Polaskia chichipe
- CoronaCactus
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Polaskia chichipe
Sorry it took so long Daiv...
Can you please edit them as *CoronaCactus by Darryl*?
thank you
Can you please edit them as *CoronaCactus by Darryl*?
thank you
- echinopsis ed
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- echinopsis ed
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- echinopsis ed
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I'll plant in the ground in the front garden around October after Spring has kicked in.daiv wrote: Nice Ed, I'll bet that is going in the ground, no?
daiv wrote:I wonder how big it will have to get before it flowers. I always like seeing flowers on columnars since most people just can't grow them that big!
This one in my back garden is about 1 foot tall and I'm hoping for a growth spurt next Spring, Summer and Autumn with some flowers in the next couple of years also.
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Funny you should ask Daiv because today before I went to work I checked out the backgarden and two of my blue columnars are now about 6 ft tall as measured against myself who stands at 5'8".daiv wrote:Ed, I had some of the blue columnars in the ground out in CA an they flowered at about 3 feet or so. Have any of yours flowered yet?
No flowers yet but I've been having phenomenal growth rates during the past three Summers. Both specimens were around 4" when planted 3 years ago.
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I can only hope on the flowering experience daiv.daiv wrote:Ok, in my experience they bloomed about Mid-summer, so 6-8 months for yours... ? Hopefully they don't get so excited about growing that they forget about blooming!
I think I'm more excited than the blue columnars after picking up a small 4 pronged specimen also last weekend. That's to go with my other 2 smaller 3 pronged specimens. Will be looking to plant them all in the ground next Spring.
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Early this morning we had lots of rain and in the afternoon, I went and checked out the garden as addicts often do and found that the spines on my polaskia had a glowing white appearance to them.
They are often a dull grey colour with bright red spines on the ends. I suppose the rain gave them a glowing appearance after a nice wash down?
They are often a dull grey colour with bright red spines on the ends. I suppose the rain gave them a glowing appearance after a nice wash down?
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