My images and reflections 2010

Christer Johansson · Post by **Christer Johansson** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 2:50 pm

I starting of by showing you one image of my Copiapoa that I grafted Sep 20, 2009...

And yes, there is a mystery in this, but what?

Post by **daiv** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 2:57 pm

Christer Johansson wrote: And yes, there is a mystery in this, but what?

Is there a grafting stock under the top-dressing?

Christer Johansson · Post by **Christer Johansson** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 3:27 pm

I will not answer that yet, but one thing I can add is that I use Selenicereus grandiflorus as a grafting stock and I truly don't know if you can permanently bury that kind of stock

Anyone that know if you can? I do know that it's possible with some Opuntia stocks

Christer Johansson · Post by **Christer Johansson** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 8:26 am

OK, I will come back to the first image later, maybe, and show with some pictures what I've done

As I have told befor; I grow all my plants on my windowsill. But I have a lot of plants so I made a shelf

This is how it looks like, well, one of my windows...

(Yes, I know. I need to clean my windows

)

It's about -5C outside and still a lot of snow, but the snow do reflect lights well so it's good for my plants. When it gets dark outside I turn on the light, and If I'm at home I pull down the blinds so I don't get the light in my eyes. Under the lights it's about +24C, so it's nice for the plants

Arzberger · Post by **Arzberger** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:31 am

Nice setup, Christer!

I've made a lot of grafts on Selenicereus (more than 2500) for over 3 years and I have still a few of the oldest grafts, but most of them I had to degraft for rooting, or regraft on harder stocks.
Soon I'll put a dedicated post about these..

Best regards
Alex

Christer Johansson · Post by **Christer Johansson** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:46 am

Arzberger wrote:Nice setup, Christer!
I've made a lot of grafts on Selenicereus (more than 2500) for over 3 years and I have still a few of the oldest grafts, but most of them I had to degraft for rooting, or regraft on harder stocks.
Soon I'll put a dedicated post about these..

Thanks Alex!
It's always nice to hear from you

2500, that's a lot

Still have some grafts to make before I'm up to that amount, I guess. But first I need a green house

I looking forward to the post about your grafts!! I hope there will be some nice pictures

Christer Johansson · Post by **Christer Johansson** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 1:10 pm

I've been taken some close-up pictures for a while and I really like it

One of my primary reason for growing cacti (and some other plats) is that I want to take nice pictures of them. So I try to do that.

This is how it looks like when I take pictures with a black background...

I use both Nikon D70s and Canaon EOS 400D when I take my pictures. In the picture above I use a Canon EF-S 17-85/4-5,6 IS USM lens and I really like that one when I'm out and travel

The model in this scene is a Discocactus zenthneri ssp. araneispinus grafted Oct 02, 2009.

I've been thinking for a long time to start taking some real 1:1 macros, but for that I need another lens. Time will tell if I ever get one

Post by **daiv** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 9:33 pm

Nice to see your setup Christer. Again, it looks like it could be Minnesota beyond that window.

Trying to figure out what the glowing blue thing is on the table.

Christer Johansson · Post by **Christer Johansson** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:07 am

daiv wrote:Nice to see your setup Christer. Again, it looks like it could be Minnesota beyond that window.

Trying to figure out what the glowing blue thing is on the table.

Thanks Daiv

Well, we may have the same climate over here, but it's unusual amount of snow this winter.

The blue glowing thing is a mist fountain that helps to keep up the humidity in the room. It's very dry air this time of the year. Good for cacti but bad for humans

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:07 pm

Great photos, Christer.
You must have a lot of windows!

Post by **daiv** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:16 pm

That's neatest humidifier I've ever seen!

Christer Johansson · Post by **Christer Johansson** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:11 am

Looking at some pictures I took last summer

This is a strange flower, isn't it?

Christer Johansson · Post by **Christer Johansson** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 9:05 am

No guesses??

Well, its a Dorstenia foetida, any way

I will try with cacti next time

iann · Post by **iann** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:06 am

British humidifier design hasn't quite caught up with Sweden yet. All the ones I see are ugly boxes.

Christer Johansson · Post by **Christer Johansson** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:43 am

iann wrote:British humidifier design hasn't quite caught up with Sweden yet. All the ones I see are ugly boxes.

Well, I guess the one I've found isn't a real humidifier, but I use it like one

Some spiny cacti.

Any guess what it is?

My pictures, but not my plants.

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