Contest 58 : Discussion and related Pictures
- Ralf
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Great images folks. The habitat images of Jordi and Buck are awesome!
Mammillaria sanchez-mejoradae
Echinocereus davisii SB246
Aztekium ritteri
Mammillaria sanchez-mejoradae
Echinocereus davisii SB246
Aztekium ritteri
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- frangipani
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Funny how some stuff I can find easy down here is classed as rare in the "guide", this was a pickup from a bigbox store and I'm sure I can get plenty more of em from the nursery it came from.CoronaCactus wrote:@Snowfella
Looks like you have a Cumulopuntia pentlandi var. rossiana.
Nice clump too!
Sure it's Cumulopuntia pentlandi var. rossiana though? Looks more like Cumulopuntia corotilla according to the photo's on the "guide" and other sites.
Just not sure what I should do with this one, can see it ending up a handfull to repot as it grows so I'm thinking about trying to find a larger shallow bowl for to grow into. Anyone want whatever bits that fall off when I transplant it?
The availability of plants in the trade fluctuates unexpectedly sometimes. A spate of Mammillaria mazatlanensis from Home Depot, for example, or the sudden availability of some strange columnars or Melocactus, etc.
I am surprised any opuntioids at all are available aywhere in Australia!
peterb
I am surprised any opuntioids at all are available aywhere in Australia!
peterb
Zone 9
Same here mate, although it is hard to find the larger growing Opuntia's through nurseries. You can generally just find O. microdasys, O. ruffida, A. subulata and some funky monstrose thing but others can be found with alittle diggin. I bought a pad of what came as labeled as O. cacanapa through ebay some months ago that right now is kicking up a second pad, also got a freebie pad of something unknown with it that also is rooted and growing.
Found a good site the other day that list some of the naturaised and weed classed cactii that grow wild down here.
http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-b ... =Cactaceae
Found a good site the other day that list some of the naturaised and weed classed cactii that grow wild down here.
http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-b ... =Cactaceae
peterb, there's plenty of O. Stricta to be found in Australia :p. Santa Rita, Basilaris, and a few others are also show up on ebay pretty often.
Ultimately, I think its because a determined effort to import seeds of banned species would often be sucessful. I've only had about 20% of my seed packages opened for inspection by quarantine.
Ultimately, I think its because a determined effort to import seeds of banned species would often be sucessful. I've only had about 20% of my seed packages opened for inspection by quarantine.
Jens i think you made a mistake thereJens wrote:Hello you all,
just one more day to post on the miniatures contest...
still a while to go yetDeadline:
for submissions will be Thursday, September 15th at 12 o´clock midnight Central Standard Time
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growing rebutia's with a mix of others.
growing rebutia's with a mix of others.