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Re: Contest 77 : Dicussion and related Pictures
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:15 pm
by daiv
Jens wrote:
I was hoping to keep the topic active by posting things regularly.
Sounds like a good strategy to me!
Re: Contest 77 : Dicussion and related Pictures
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 9:49 pm
by cactushobbyman
Re: Contest 77 : Dicussion and related Pictures
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 7:16 pm
by Jens
They are beautiful aren´t they? Thanks for showing cactushobbyman
Here is another flowering dwarf
- Mammillaria brauneana, Guadalcazar 2012 Mai18-2.jpg (86.38 KiB) Viewed 11386 times
Re: Contest 77 : Dicussion and related Pictures
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:30 pm
by Jens
That looks really well, slighly beneath ground level, Dries. Well grown !
2 more small plants from Taco-Town
- Mammilaria theresae 2012 Juno11.jpg (88.19 KiB) Viewed 11299 times
- Astrophytum asterias 2012 September01-1.jpg (95.07 KiB) Viewed 11299 times
Re: Contest 77 : Dicussion and related Pictures
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:06 am
by majcka
Jens! Is that Astro flower white or really really pale yellow?
Re: Contest 77 : Dicussion and related Pictures
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:27 pm
by Jens
Depends on how you look at it Maja , in fact it is a very light yellow or very yellowish white.
Might be a hybrid - ? I´m not into Astrophytum very much.
Here is another picture of the same plant from a different day
- Astrophytum asterias 2011 Juli09-1.jpg (84.33 KiB) Viewed 11282 times
Re: Contest 77 : Dicussion and related Pictures
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:49 pm
by majcka
Hybrid or not; I like it.
It is a vwry beautiful plant.
Re: Contest 77 : Dicussion and related Pictures
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:10 pm
by GeneS
As I commented on my posted image, this was a really tough choice. My first problem was to look at all the candidates that I love dearly.
Not so simple a task but I was initially sure that is would be here somewhere
- d5846_AltaMexico.jpg (171.76 KiB) Viewed 11273 times
Or surely, in this corner ...
- d5473_Arioville.jpg (163.15 KiB) Viewed 11273 times
Liked this sequence a lot but since Dries selected the same plant, didn't want to duplicate
The view on 9/30/2012
- d5470_A_kot-_0930.jpg (89.36 KiB) Viewed 11273 times
And again, on 10/2/2012 - gota love it!!
- d5487_A_kot-1002.jpg (61.28 KiB) Viewed 11273 times
The final analysis is that this entire group is full of my favorites. The winner changes daily!!
Cheers ... GeneS
Re: Contest 77 : Dicussion and related Pictures
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:15 am
by gemhunter178
Wow! Very nice Arios and other slow-growing plants!
Re: Contest 77 : Dicussion and related Pictures
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:51 pm
by Jens
Such a fine collection Gene! It sure took some time to built it up, didn´t it?
And many of them are flowering out of the usual cycle - some earlier and some later then the usual cactus.
Re: Contest 77 : Dicussion and related Pictures
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 5:50 am
by John C
Great photos so far everyone!
Wow, Gene! That is a GREAT collection you have there!
I think one or two of those plants would qualify for this months contest
Re: Contest 77 : Dicussion and related Pictures
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:56 pm
by K.W.
Good morning dear cacti friends,
hope it is ok that I show a few of my flowering plants of the last two days.
Mammillaria
47436
47438
47439
47411
47416
47461
Turbinicarpus
47437
47441
47444
47446
47450
Stenocactus
47458
Best regards
K.W.
Re: Contest 77 : Dicussion and related Pictures
Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:11 pm
by GeneS
Wow K W ... your place looks as crowded as mine.
Great selection showing many plants that are very happy with your enviornment and culture.
[Jens commented] some are flowering out of their normal cycle
The images I attached cover a period of about 7 months. The A. all flower in Sep-Oct here. It is our hot period after the cool ocean influenced summer mnoths. I would be interested to compare flowering times with you but think that they really won't be that different.
Cheers ... GeneS
Re: Contest 77 : Dicussion and related Pictures
Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:07 pm
by Jens
Great plants K.W.,!
@GeneS : Yes Ariocarpus flower in fall here too but it sometimes isn´t that sunny and /or hot in Oktober and especially November. It depends whereabouts in Europe the cacti are grown.
It makes a difference of several degrees from nort to south if you only look at Gemany.
I always have problems flowering Ariocarpus with the lack of heat in the late season being in the North of Germany.
But sometimes it works out in spite of the low light and temps.
- Ariocarpus retusus 2012 Oktober19-3.jpg (88.98 KiB) Viewed 11222 times
A.kotschoubeyanus usually is no problem though
- Ariocarpus koutschoubyanus v. elephantidens 2011 September29-1.jpg (89.74 KiB) Viewed 11222 times
Re: Contest 77 : Dicussion and related Pictures
Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:10 pm
by Jens
This also is the
last Day for posting in this one (until Midnight Central Standart Time)
- Turbinicarpus lauii, ARS 2012 April28-3.jpg (87.48 KiB) Viewed 11222 times