In P. aselliformis , the fruit are, for the most part, barely visible if visible at all. You'll just see a spot between the tubercles where little brown seeds, about 0.5 mm in diameter can be seen. They tumble, one after another, out of a pore in the body of the plant. I remove them with my finest d...

Hello, I have a few Pelecyphora (=Encephalocarpus) strobiliformis plants, but only one is flowering size. This spring I pollinated it, but with Pelecyphora aselliformis pollen. I've just harvested what appears to be normal seed from the cross. Of course, just having seed, doesn't mean they are viabl...

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Hi folks, First time I've been on the group for a long time. Best way to contact me is to email me directly. I don't recall if this list lets me post my email address. I'm busy making Discocactus horstii seedlings. Unfortunately, I get huge attrition rates while they're seedlings. However, once they...

Hey Folks, I was tending our collection at UC Davis, when I found one of our Ferocactus viridescens had lots of old fruit on it. Gauging by the location of the fruit, midway up the plant body, I'm guessing they're years old. But I'll try to germinate the many seed contained. I'm curious--are there r...

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Hey Folks,

I'm repotting some of our plants at our conservatory, and I encountered this really striking columnar. Any guesses as to what it might be?

Hey guys Following the protocol of some of the experienced Astrophytum asterias growers here, I tried trimming the roots on a few batches of seedlings. From my pilot data, the procedure appears to have no beneficial effects. I divided two batches of seedlings into equivalent subsets. I trimmed the r...

We grow them at UCD regularly. No special treatment. They're quite easy.

Never, ever, ever let them dry out.

My Ariocarpus are in mass flowering mode..

Hi,

I've found a few of these tap-rooted specimens coming up in some other pots. Any suggestions?

Vlani is right on correcting your ID.

Your mystery plant is Eriogonum inflatum.

Cheers!

Barry

Nah. I prefer plants on their own roots. I graft plants usually only for emergency purposes (like getting past rot) or propagation. But I'd rather keep a plant on its own roots if possible.

Cheers

Barry

Seeds sown 29 Sept 2013, from Mesa Garden. This IS kind of a tricky one. From an original set of 12 germinations, I now have 5 small plants. For the first few years, the plants are so poorly rooted, it's laughable. On the other hand, perhaps if I had a soil medium superior in some way, they'd have b...

Whoooo hoooooo!!!!

Flowering for the first time!!!! Grown from seed, on their own roots!!!!