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Mrs.Green wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 6:58 pm Congratulations on landing the job! Love the T. rinconensis spines!

Thanks Mrs. Green, those spines are definitely getting larger with age. Can't wait till it becomes a mature plant. I might purchase another one so it can have a breeding partner.

Going to be my last post of plants here on the balcony for a while. Leaving to Michigan to do my geology field camp tomorrow morning.
Took these pictures in a hurry, about 95% of my collection was captured. Some I simply didn't snap, even though I thought I had.

Sinningia Macropoda potato showing new growth Thelocactus hexaedrophorus were separated. Gymnocalycium cardenasium, I like how every now and then a spine grows in with a hook simply because it doesn't have enough space to fully extend at the apex. Some echinopsis Thelocactus rinconensis Epithelantha pachyrhiza Leuchtenbergia principis Tephrocactus alexanderi Opuntia rufida minima, it's a shame this plant is a mutant and doesn't produce flowers. Copiapoa hypogaeae Astrophytum asterias super kabuto Gymnocalycium vatteri paucispinum Sulcorebutia rauschii Copiapoa tenuissima Aloe ramossissima Pterocactus fischeri Turbinicarpus zaragosae Puna bonniae Ariocarpus schapharostroides Reached the attachment limit for the first time so looks like im going to have to do two posts

Ariocarpus trigonus Ariocarpus fissuratus Turbinicarpus saueri ysabelae Echinofossulocactus multicostatus Turbinicarpus nieblae Dudleya pachyphytum x caespitose purchased at last year's inter city cactus and succulent show, will still be in mich during this years show unfortunately Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus crew Anacampseros crew Haworthia maughaniis, various forms, idk the names, they're all just maughanii to me Conophytum meyeri and Conophytum chauviniae, succesful pollination on these, hopefully the seedpods are still intact when I return Astrophytum caput medusae Turbinicarpus valdezianus Aloe castilloniae That's all folks, can't wait to see how my plants change 6 weeks down the line. Gave my little brother watering instructions, lets hope nothing rots.

Nes.. did you once say you like to grow all your plants hard?
Mike M

mikethecactusguy wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 5:52 pm Nes.. did you once say you like to grow all your plants hard?
Mike M

It's likely that I've said this. All these plants are growing in 90-100% pumice and rarely receive water.
They get direct unfiltered morning sun for about 7 hours, depending on the season

I think your A. trigonus is still young. I can see areoles on top of two new tubercles. My trigonus has no areoles and tubercles are thinner than yours.

nes wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 10:03 pm

Mrs.Green wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 6:58 pm Congratulations on landing the job! Love the T. rinconensis spines!

Thanks Mrs. Green, those spines are definitely getting larger with age. Can't wait till it becomes a mature plant. I might purchase another one so it can have a breeding partner.

Your’e welcome Good idea , getting another one. Have to comment one the spines on the G.cardenasium again.. I do enjoy flowers on cacti of course but the spines, those you can admire every day.

Hanazono wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 1:19 am I think your A. trigonus is still young. I can see areoles on top of two new tubercles. My trigonus has no areoles and tubercles are thinner than yours.

Not sure how old it is but yes it's a small seedling.

Mrs.Green wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 9:04 am
Your’e welcome Good idea , getting another one. Have to comment one the spines on the G.cardenasium again.. I do enjoy flowers on cacti of course but the spines, those you can admire every day.

The gymnocalycium is definitely another one that I want two of so I can start reproducing them. I haven't been able to get this one to flower, but it's still growing regardless.

1/6 weeks of summer field camp finished. 35 more days in Kalamazoo, MI. Just booked my flight home, I can't wait to be back in a desert climate. I miss home so much

Asclepias Syriaca, very common out here Don't know whose Loph fricii grafts these are but my little brother sent me a picture

Hi Nes The last pic, the Loph (?) to the right, have they grafted it upside down? Looks like the roots are on top..

Mrs.Green wrote: ↑Mon Jul 18, 2022 12:30 pm Hi Nes The last pic, the Loph (?) to the right, have they grafted it upside down? Looks like the roots are on top..

It's a butt graft. I've seen people do it with seedlings and larger plants. If you leave a few areoles on it, it should pup out of the areoles. I've also seen pups come out of the roots but I hear it takes a lot longer.

nes wrote: ↑Tue Jul 19, 2022 10:41 am

Mrs.Green wrote: ↑Mon Jul 18, 2022 12:30 pm Hi Nes The last pic, the Loph (?) to the right, have they grafted it upside down? Looks like the roots are on top..

It's a butt graft. I've seen people do it with seedlings and larger plants. If you leave a few areoles on it, it should pup out of the areoles. I've also seen pups come out of the roots but I hear it takes a lot longer.

Thank you Nes After reading your answer I promptly searched for ‘butt graft’ to learn more about this. Well..the pics that came up had nothing to do with cacti.. I still don’t understand the point of doing such a graft? Pups will grow on scions grafted the right way too? To not clutter your blog more, I will make a separate post

nes is alive

A lot of my plants have shriveled away. My new apt in Tucson has a yard but it's entirely shaded by a big tree. When I moved to Tucson I was staying and my boss's guest house, and totaled my vehicle in that time. After a few weeks I just had to move out and get an apt. Got whatever place would take me.
Got stuck in a less than satisfying apartment, mostly because I can't really grow no cacti.
No blooms, no growth, no satisfaction in keeping ticking time bombs. Definitely going to get a better place with a bigger, sunnier yard when my lease is up.

I don't think I can avoid going insane if I don't have cacti to grow.

Here's some cool pictures (i think)

Some sort of Monstrose Ferocactus in Downtown Tucson A snowed on Ferocactus, wislenii maybe? or however you spell it
A little population of Mammillaria grahamii I saw next to a job site in between houses.
And what believe to be Opuntia basillaris seedlings in that same spot with the Mamms
Hope everyone is well,

nes

Great eye for the tiny, wild ones. Good to hear from you.

Bret