Dustin's 2010 photos

dustin0352 · Post by **dustin0352** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 5:31 pm

Well like most others I am going to start a new 2010 photo page to help keep the general forum space cleaned up. Here I will post all my blooms, new growth, and new additions. Hope all enjoy.

To start off the first actual blooms of 2010. I already posted these but feel I should put them up again as the beauty is amazing.

Can you see it? I barely did while making my greenhouse rounds this morning. Smallest bloom I have seen so far.

And the anticipation of this guy opening is killing me. This will be my first brown colored flower. I will post pics once it opens.

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 5:54 pm

Excellent! It's already early spring in your greenhouse. Looking forward to that Glandulicactus flower.

peterb

Post by **daiv** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:26 pm

It is amazing how many similarities that crassihamatus has to Ferocactus. I think all you'd have to do is take away that groove on the tubercle.

Edit: I hope that comparission doesn't make you crazy Peter! While they are listed here as "Sclerocactus", I won't be moving them to "Ferocactus" any time soon.

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:46 pm

Looking good man!
Love those Glandulicactus, that's a great looking plant.

dustin0352 · Post by **dustin0352** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:30 pm

Daiv I too have thought how close they look to ferocactus. Another thing I have found about them that is different from the Ferocactus (well atleast the ones I own) is that the Ferocactus has flattend spines, while the Sclerocactus spines on this one are round/tubular. That and the groove you mentioned are all the differences I can find.

Post by **daiv** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:34 pm

Dustin,
This is a good illustration of the challenges in cactus taxonomy. ssp crassihamatus at first glance looks more like a young Ferocactus than it does to ssp. wrightii in the same species!

Compare here:

http://www.cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus ... =uncinatus

dustin0352 · Post by **dustin0352** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:39 pm

The seedling photos look identical to my F. latispinus seedlings!! Now I see how hard it can be to correctly name certain cacti with just a photo. CRAZY!

Saguaro123 · Post by **Saguaro123** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 7:45 am

Looks like a great start for the new year!

And I'm amazed that you already have flowers this early!

Christer Johansson · Post by **Christer Johansson** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 9:27 am

That's a very small flower

It will be a nice fero flower, I bet!!

Ralf · Post by **Ralf** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:51 am

The E. micromeris is very pretty, Dustin.
Which species of Turbinicarpus are this? My guess is T. bonatzii.

dustin0352 · Post by **dustin0352** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:42 pm

Well it finaly openend today!! Not fully yet, I guess by tomorrow the stamen will spread out. I will get an overview pic of that when it hapens.

the flower ended up having more of a red tint than I was expecting, but I am definatley not complaining!!

dustin0352 · Post by **dustin0352** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:44 pm

Ralf the Turb was purchased and labled as T. schmiedickeanus ssp. rubriflorus.

Neko Bazu · Post by **Neko Bazu** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:47 pm

That's beautiful!

Post by **daiv** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:17 pm

Stunning flower!

dustin0352 · Post by **dustin0352** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:54 am

Thanks Neko Bazu, and Daiv. The only other thing I could have asked for with this blooms is one on the other plant lol