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by peterb
Sun Feb 22, 2015 5:20 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 6 new Cylindropuntia and a new Opuntia from Baja
Replies: 3
Views: 905

Re: 6 new Cylindropuntia and a new Opuntia from Baja

Yes, Dean, Jon really did thorough work as always on these publications. Some of the field work took 20 years. I have been using some of the names already because I saw them somewhere, maybe prematurely in Ted Anderson's book, not sure. I'm particularly interested in the island endemic cedrosensis, ...
by peterb
Wed Feb 18, 2015 8:27 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 6 new Cylindropuntia and a new Opuntia from Baja
Replies: 3
Views: 905

6 new Cylindropuntia and a new Opuntia from Baja

The latest issue of Madroño has Jon Rebman's publication of 6 new Cylindropuntia taxa (subspecies and species) and a new Opuntia from Baja California. Great stuff! There's also an article in there by Root Gorelick about growing cacti in Ottawa, Canada. :-)

Peter
by peterb
Wed Feb 18, 2015 4:45 am
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: Peter's 2015
Replies: 14
Views: 5448

Re: Peter's 2015

some plants definitely starting to wake up. Spring!
by peterb
Wed Feb 18, 2015 4:40 am
Forum: General
Topic: Cacti in habitat, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
Replies: 6
Views: 1242

Re: Cacti in habitat, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua

Looking great! I have not explored around Juarez much, so it's great to see pictures.

Peter
by peterb
Wed Feb 18, 2015 4:38 am
Forum: Cacti Places
Topic: Baja Trip Winter 2014/2015
Replies: 6
Views: 2290

Re: Baja Trip Winter 2014/2015

Thanks John and Arjen. The place steals my heart every time.

Peter
by peterb
Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:15 pm
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: Peter's 2015
Replies: 14
Views: 5448

Re: Peter's 2015

Echinofossulocactus ochoterenaus always flowers early, nice big flowers.

peterb
by peterb
Tue Feb 10, 2015 4:16 am
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: Peter's 2015
Replies: 14
Views: 5448

Re: Peter's 2015

Hi! Yes, it is just temporary. It faces south, so I know those haboobs are on the way and would make mincemeat out of the flimsy setup. Good idea to use those piers. It's a project for a little later this month.

Peter
by peterb
Mon Feb 09, 2015 7:34 pm
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: Peter's 2015
Replies: 14
Views: 5448

Re: Peter's 2015

I spent the day yesterday grooming and inspecting and repotting and so on. I also built a make shift shade thing, as the plants were starting to get roasted in the climbing sun already. It is really spring here, with yesterday's high of almost 80. The cooler weather burst growers will kick in any ti...
by peterb
Sat Feb 07, 2015 4:32 pm
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: Peter's 2015
Replies: 14
Views: 5448

Re: Peter's 2015

Thanks! It needs a good amount of shade here. Tender epidermis.

peter
by peterb
Sat Feb 07, 2015 3:09 am
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: Peter's 2015
Replies: 14
Views: 5448

Peter's 2015

Hello! I don't think I kept up much with posting pics of plants here last year. I started graduate school and bought a house and I'm helping raise a 6 year old, so I probably won't be very consistent this year either. But I have had two flowering plants already in late Jan/early Feb, growing outside...
by peterb
Sat Feb 07, 2015 3:01 am
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: Minime8484's C&S Collection - 2015
Replies: 118
Views: 17699

Re: Minime8484's C&S Collection - 2015

Looking forward to visiting this thread regularly this year, Tristan!

(too busy to visit you for real. haha)

Peter
by peterb
Mon Feb 02, 2015 8:41 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Understanding Stenocactus
Replies: 9
Views: 1628

Re: Understanding Stenocactus

"Backeberg recognized 32 species, Bravo 21 and David Hunt 8." haha. Good luck with that.

peterb
by peterb
Mon Feb 02, 2015 8:38 pm
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: "Easy" Echinocereus -- what happened?
Replies: 11
Views: 2190

Re: "Easy" Echinocereus -- what happened?

In my experience, Echinocereus root very easily when cross cut sufficiently high on the stem to remove any dead or rotten tissue. Let the cut plant dry for a good long while in dry shade, until you begin to see the bumps of new roots starting on the bottom. It will grow like crazy with a new root sy...
by peterb
Thu Jan 29, 2015 4:53 am
Forum: Cuttings & Offsets
Topic: Saguaro cactus cutting re-rooting, cut to cold??
Replies: 3
Views: 2230

Re: Saguaro cactus cutting re-rooting, cut to cold??

Some saguaro stems will root, but then they don't grow. It's strange but true: Saguaros do not grow from cuttings. I'm not sure why not.

peterb
by peterb
Thu Jan 29, 2015 4:52 am
Forum: Books and References
Topic: New Field Guide to Arizona Cacti and Succulents
Replies: 27
Views: 12492

Re: New Field Guide to Arizona Cacti and Succulents

No, and we were resolved not to publish any new names, relying only on previous good and valid publications. So, definitely for edition 2! I look forward to seeing the info.

peter