Less than 3 cm in diameter-go to degrafting with a short stock The rooting of small scion may fail. You can remove the short stock when the scion reached to more than 3 cm in diameter. More than 3 cm in diameter-go to a normal degrafting You can remove the short stock any time in a good season in f...

Aeonium2003 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 6:02 pm I like the second picture. You forgot to give it a hat.

Actually I tried 4 of them but they were too big for the cacti I used. I have a big Astrophytum ornatum, hats were looking cool on it but sunglasses didn't fit.
Maybe I just have to look for a hat especially for my cacti!

Steve-0 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 5:03 pm Just too cool, k.maks! From a desert hike last January. And another shot of my big Fero.latis. I also have a pair of F' grac. coloratus from Miles2Go nursery.

Haha! Pictures from desert just awesome

I never seen F. latis. flowers, thank you for sharing. Like them even more.

Hi, Frank! I got an inspiration from you and grafted a lot of seedlings last year. It was actually a lot of fun. This year I will be facing a need of degrafting some of the seedlings and it make me nervous a little bit to be honest. Do you have a preferred method of degrafting? Do you usually leave ...

I had some fun this summer with Cereus forbesii spiralis and Melocactus pachycanthus. These pictures still make me smile. I hope they make you smile too

That grouping looks great! The Ferocactus latispinus is a favorite of mine. I have a few. This one has yellow orange spines...making me think it's either a variation from F.L. or a cross between FL and FL flavispinus ( which has all yellow spines). I don't know. My others are all red spined. Wow, i...

A_G_R wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 3:31 pmVery nice!

Thank you, Alejandro!

Last year I lost interest in some cacti and decided to plant them in one pot to save some space. These guys seem to like a company and a big pot. They've doubled in size and look prosperous. I even had to change a pot to a much bigger one. Notocactus leninghausii even was in flowers first time. Unfo...

Hanazono wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 7:40 am
Yes rokkotsu means rib bone of chest.
The base form is kikko but rokkotsu has smoother rib form.

Frank

Thank you very much, Frank!

Wow, that's a good start!

G. spegazzinii v cardenasianum f super spines has not only super spines but also super skin color

1st one should be a myriostigma cv hakujo rokkotsu hakujo: white lines on rib tops Number of ribs are 5. It may be mixed some other genes but it is still myriostigma becuse of 5 ribs. Thank you, Frank! I thought that "rokkotsu" stands for white lines on rib tops. So what does the word &qu...

I enjoyed the background of many-many Astros the most

Hanazono wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 8:34 pm From my experience, I can recommend " Sowing old seed which is more than 2 years from seed harvesting". You will get a reasnable result.

Frank

G'morning Frank!
Ha! that was counterintuitive! Thank you for sharing your experience, now it gets even more interesting

Aeonium2003 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 4:42 pm Maybe a mediterranean thing. It only happens in out wet winters.

Could be a high temperature and high humidity area thing