What are you sowing?

[Arjen]

First off, it has been a while since I was active on this forum, quite a number of years actually
However, from time to time I check to see what's going on here
It is my intention to participate a bit more!

Like many plant lovers, for me this is the time of year when I start collecting and ordering seeds, and I am curious to see what everyone will be sowing the coming season
My list is far from complete so far, so expect an update at some point!

Here's what I have so far:

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[Tom in Tucson]

Nice list. On a South American note, I ordered these recently from ADBLPS:

LOBIVIA (Chamaecereus)
9885 luisramirezii (OR) > Padcaya/Artigal/Mecoya/Los Toldos
frontière Bolivie-Argentine [PFJF/16]
613 silvestrii (Chamaecereus, non hybride)

Do you think André's assertion of them being "non hybrid" is possible?

[Arjen]

Honestly? You can never be completely sure of course, but chamaecereus without a field number are a bit of a red flag to me
Simply because these get hybridized so much

That said, the first one does have locality data, so that is a bit comforting

[Jangaudi]

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[Nino_G]

Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subs. andersonii MZ 620
Turbinicarpus graminispinus KPP 1827
Turbinicarpus lophophoroides L 723
Turbinicarpus alonsoi RS 546
Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus ssp. rubriflorus MZ 736
Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus ssp. gracilis SB 273
Turbibicarpus nikolae GCG 1802
Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus "pintares" VM 805
Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subs. schwarzii SB 756
Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subs. schwarzii, Charco Blanco, f. black spines
Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus ssp. flaviflorus VM 1016
Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus ssp. jauernigii MZ 474
Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus VM 223
Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus ssp. sanchez-mejoradae VM 721
Turbinicarpus swobodae HO 16
Tubinicarpus hoferi HO 434
Escobaria minima MC 500
Escobaria hesteri ssp. grata VM 545
Epithelantha micromeris SB 125
Epithelantha bokei SB 416
Ariocarpus fissuratus SB 403
Pediocactus knowltonii SB 304
Echinocereus viridiflorus SB 213
Echinocereus viridiflorus DJF 1288
Echinocereus reichenbachii cv. minor
Reicheocactus famatinensis CH 994
Strombocactus disciformis ssp. esperanzae VM 1065

[Fatich]

23.subteraneus Escondida, NL
24.booleanus Santa Clara de Gonzales, NL
32.zaragozae Cuesta Blanca, NL
38. bonatzii
46.krainzianus v.lausserii
60.rioverdensis MZ 340
70.rosseiflorus
64.schmiedickeanus La Soledad
65.schmiedickeanus v.rubriflorus (ellisae)
79.panarottoi
83.heliae
94.hoferii RS 614
96.pulcherimus
108. kotschoubeyanus v.macdowellii
109.kotschoubeyanus v.elephanthidens
3X 175. egregia
111.strobiliformis
112.asseliformis
113.valdezii
114.knizei
115.disciformis v.jarmilae

2728 Acharagma roseanum ssp galleanense
9948 Epithelantha ilariae
4044 Islaya islayensis
12678 Eriosyce megliolii
2323 Eriosyce esmeraldana
12825 Eriosyce esmeraldana
2304 Eriosyce krausii malleolata
2862 Eriosyce tenebrica
1110 Eriosyce weisseri
2x 4156 Eriosyce occulta
12831 Eriosyce odieri
7581 Mammillaria thomsonii
854 Mammillaria glassii siberiensis
12882 Obregonia denegrii
2600 Turbinicarpus panarottoi

SN2308 Gymnocactus sauerii var. septentrionalis
639 Gymnocalycium berchtii
9553 Gymnocalycium esperanzae
7248 Gymnocalycium ferrarii
SV1941 Gymnocalycium prochazkianum
2236 Gymnocalycium spegazzinii
158 Gymnocalycium spegazzinii
811 Gymnocalycium spegazzinii
1764 Thelocephala duripulpa
1286 Thelocephala esmeraldana
SN1967 Thelocephala fulva
1277 Thelocephala occulta
9102 Thelocephala occulta
2016 Thelocephala odieri

Mammillaria gasseriana TL 508
Mammillaria wohlschlageri WTH 576
Mammillaria roemeri
Mammillaria tepexicensis
Mammillaria lasiacantha WTH 732
Mammillaria stampferi WTH 1208
Mammillaria gasseriana WTH 436
Mammillaria wohlschlageri WTH 719
Mammillaria hernandezii
Mammillaria albicoma WTH 122
Mammillaria stella-de-tacubaya
WTH 543
Mammillaria microthele WTH 355
Mammillaria karwinskiana
Mammillaria lasiacantha - chica
Mammillaria nagliana
Mammillaria rischeri
Mammillaria perezdelarosae andersoniana
Mammillaria heidiae
Mammillaria maleleuca
Mammillaria zephyrantoides
Mammillaria mercadensis
Mammillaria longiflora

[Nino_G]

@ Fatich - I see you are also Tubinicarpus fan

[zpeckler]

Here's what seeds I've been accumulating lately. I plan on sowing them in the spring of 2024 when the weather warms up enough to move my current seedlings outside to make space under my grow lights.

I'm jumping on the Copiapoa cinerea bandwagon in a big way.

...But also continuing my project of growing a selection of difficult Mojave Desert and California natives. Trying to up my cultivation game.

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Wish me luck! Some of these species are pretty intimidating to me.

[keith]

Question what do you do with all the hundreds of cactus you get ? assuming all goes well

[zpeckler]

Question what do you do with all the hundreds of cactus you get ? assuming all goes well

Oh geeze, that's the rub, isn't it...... Well, I've got outside space for a ton of flats for the survivors. Plus with my experience trying to grow a lot of these species my attrition rate has been... "significant." I'm not anticipating either a high germination rate or survival rate with a lot of the Echinocactus or Echinomastus species. E. polycephalus, for example: I sowed about 100 seeds last March, got about 40 to germinate, and have 15 left after 9 months. At the end of the day, if I'm honest I'm still not that experienced at growing from seed so even with easy species my success rates are just "moderate." Seeds are cheap enough that if I sow a ton and end up with only a few specimens I'm cool with that.

As for the survivors, I'll give them away if there's a desire. Some of my friends and family grow cacti, and I have no problem with putting them up for dibs here on the forum or social media once they're old enough to survive being mailed.

[Arjen]

Pretty much the same here, I actually count on not too many seedlings surviving.
Which is fine, because I need three plants for my collection at most usually.
I take my one to two year old seedlings that I don't need to one of the monthly meetings of our local cactus club and give them away.

[Nino_G]

Same here. I buy small batches of seeds (usually 30 seeds/species, or less if the seed is very expensive). If seed is fresh and germinates well (which often isn't the case) out of 30 seeds I will manage to grow up to 5 "premium" specimens of which I keep 2-3 for collection. The rest is usually easy to distribute among collectors.

[ohugal]

Same here. I buy small batches of seeds (usually 30 seeds/species, or less if the seed is very expensive). If seed is fresh and germinates well (which often isn't the case) out of 30 seeds I will manage to grow up to 5 "premium" specimens of which I keep 2-3 for collection. The rest is usually easy to distribute among collectors.

I just read a short scientific journal on germinating Turbinicarpus and apparently T. lophophoroides and pseudopectinatus have a better germination rate when the seeds are +1 year old. All other Turbinicarpus do well when the seeds are fresh.

I'm sowing the following in a heated propagator with artificial light since the start of November:
Cleistocatus smaragdiflorus (Miraflores/Catamarca)
Cleistocatus. wendlandiorum
Echinofossulocactus albatus
Turbinicaropus alonsoi
Rebutia spegaziniana
Pterocactus australis
Pterocactus fischeri “Pinchera”
Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus
Turbinicarpus roseanus
Turbinicarpus subterraneus zaragozae

I order some seeds from ADBLPS which should arrive in January:
Echinocereus poselgeri
Echinofossulocactus vaupelianus
Echinomastus mariposensis
Maihueniopsis mandragora
Peniocereus viperinus
Pterocactus araucanus
Pterocactus megliolii
Puna bonnieae
Setiechinopsis mirabilis
Toumeya papyrancantha

[Nino_G]

I just read a short scientific journal on germinating Turbinicarpus and apparently T. lophophoroides and pseudopectinatus have a better germination rate when the seeds are +1 year old. All other Turbinicarpus do well when the seeds are fresh.

I sowed T. pseudopectinatus and T. lophophoroides (fresh seed collected from my plants this season) 20 days ago. Germination rate is close to 100%.

[ohugal]

I just read a short scientific journal on germinating Turbinicarpus and apparently T. lophophoroides and pseudopectinatus have a better germination rate when the seeds are +1 year old. All other Turbinicarpus do well when the seeds are fresh.

I sowed T. pseudopectinatus and T. lophophoroides (fresh seed collected from my plants this season) 20 days ago. Germination rate is close to 100%.

You sow in a heated propagator and with artificial light? Do you mind sharing some details? I'm pretty new to sowing, but intend to sow Turbinicarpus on a yearly basis.