Hi Everyone,
Thought I would post a photo of my 3 beautiful Ortegocactus macdougallii seedlings. Bought 15 seed from a supplier and sowed them on 10-Jun-2019. Out of the 12 that germinated, only 3 have made it to this stage.
Germination Temperature: 23-26 Deg C
Lighting requirement: ~3000 Lux. Too much light turns them shades of red when they are very young. After about 6 months, I transplanted the 3 remaining seedlings into an inorganic gritty mix and kept them along with the other mature cacti - full sun for about 3-4 hours each day. They seem to be thriving.
I'd be happy to answer any questions you'll might have.
Growing Ortegocactus macdougallii from seed
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Growing Ortegocactus macdougallii from seed
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Re: Growing Ortegocactus macdougallii from seed
Photos with more detail (zoomed in...)
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Re: Growing Ortegocactus macdougallii from seed
They look good! I have some that are about 3 months younger than yours and I have not yet taken them out of the humidity.
Some of mine have also become retarded like your smallest one while others grow much faster like the other two.
Some of mine have also become retarded like your smallest one while others grow much faster like the other two.
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Re: Growing Ortegocactus macdougallii from seed
I was wondering about the smaller one with retarded growth - I tried searching for more articles on this, but couldn't find any.Aloinopsis wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 12:26 pm They look good! I have some that are about 3 months younger than yours and I have not yet taken them out of the humidity.
Some of mine have also become retarded like your smallest one while others grow much faster like the other two.
Also notice its a slightly brighter lime green colour (atypical of Ortegos).
I'm hope its grows larger an I'm hoping its some sort of genetic aberration
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Re: Growing Ortegocactus macdougallii from seed
Thanks for your compliments - are you in a position to post some photos?Aloinopsis wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 12:26 pm They look good! I have some that are about 3 months younger than yours and I have not yet taken them out of the humidity.
Some of mine have also become retarded like your smallest one while others grow much faster like the other two.
Also, I removed them from humidity after about 5 months - not sure if that's what killed off a few more.
I currently have about 12 Aztekium hintoniii and riterrii sitting in a humid container going on close to a 11 months now.
I intend to keep them in that environment for a full 2 years. I feed them a diluted 20-20-20 liquid fert about every 3-4 weeks.
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