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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:48 pm
by iann
I'm glad to see someone else who lets their Obregonia see the sun occasionally.
If you put that Malphora in the ground, then you'll really see rampant! Cuttings are also easier than falling off a log. Of course the experts will tell you that its dormant in summer
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:19 pm
by John C
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:45 pm
by Saguaro123
Lookin' good John!
I wonder what happened to that E. viridiflorous.
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:24 pm
by John C
Saguaro123 wrote:Lookin' good John!
I wonder what happened to that E. viridiflorous.
Thanks!
I'm really stumped on that one. I have no idea.
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:29 am
by hegar
Hello John,
you are right. The Echinocactus horizonthalonius does not give you much warning when it intends to flower. At my place, when I see a little pink on the plant, the cactus will flower that very same day. The blossom opens up at around 9 a.m. and closes at about 3 p.m.. I found, however, that the plant will flower repeatedly.
Harald
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:22 pm
by John C
hegar wrote:Hello John,
you are right. The Echinocactus horizonthalonius does not give you much warning when it intends to flower. At my place, when I see a little pink on the plant, the cactus will flower that very same day. The blossom opens up at around 9 a.m. and closes at about 3 p.m.. I found, however, that the plant will flower repeatedly.
Harald
Wow! That's quick!
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:37 pm
by CelticRose
Nice flower!
How fortunate that the "dead" plant decided to pup for you.
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:17 pm
by daiv
That "rebirth" is what makes it quite hard for me to throw any plant away that isn't 100% done for. It may be ugly for a while, but down the road, you'll be able to grow the good part and be done with the dead part.
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 7:48 pm
by John C
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 8:15 pm
by John C
Everything in the greenhouse is doing great, other than the few cactus that got sunburn before I put up a screen.
My Echinocactus horizonthalonius got a little yellow on one side.
This Gymnocalycium got burnt pretty bad on one side
Aside from those 2 plants everything is looking great!
Lots of new growth!
Lots of nice new purple growth on this one!
My damaged Echinocereus Viridiflorous pup is growing VERY fast!
Theres starting to be some color at the tips too.
The Adenium just loves it in the greenhouse! First it lost most of its leaves then it just starting growing, fast!
Same thing happened with this Euphorbia.
So it seems all of my plants really like it in there!
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:08 pm
by daiv
John,
I'm glad to see that the greenhouse proved a success. It is my favorite kind of work -building something that has a tangible return!
Daiv
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:31 pm
by Saguaro123
Looking great John! Nice to see a lot of new growth!
Did you know that you can eat the Mammillaria fruit? I tried them and they tasted pretty good, even though they aren't filling because of their size
The Echiveria flowers are normal. They will continue to grow until they touch the ground.
Are you sure if your E. horizothalonius isn't varigated?
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:15 pm
by masscactus
Great work John! Nice stuff!
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:23 pm
by John C
Thanks Everyone!
Saguaro123 wrote:
Did you know that you can eat the Mammillaria fruit? I tried them and they tasted pretty good, even though they aren't filling because of their size
The Echiveria flowers are normal. They will continue to grow until they touch the ground.
Are you sure if your E. horizothalonius isn't varigated?
Yes, I did know that it is edible, but I never tried one.
That will be a lot of little flowers!
Yes, When the Echinocactus started to sunburn it REALLY did look like it was variegated. I considered putting it up on ebay
jk But now its more of a brown color than yellow.
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:16 pm
by CoronaCactus
Great stuff, John!
I especially like those Opuntia spines