Gemhunter from now forward~

[fanaticactus]

Quite spectacular!

[gemhunter178]

Quite spectacular!

Thank you!


Today I have another Lewisia, but no ant this time. It is a fully established outdoor plant though, and has survived at least 2 winters already!


Link: https://flic.kr/p/2g4DTpP

[gemhunter178]

Since I have woken up my plants, here's some new growth on a Frailea buenekeri v. densispina I grew from seed. AH 54 [NG/00]. Sown February 14th, 12015!


Link: https://flic.kr/p/2g5jNmF

[gemhunter178]

Here's a newer plant for me: Pseudorhipsalis ramulosa! The flowers on this thing are tiny and this was a challenge to shoot, but, apart from the location of the flower, this didn't come out too bad!


Link: https://flic.kr/p/2g5UHK2

[gemhunter178]

Last picture for this week is an update on those Turbinicarpus polaskii er...seedlings? (they are like 6 years old now) All have survived this winter and are starting to grow again! (Some split from the first watering though, but they seem OK)


Link: https://flic.kr/p/2g6uUq3

[gemhunter178]

I'm no Hanazono, but here's an Astrophytum asterias v. "V-Type" sown in 12015! (Note that the V-type might not have carried over)


Link: https://flic.kr/p/2g8o43A

[gemhunter178]

Here's a tiny little update on a seedling that was more recently sown - this Gymnocalycium bruchii subsp. pawlovskyi VoS 05-152! They were sown Nov 24th, 12018, which makes them a little over half an year old.


Link: https://flic.kr/p/2g93r2Z

[gemhunter178]

Another picture of an Astrophytum! This one is the oldest and largest asterias in my collection - it's a cv. Red Flower that has yet to be confirmed...
Anyways, it's a ful 7 years old! (sown Valentine's Day, 12012!)


Link: https://flic.kr/p/2g9yiR8

[Hanazono]

I believe a 7 years old asterias has reached to flowering age.
Flowering buds only come out from matured areoles. They are still not so many but I can see them.

I hope flower colour was true red.

[gemhunter178]

I believe a 7 years old asterias has reached to flowering age.
Flowering buds only come out from matured areoles. They are still not so many but I can see them.

I hope flower colour was true red.

Thanks for letting me know and hopefully we'll find out soon!
Anyways, I should probably do the cut tap root technique you do, but I'm always afraid they won't root and I end up killing some 2 year old seedlings. Perhaps I should graft them, but all I have is Opuntia humifusa

[gemhunter178]

Well, anyways, here's another Astrophytum hybrid that has been growing since Feb. 17th, 12015 (4 years old)
Looks to be a myriostigma hybrid of sorts?


Link: https://flic.kr/p/2ga4VAL

[Hanazono]

The Astrophytum on your photo is:
*7 ribs
*No spines
*with flecking over green body

and so I think it is myriostigma v nudum x super kabuto.

[gemhunter178]

The Astrophytum on your photo is:
*7 ribs
*No spines
*with flecking over green body

and so I think it is myriostigma v nudum x super kabuto.

Thanks again, Hanazono! I got these seeds in a mix from Tristan and C+D a while ago, so, apart from some of the more obvious cv Onzuka's, everything's just Astrophytum cultivars to me. I should repot them all soon as they are now crowding each other. I do plan on doing some breeding eventually (when I can get them to bloom)

Anyways, today's picture isn't an Astro, but a batch that was sown a few years after I bought the seeds (whoops!) Here's Matucana ritteri that were sown in Aug. 23rd, 12018! They're a bit small since I had to dry them to kill off some mold and have only begun to start watering them fully again.


Link: https://flic.kr/p/2gaymDv

[gemhunter178]

There is a lot of pollen around where I live, so you'll see them as little specs on this Sedum sp. I have growing outside in the garden!


Link: https://flic.kr/p/2gcenQz

[gemhunter178]

Here's my Parodia/Notocactus schlosseri showing some buds! Hopefully it will have a nice crown of flowers in a few weeks! Yellow specks are pollen clumps.
(or Parodia erubescens)


Link: https://flic.kr/p/2gcLePw