First time flowering for me - Tephrocactus mandragora
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Navajoa Moderator
Number of posts: 501 Location: Australia Registration date: 2009-09-15
Subject: First time flowering for me - Tephrocactus mandragora Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:01 pm
Lucky enough to have this guy still flowering away when I got home from work the other night. First Tephrocactus flower for me I think and not a bad little show either...
Lachy Moderator
Number of posts: 715 Location: Langwarrin Registration date: 2008-04-05
Subject: Re: First time flowering for me - Tephrocactus mandragora Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:46 pm
Oh wow... that's a beauty. This is one of the first Tephros that I got and is still one of my favourites. Admittedly, I still haven't got any blooms from mine. Any tips?
Navajoa Moderator
Number of posts: 501 Location: Australia Registration date: 2009-09-15
Subject: Re: First time flowering for me - Tephrocactus mandragora Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:51 pm
G'Day Lachy,
I suspect lots of light and heat might help as mine is on the top shelf so it gets pretty hot...
cooky173
Number of posts: 46 Location: Brisbane Registration date: 2010-08-02
Subject: Re: First time flowering for me - Tephrocactus mandragora Sun Nov 14, 2010 8:56 pm
I've also heard that early watering can cause buds to abort. By this I mean watering when spring rolls around, rather than when the plant starts looking crinkled.
I haven't experimented with this yet though.
mutant Calm and Collected
Number of posts: 285 Location: Greece Registration date: 2010-01-10
Subject: Re: First time flowering for me - Tephrocactus mandragora Mon Dec 27, 2010 2:04 am
Nice! Haven't yet seen a flower from Tephro
tripsis
Number of posts: 82 Location: Gondwana Registration date: 2009-11-12
Subject: Re: First time flowering for me - Tephrocactus mandragora Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:07 am
Wow, I had no idea Tephro flowers were like that. What a stunning bloom!
First time flowering for me - Tephrocactus mandragora
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