Moorten Botanical Garden is still opened
Moorten Botanical Garden is still opened
Being in Palm Springs I visited this garden last month. Lot of plants, hard to judge how many species. Will show you some of the photos I've taken there.
Not many blooms were seen, was too early in the season maybe.
Admission is very affordable, also some plants for sale on tables.
Nursery area in background.
Kind of greenhouse with succulents.
Found also a couple of old topics about this place in the forum but not much photos have left there.
Not many blooms were seen, was too early in the season maybe.
Admission is very affordable, also some plants for sale on tables.
Nursery area in background.
Kind of greenhouse with succulents.
Found also a couple of old topics about this place in the forum but not much photos have left there.
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
Re: Moorten Botanical Garden is still opened
Birds and turtles were an extra view in the garden. Find the nesting birds in next two photos.
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
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Hummingbird? in the second photo.
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Bloomingdale, NJ
45 inches (114 cm) rain equivalent per year, approx. evenly spread per month
2012 USDA Hardiness Zone 6b: -5F to OF (-20C to -18C) min.
Bloomingdale, NJ
45 inches (114 cm) rain equivalent per year, approx. evenly spread per month
2012 USDA Hardiness Zone 6b: -5F to OF (-20C to -18C) min.
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Yes, they were all greenish hummingburds and not all visitors spotted them.
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
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Nice!
I like how the path and the 'beds' are one whole. It gives a more natural feel.
I like how the path and the 'beds' are one whole. It gives a more natural feel.
Location
Antwerp, Belgium
temperate, maritime climate with mild winters and cool summers
hardiness zone 8a
Antwerp, Belgium
temperate, maritime climate with mild winters and cool summers
hardiness zone 8a
Re: Moorten Botanical Garden is still opened
The 8 photo must be opuntia cochenillifera, is it?7george wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 1:43 am Being in Palm Springs I visited this garden last month. Lot of plants, hard to judge how many species. Will show you some of the photos I've taken there.
Not many blooms were seen, was too early in the season maybe.
Admission is very affordable, also some plants for sale on tables.
Nursery area in background.
Kind of greenhouse with succulents.
Found also a couple of old topics about this place in the forum but not much photos have left there.
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I guess so if it is not another Nopalea...The 8 photo must be opuntia cochenillifera, is it?
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
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Somebody knows about Neoporteria cachytaensis?
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
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Those hummingbird nests are so well camouflaged, I could only spot the one in the Opuntia because of the black beak!
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Using your hint I went back and looked again and found it. It was right in front of my eyes, but I never saw it. I was looking at the dark patches thinking they might be cavities and the bird would be inside it.
Jerry Smith
Bloomingdale, NJ
45 inches (114 cm) rain equivalent per year, approx. evenly spread per month
2012 USDA Hardiness Zone 6b: -5F to OF (-20C to -18C) min.
Bloomingdale, NJ
45 inches (114 cm) rain equivalent per year, approx. evenly spread per month
2012 USDA Hardiness Zone 6b: -5F to OF (-20C to -18C) min.
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Some more views of that place.
A Tephrocactus I liked.
A huge old G. saglionis.
These cacti like their big pots.
M. mazatlanensis.
M. formosa.
Acanthocereus growing in all directions.
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°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
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Question on the Leuchtenbergia, if you know- The tubercles on your photo are all green out to the tips. Mine die off at the tips. Am I not giving it enough water? I've been growing my two since 2009 and one even flowered last year. But I'm not happy with them.
Repotted April 2021 so here are bare root plants: Oct 2022:
Repotted April 2021 so here are bare root plants: Oct 2022:
Jerry Smith
Bloomingdale, NJ
45 inches (114 cm) rain equivalent per year, approx. evenly spread per month
2012 USDA Hardiness Zone 6b: -5F to OF (-20C to -18C) min.
Bloomingdale, NJ
45 inches (114 cm) rain equivalent per year, approx. evenly spread per month
2012 USDA Hardiness Zone 6b: -5F to OF (-20C to -18C) min.
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Old tubercles always die but the care matters. That greenhouse is quite shaded, at about 50% or more. Also Leuchtenbergia in culture are in two different varieties that have different body colors and maybe tubercles' longevity.
Fleshy roots store juices in a dry period so aboveground parts can dry out then.
Fleshy roots store juices in a dry period so aboveground parts can dry out then.
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°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
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Hey George, I just saw I posted these same photo's last year in a different post of yours. My apologies. I didn't remember I did it. Still trying to figure out how to grow these plants.
I have begun keeping my plants in the same Eastern exposure my Malagasy Euphorbia get. Full sun until 1 pm, then shade of the house. Plants in an Eastern exposure right up against my house.
I have begun keeping my plants in the same Eastern exposure my Malagasy Euphorbia get. Full sun until 1 pm, then shade of the house. Plants in an Eastern exposure right up against my house.
Jerry Smith
Bloomingdale, NJ
45 inches (114 cm) rain equivalent per year, approx. evenly spread per month
2012 USDA Hardiness Zone 6b: -5F to OF (-20C to -18C) min.
Bloomingdale, NJ
45 inches (114 cm) rain equivalent per year, approx. evenly spread per month
2012 USDA Hardiness Zone 6b: -5F to OF (-20C to -18C) min.