Arjen's Collection 2013

[hendryterok]

Woooow nice flowers Arjen...and good quality of pictures
Hendry

[Arjen]

thanks hendry

acanthocalycium glaucum P394 250613.JPG (26.7 KiB) Viewed 1467 times

escobaria vivipara 250613.JPG (48.22 KiB) Viewed 1467 times

frailea pumila 250613.JPG (48.05 KiB) Viewed 1467 times

gymnocalicium brachypetalum 250613.JPG (39.86 KiB) Viewed 1467 times

gymnocalicium ragonesei 250613.JPG (30.05 KiB) Viewed 1467 times

lobivia lateritia 250613.JPG (51.85 KiB) Viewed 1467 times

[majcka]

Lovely.

I have one Acanthocalycium glaucum waiting to flower too. Hardly wait.

[fanaticactus]

So the Frailea pumila is an over-eager bloomer, eh? Really nice flowers--all of them!

[Arjen]

thank you

[majcka]

Breatktaking.

[hendryterok]

Very nice Arjen......
Like them all esp. the Echino.....


Hendry

[K.W.]

Good morning Arjen,

weingartia (sulcorebutia) rauschii


what a good looking old plant; great!!!


Best regards

K.W.

[fanaticactus]

After seeing these photos of your Sulcos, I feel I must rebuild that section of my collection. Every single one of them died this past winter. I guess they can't be without water the entire winter. Hope you enjoy the amazing morricalli as much as I enjoyed just looking at mine.

[Arjen]

I keep them dry all winter, so there must be another cause for them dying off
it's a known fact that dry winters are needed for these, otherwise they will etoliate and won't bloom

what were your growing conditions?

[fanaticactus]

I keep them dry all winter, so there must be another cause for them dying off
it's a known fact that dry winters are needed for these, otherwise they will etoliate and won't bloom

what were your growing conditions?

I brought them all inside because of the new GH which had obviously loose fitting joints that let in snow and subfreezing (and occasionally subzero) temperatures. However, they were all inside before most of that awful weather arrived permanently. I had them on the unheated sunporch with no water. Even though it was unheated, I know some ambient warmth drifted in from the living room and adjacent bedroom, so the average temperature there was probably in the low 60s (17C?). It must have been too warm even then for them to be without water. They absolutely dried up. I'm now having a professionally built GH put in--very expensive but solid and air-tight. A small heater should be all that's needed for me to keep the inside temp during the winter no lower than 40-45F (4-7C?).

[Daniel]

Looking good Arjen!

[Arjen]

thanks daniel

fanaticactus, they will probably do a lot better under those circumstances, make sure they are dry!

[Arjen]

echinopsis oxygona 060713.jpg (58.38 KiB) Viewed 1381 times

gymnocalicium calochlorum var. proliferum LB979 060713.JPG (48.2 KiB) Viewed 1381 times

gymnocalicium riojense 060713.jpg (41.88 KiB) Viewed 1381 times

lobivia arachnacantha var. densispina 060713.JPG (57.93 KiB) Viewed 1381 times

lobivia pugionacantha var. salitrensis JK418 060713.JPG (47.67 KiB) Viewed 1381 times

lobivia schieliana var. longispina 060713.JPG (80.71 KiB) Viewed 1381 times

lobivia tiegeliana JK468 060713.JPG (43.68 KiB) Viewed 1381 times

[gemhunter178]

Very nice, showy, flowers-big compared to the plant!