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Dioscorea
Joined : 25 May 2008
Posts : 3
Location : Sydney, N.S.W.
|  Subject: Re: Does Anyone Grow Caudiciforms  Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:39 pm | |
| Hi
Caudiciform succulents are my main interest.
Unfortunately, they are becoming harder to locate.
There are 2 pages of photos - for some reason page 2 loads first.
Some of mine
Have quite a few more, but my photo and computer skills are poor, so have to rely on my daughter who got tired of assisting.
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Roger The Dog
Joined : 30 Jun 2008
Posts : 42
Location : Kilcoy, QLD
| | Subject: Re: Does Anyone Grow Caudiciforms Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:02 pm | |
| | I just picked up a couple of desert roses. Should they not get any water over winter? |
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parrotsheaven
Joined : 14 May 2008
Posts : 404
Location : Red Cliffs, Victoria
| | Subject: Re: Does Anyone Grow Caudiciforms Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:29 pm | |
| | Dioscorea wrote: | Hi
Caudiciform succulents are my main interest.
Unfortunately, they are becoming harder to locate.
There are 2 pages of photos - for some reason page 2 loads first.
Some of mine
Have quite a few more, but my photo and computer skills are poor, so have to rely on my daughter who got tired of assisting. |
Hi Dioscorea
Welcome the ACF so glad you found your way here. It seems we have outbid each other a few times before.
How right you are that they are hard to locate. Seeds is the only way I can try and get anything I want. Its getting them then hoping like mad that they germinate. I have my heat mat full of differnt things at the moment. Getting into Pelargoniums and tylecodons so I can have something growing in winter. The only trouble is that tylecodons are proving to be very difficult from seeds and no one seems to know the trick to them.
Wow your Gerrardanthus are amazing, I have not found one yet!!! Like so many fat plants I would like to get 
The pots you have your caudiciforms in are great.
Cheers
Betty
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parrotsheaven
Joined : 14 May 2008
Posts : 404
Location : Red Cliffs, Victoria
| | Subject: Re: Does Anyone Grow Caudiciforms Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:31 pm | |
| | Roger The Dog wrote: | | I just picked up a couple of desert roses. Should they not get any water over winter? |
Unless you have them in a heated hothouse no water. They will rot if you do. Let them go dormant and wait until the leaves start to bud before giving water. Also protect them from frost.
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Dioscorea
Joined : 25 May 2008
Posts : 3
Location : Sydney, N.S.W.
| | Subject: Re: Does Anyone Grow Caudiciforms Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:30 pm | |
| Hi
A couple of photos of Cyphlostemma juttae
Bought at auction
A couple of depraved friends pointed out the resemblance to...........  |
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parrotsheaven
Joined : 14 May 2008
Posts : 404
Location : Red Cliffs, Victoria
| | Subject: Re: Does Anyone Grow Caudiciforms Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:10 pm | |
| You have made my day
She is a stunner and to think you want to cut off her legs 
Now all she needs is for her legs to be shaved but don't think the razor would get over the knobbly knees  
How tall is she?
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Dioscorea
Joined : 25 May 2008
Posts : 3
Location : Sydney, N.S.W.
| | Subject: Re: Does Anyone Grow Caudiciforms Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:16 pm | |
| Hi Betty
This one is 30cm from the top of the pot.
I don't really want to amputate but I can never look at it in the same way after the comments I got. I blushed at the rude remarks from a mutual friend.
I do have another much larger with 4 stems, so I can imagine what some would make of that one.
I will post a photo later in the year when it leafs up. |
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Gracie
Joined : 02 May 2008
Posts : 97
Location : Bendigo Victoria
| | Subject: Re: Does Anyone Grow Caudiciforms Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:06 pm | |
| | Fantastic photos! thanks for sharing.makes me want to go searching for some. |
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Vicki
Joined : 23 Jul 2008
Posts : 53
Location : Victoria
| | Subject: Re: Does Anyone Grow Caudiciforms Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:01 am | |
| | I admit to liking these too. I have quite a few pachypodiums, Diascorea elaphantipes and hemicrypta, Fockea edulis and Kedrostis africana. |
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Dioscorea
Joined : 25 May 2008
Posts : 3
Location : Sydney, N.S.W.
| | Subject: Re: Does Anyone Grow Caudiciforms Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:47 pm | |
| Hi
Dioscorea elephantipes would have to be the iconic caudiciform.
A reasonably-sized to large specimen definitely makes a statement that even non-addicted people find fascinating.
In nature it was reputed to grow to a massiver size - 6-7 foot high and 500kg, I believe, but I bet not many plants got to that size. Awesome!
It would be interesting to hear of the largest specimen in Australia.
The largest I have actually seen is growing in a glasshouse in the Hobart Botanic Gardens, but I have heard of a larger one in a garden in Geelong in Victoria.
Fortunately the plant sets a lot of seeds that seem to germinate reasonably well, so not hard to find specimens for sale. |
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parrotsheaven
Joined : 14 May 2008
Posts : 404
Location : Red Cliffs, Victoria
| | Subject: Re: Does Anyone Grow Caudiciforms Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:31 pm | |
| | Vicki wrote: | | I admit to liking these too. I have quite a few pachypodiums, Diascorea elaphantipes and hemicrypta, Fockea edulis and Kedrostis africana. |
Hi Vicki and welcome to the forum 
Would love to see pictures of your plants. Caudiciforms IMO are certainly one of the best plants keep........I am very bias I am afraid
I am chasing a couple of dioscorea elephantipes at the moment that are certainly beautiful
Betty
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calycium
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Joined : 06 Apr 2008
Posts : 357
Location : oz
| | Subject: Re: Does Anyone Grow Caudiciforms Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:05 pm | |
| | Dioscorea elephantipes are wierd and I am very tempted to try and grow from seed. Anyone know how fast they grow? |
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parrotsheaven
Joined : 14 May 2008
Posts : 404
Location : Red Cliffs, Victoria
| | Subject: Re: Does Anyone Grow Caudiciforms Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:11 am | |
| Hi Cal all I can say is verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry slow
I have two year old ones and a golf ball would still have em for breaky 
But I have to bury them as I have just been told and read that to keep them buried does make them grow quicker..............well a little
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watertrade
Joined : 16 May 2008
Posts : 152
Location : Canberra
| | Subject: Re: Does Anyone Grow Caudiciforms Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:56 pm | |
| I thought I've already posted this but it didn't work....
I'm wondering if anyone has any tips on how to start collectiong these plants. is there somewhere you can recomend?
I picked up a tiny one from hamiltons last weekend but then forgot to buy it.. 
cheers |
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parrotsheaven
Joined : 14 May 2008
Posts : 404
Location : Red Cliffs, Victoria
| | Subject: Re: Does Anyone Grow Caudiciforms Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:16 pm | |
| | watertrade wrote: |
I'm wondering if anyone has any tips on how to start collectiong these plants. is there somewhere you can recomend?
I picked up a tiny one from hamiltons last weekend but then forgot to buy it..
cheers |
Curious to know how big was it and how much............. if you don't mind me asking.
WT are you looking for dioscorea or any caudiciform?
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