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lewis
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Location: Melbourne
Registration date: 2008-05-07
| | Subject: mammillaria luethyi germination Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:29 pm | |
| well here it is:  (sorry about the extremely dodgy pic quality, cam doesn't have macro) mammillaria luethyi @ 2 days old 1/5 aint to bad, rather i am surprised anything germinated at all, given this species' reputation. |
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MichaelCactus
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Number of posts: 293
Location: Bendigo
Registration date: 2008-06-24
| | Subject: Re: mammillaria luethyi germination Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:00 pm | |
| Sorry all i see is dirt.... Only jokeing Lewis, hopefully in a few years, it will be a decent flowering size  |
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parrotsheaven
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Number of posts: 464
Location: Corio. Victoria
Registration date: 2008-05-14
| | Subject: Re: mammillaria luethyi germination Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:46 pm | |
| Good one Lewis  now look after it lol |
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calycium
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Number of posts: 423
Location: Adelaide, SA
Registration date: 2008-04-06
| | Subject: Re: mammillaria luethyi germination Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:59 pm | |
| Very nice Lewis - but 1 out of 5 makes it even pricier. Hope it grows well for you.
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lewis
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Number of posts: 863
Location: Melbourne
Registration date: 2008-05-07
| | Subject: Re: mammillaria luethyi germination Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:12 pm | |
| hmm hopefully a couple more will germinate. Its much better than my predicted 0/5! lol its only been under one week. |
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lewis
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Location: Melbourne
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| | Subject: Re: mammillaria luethyi germination Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:55 pm | |
| well its still around. no new seedlings though, just the one. check out this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauii8/sets/72157602590284285/ look at the dates these photos were taken, its a phenomenal growth rate. a year!
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watertrade
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Location: Canberra
Registration date: 2008-05-16
| | Subject: Re: mammillaria luethyi germination Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:26 pm | |
| | lewis wrote: | well its still around.
check out this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauii8/sets/72157602590284285/
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I thought it was just a standard 'ball' shaped mamm. wow - thats an amazing plant...
once you get some size you could try cutting off and grafting each 'arm' maybe.. ? |
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lewis
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Location: Melbourne
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| | Subject: Re: mammillaria luethyi germination Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:33 pm | |
| | watertrade wrote: |
I thought it was just a standard 'ball' shaped mamm. wow - thats an amazing plant... |
Indeed. In the wild it is a very tiny plant, and it was originally thought to be a Pelecyphora or Turbinicarpus.
| watertrade wrote: | | once you get some size you could try cutting off and grafting each 'arm' maybe.. ? |
The 'arms' are tubercles like those found on any other Mammillaria, just more pronounced than in most.
These can be grafted and will produce offsets but it's probably physically easier to graft the whole plant and regraft the offsets produced. |
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