Obregonia denegrii..

lewis · Subject: Obregonia denegrii.. Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:29 pm

Obregonia denegrii in flower:

(images are clickables)
Enjoy.

KanJe · Subject: Re: Obregonia denegrii.. Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:36 pm

It's really nice. Looks nice and healthy too Lewis.

Do you have many of these?

How do find growing them?

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trigonus · Subject: Re: Obregonia denegrii.. Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:52 pm

Nice plant lewis. Looks healthy too. This Genus has always fascinated me. Though I only have one very small specimen and some small seedlings Wink

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Kada · Subject: Re: Obregonia denegrii.. Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:28 pm

thats great Smile

obregonias are a favourite here as well....lovely plants

Hellonasty · Subject: Re: Obregonia denegrii.. Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:29 pm

Great plant lewis. Mine are still seedlings, can't wait till they mature Smile

Lachy · Subject: Re: Obregonia denegrii.. Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:27 pm

Awesome little plant you have there, mate. Any idea how old it it is?

lewis · Subject: Re: Obregonia denegrii.. Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:04 am

KanJe: this is my only flowering size specimen.
they appear to be fairly easy to grow, just slow. sort of like Lophophoras in that aspect. even the flowers are similar to lophs. also they need SHADE. put them in the sun and they will burn to a crisp! aim for a greenish colour, see mine is pretty brown and that is even under 50% shade cloth. they grow in the shade in the wild.

Trig: thanks, the seeds of this you sent me have germinated and are coming along nicely. Smile

Kada: agreed, lovely plants.

HN: graft!

Lachy: i guess approx 5-6 years. i've only had it a year or so. its been grown hard.
This is probably its first ever flower.

Hellonasty · Subject: Re: Obregonia denegrii.. Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:09 pm

lewis wrote:

HN: graft!

I would but I have way too many little Astro's just waiting to be grafted !!! Ok you twisted my arm, I will put a stock aside and graft one.

Anyone know what stocks they like ? I think I will use Selenicereus ?

KanJe · Subject: Re: Obregonia denegrii.. Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:15 pm

Hellonasty wrote:

Anyone know what stocks they like ? I think I will use Selenicereus ?

I haven't seen many grafts done with this species but I have seen a peri graft with multiple scions that did really well.
I think there might be an image of this plant from the last Melbourne cacti show that's been previously posted.
Here is the link if you cant find it.

Obregonia graft

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Hellonasty · Subject: Re: Obregonia denegrii.. Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:38 pm

Hey KanJe nice plant ! Is that a multi graft or a large plant with several heads ?

KanJe · Subject: Re: Obregonia denegrii.. Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:10 pm

I'm not 100% but I would guess that it's multiple offsets from the one scion.

I can get back to you about it if you want.

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Hanazono · Subject: Re: Obregonia denegrii.. Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:28 am

My Obregonia denegrii f San vincente in flower yesterday.
I sowed seeds on 28/09/05 and grafted several seedlings. The photo is one of grafted plants.
Own-root seedlings are growing slowly. I still have around 30 seedlings sown same time but they are very small.
I have tried to get seeds and crossed many times but I have not got any seeds yet.

Lachy · Subject: Re: Obregonia denegrii.. Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:51 am

That is fantastic.

KanJe · Subject: Re: Obregonia denegrii.. Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:23 am

That's a very sexy plant Hanazono.
I want to get into grafting these as well.

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Kada · Subject: Re: Obregonia denegrii.. Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:35 am

What a beaut hanazono!

HN, sure took a lot to twist your arm lol!!! most stocks do well....not much different than other cacti....not as fast as most though.