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Looking for Escobaria vivipara v. vivipara
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2020 8:17 pm
by metsolt
Hello!
I'm looking to sow E. vivipara, specifically the Canadian variety. If anyone has some spare seeds, I am willing to buy them. Please let me know.
Re: Looking for Escobaria vivipara v. vivipara
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 4:43 am
by MikeInOz
SuccSeed has plenty of them
Re: Looking for Escobaria vivipara v. vivipara
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 2:20 pm
by Steve-0
metsolt wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 8:17 pm
Hello!
I'm looking to sow E. vivipara, specifically the Canadian variety. If anyone has some spare seeds, I am willing to buy them. Please let me know.
I have a few plants which bloomed this year. The fruit and seeds are possibly still intact. I will check and let you know.
These are Utah native Escobaria. Cold hardy & hot, dry desert hardy.
Re: Looking for Escobaria vivipara v. vivipara
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 8:40 pm
by metsolt
Yours looks amazing! How old is it?
Re: Looking for Escobaria vivipara v. vivipara
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:02 am
by Steve-0
I wish I could tell its age. Guessing? A very generous range...more than 5 years less than 20. I know, sad, right? I'm new at this hobby, although I have fancied cacti since early childhood . My collection grew from about 4-5 plants for 8 years to nearly 80 just last year.
I will look at others for seed fruit in the morning. This one has 3. I gently pulled and two came out easily though they still show green skin. Might have picked too early.
Re: Looking for Escobaria vivipara v. vivipara
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:24 am
by Steve-0
@ metsolt...pm sent.
Steve
Re: Looking for Escobaria vivipara v. vivipara
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 10:43 am
by metsolt
Steve-0 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:02 am
I wish I could tell its age. Guessing? A very generous range...more than 5 years less than 20. I know, sad, right? I'm new at this hobby, although I have fancied cacti since early childhood . My collection grew from about 4-5 plants for 8 years to nearly 80 just last year.
I will look at others for seed fruit in the morning. This one has 3. I gently pulled and two came out easily though they still show green skin. Might have picked too early.
I must say, that is a very pretty display!
Re: Looking for Escobaria vivipara v. vivipara
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:40 pm
by Steve-0
They were especially pleasing in bloom.
Re: Looking for Escobaria vivipara v. vivipara
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:48 pm
by Steve-0
Another Esco.
Re: Looking for Escobaria vivipara v. vivipara
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 10:34 pm
by tumamoc
Steve-0 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:02 am
I will look at others for seed fruit in the morning. This one has 3. I gently pulled and two came out easily though they still show green skin. Might have picked too early.
Vivipara fruits are green when ripe, then turn a bit more yellow or brown as they dry out. If you can pull it off with little resistance, then you know its ready.
Re: Looking for Escobaria vivipara v. vivipara
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 1:32 am
by Steve-0
tumamoc wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 10:34 pm
Steve-0 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:02 am
I will look at others for seed fruit in the morning. This one has 3. I gently pulled and two came out easily though they still show green skin. Might have picked too early.
Vivipara fruits are green when ripe, then turn a bit more yellow or brown as they dry out. If you can pull it off with little resistance, then you know its ready.
Thanks for that!
I kinda found that out the 'Oops!' way. Tugged on all of them about the same and 4 came free with the light pull. The non fertile dried blooms came loose easily . So I'll be harvesting a few a week as they plump up and come loose easily. Only one was plum brown when picked though they all pretty much bloomed the same weeks in May and were paint brush pollinated.
Re: Looking for Escobaria vivipara v. vivipara
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 5:31 am
by Steve-0
So I have collected 16-17 seed pod fruits and have a few left to harvest in the next couple of weeks .
Re: Looking for Escobaria vivipara v. vivipara
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 2:11 pm
by Steve-0
My hand is normal sized for a 6'2", 175# male human and is in the pic for scale to the Esco. V.
Showing are the 4 jumbo sized fruits to be harvested in a couple of weeks and bound for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The second pic shows 5 of 7 Escos in the raised bed. A couple are out of frame. The others are Opuntia, Pedios and Scleros...all cold hardy natives to my locale.
Re: Looking for Escobaria vivipara v. vivipara
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 7:02 pm
by keith
Nice cactus, I have said it before I don't think shipping wet seed pods in Plastic baggies is a good idea because they can grow mold.
Just my 2 cents.
Re: Looking for Escobaria vivipara v. vivipara
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 11:15 pm
by Steve-0
keith wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 7:02 pm
Nice cactus, I have said it before I don't think shipping wet seed pods in Plastic baggies is a good idea because they can grow mold.
Just my 2 cents.
I realize that also. They will be split open and dried before shipping.