Very good Elie. Meyer lemon is very popular here and that is what I mostly grow. Agave nectar syrup is mostly used instead of refined sugar to make outstanding lemonade (margaritas too) using the delicious fruit. Recipe: Squeeze one Meyer lemon into a glass containing ice cubes -- top up the glass w...

...... Yes that's why i surrounded my house with jasmine, gardenia, loquats and orange trees. You can smell thr perfume from the end of the block ..... I don’t wish to hijack Wayne’s thread, but here in Southern Arizona it seems several commercial and hobbyist cactus and succulent growers cultivate...

I have fond memories of the spectacular Wisteria flower displays in gardens at the foot hills of Fujiyama (Mt. Fuji) in Japan when I lived there in the early 1960s. The Japanese people have always held Wisteria in high regard and often featured representations of them on a variety of artistic artifa...

I tend to stay away from pilosocereus identification .......... Me too Elie .... especially for seedling or juvenile plants - the plant structure, spination, rib count, indeed the overall aspect of most juvenile Pilosocereus is often so very different from mature plants that attempting to ascribe a...

Stupid cat knocked over the arrojadoa & the top section broke off. Rooted easily, so now I have two! My Augustus woke up long enough to say “Count your blessings Sue - instant and effortless propagation”! BTW, Gus commands my very comfortable typing chair while I have to use a stiff, high back,...

oldcat61 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2018 2:14 am Hi JP - the two you sent me are doing fine. In my office for the winter with the melos. Thanks, Sue

Oh, thanks for telling me that Sue! I am happy they growing well (under your skillful care of course).

I have found that my Uebelmannia pectinifera flourish under the same cultivational parameters that I employ for my Melocactus:

Hello James - If you are lurking out there, this is a wonderful thread! Dave W just sent me to it when I posed several Melocactus questions. Very helpful, thanks for taking the time to put it together! Brazil has such wonderful species of cacti. I only wish they were more available. Thank you so mu...

Visit the following CactIGuide article relating to making your own soil mix: http://www.cactiguide.com/article/?article=article8.php Don’t make life too complicated. I think I have used about every soil mix that has been devised during my growing lifetime -- and I have found all those that were of c...

Hello and thanks for sharing! I love your cacti setting and displays! It seems very practical and efficient! What zone is Tucson Arizona, as I found your note on not growing cacti that need cold overwintering useful .......... Hi Marina. Tucson is in USDA zone 9. ......... But couldn't you leave th...

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http://jp29.org/cultwp.htm

Pompom. I initiated a thread here some time ago at .......... http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33959 ..........titled “Let’s grow some Melocactus” that deals with this subject in exhaustive detail. Please check it out - I believe you will find all of your questions addressed and answe...

Not new for 2016 - but I intend to grow Uebelmannia pectinifera once more in 2018 http://jp29.org/00br274.jpg http://jp29.org/00br277.jpg http://jp29.org/00br279.jpg http://jp29.org/00br281.jpg http://jp29.org/00br282.jpg http://jp29.org/00br283.jpg http://jp29.org/00br284.jpg http://jp29.org/00br28...

I've had better luck with volunteers than I did sowing seeds. I have dozens of A. fissuratus and A. retusus. Mammillaria, Tehlocactus, Turbinicarpus, and Lophocereus seem to do well for me also. I find Loph seedlings all over the place. Certainly the case for me with Melocactus - I harvest literall...

Will be fun to try to figure out the parents this year James! No results before mid-April! I also want to have my chance. . . :mrgreen: Whereby, Melocactus determination, reputable maybe from the tenth year - or not? :wink: See You all in April, best wishes K.W. Just heard that you're visiting in A...