My cacti + succulents

mutant · Subject: Re: My cacti + succulents Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:47 am

[that yellowing left - its not a variegation after all as I hoped!]

Euphorbia enopla... seems it's fertilised?

melocacti

astro myrio

astro asterias

some echinopsis I don't remember the species

trichocereus wendermanianus I did this from seed, my best grafting result yet

Lachy · Subject: Re: My cacti + succulents Fri Jun 11, 2010 3:08 pm

I love the seedling photos... they all look so cute nestled in there together. Very Happy

What can you tell us about the T. wendermanianus? How old is it, is it still grafted (like a below-ground graft), etc?

That little Echinopsis looks like an arachnacantha to me. They can produce some humungous flowers from tiny plants.

mutant · Subject: Re: My cacti + succulents Mon Jun 14, 2010 9:54 pm

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What can you tell us about the T. wendermanianus? How old is it, is it still grafted (like a below-ground graft), etc?

Sure, this is by far my most successfull graft , I will be posting pics of the ungrafted seedlings that are currently taking off.

seed from US, not further info

this was on a pereskiopsis graft for a year and on its own for a year more or so. So it's more or less at a bit less than 24 months from seed.

As far as I remember, there was a little bit pere stock left, but less than a cm or so. I don't know if some portion of the pere rooted, but I doubt it would made a difference. Anyways, it kept becoming wider and wider after it had formed roots and was repotted. I think it still is getting fatter!

Don't have years of experience behind me, but this is a seriously fatty tricho. And a beautiful one btw. These photos don't do it justice, they don't show a lot of this curvy spines

and yeah, it's e.arachnacantha, thanks for reminding me

Smile

mutant · Subject: Re: My cacti + succulents Mon Jul 12, 2010 4:52 am

the three ones on the left are the seed grown T.wendermanianus. Compare to the two previous pics

Some unnamed mammilaria... maybe you know what it is...

Hamatacanthus

pereskiopsis flowering & some mesembryanthemums flowering

astro myrio nudum

my asterias newcomers flowering

my biggest lopho in mass

portulaca

turbini

newcomers!!!

Navajoa · Subject: Re: My cacti + succulents Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:13 am

Nice plants and photo's. Especially like the Pygmaeocereus, not too many people grow them...

mutant · Subject: Re: My cacti + succulents Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:35 pm

yeah, thanks, I have a thing for lesser known/prized/collectable cacti, and a thing for columnar cacti, so miniature columnars are a fascination of mine, including the Euphorbia enopla family, which are not cacti btw.

I like how you figured out it's a pugmaeocereus, you sure know heaps of stuff about cacti...