha&start=0
http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtop ... ha&start=0
http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10800

This was my first cactus. It turns out that I'm allergic to it, so ever since I dropped and caught it, I make sure to wear heavy gloves whenever I'm handling it.

I bought this thing on a whim in Nov. 2008, and have already had to repot it twice. I don't think I posted a picture when I last repotted it, so here it is in a 6" pot.

As you can see, it's blooming. Except for two short breaks, it's been blooming non-stop since before I bought it in Nov. Here it is this morning.

And later in the day it bloomed.

Just for iann -- an "evaporated" flower.

Andy_CT · Post by **Andy_CT** » Mon May 11, 2009 10:37 am

Cool plants and nice detailed pics!

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Mon May 11, 2009 11:47 am

Im guessing the unknown is p. roseleuteus or mammulosus, flowers will tell.
Great images Rose

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Mon May 11, 2009 3:43 pm

Great plants!
Nice pics too

Can anybody tell what's wrong in this picture?

Appears to a be a rogue hook spine looking for a different point of view.

Post by **daiv** » Mon May 11, 2009 6:16 pm

Great idea on the post. You really organized it well too.

Darryl, good eye on the reverse hook above!

John C · Post by **John C** » Mon May 11, 2009 10:10 pm

Nice collection! They are all looking great!

I like that spine that decided to be opposite!

CelticRose · Post by **CelticRose** » Tue May 12, 2009 1:58 am

Thanks, everybody!

CoronaCactus wrote:
Can anybody tell what's wrong in this picture?
Appears to a be a rogue hook spine looking for a different point of view.

You got it, Darryl! I was quite surprised when I looked at that photo -- I hadn't noticed that spine until then.

@Tony: Mammulosus? You mean I've got a third possibility? Man, I wish that thing would flower!

I potted up the P. afra cuttings and leaves when I got home today. I ended up using two 4" pots. If they take I may bring one of the pots to work and see how well these do under bright flourescent lighting.

dustin0352 · Post by **dustin0352** » Tue May 12, 2009 2:36 am

Looking good Celtic. Pretty soon the collection is gonna get big enough to have you make a shelving unit for the front window.

Ocotillo · Post by **Ocotillo** » Tue May 12, 2009 3:05 pm

--Those are some healthy looking plants!

I vote for mammulosa for the unknown Parodia

CelticRose · Post by **CelticRose** » Wed May 13, 2009 3:26 am

Thanks, guys!

dustin0352 wrote:Pretty soon the collection is gonna get big enough to have you make a shelving unit for the front window.

I think the management of my apartment complex would frown on me drilling holes to anchor a shelving unit. I've got room for one or two more plants.