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Hellonasty Admin

Number of posts: 1248 Location: NSW Registration date: 2008-04-04
 | Subject: Re: A flower of caput-medusae Fri Oct 23, 2009 4:13 pm | |
| Really nice plants you have there Hanzono, I particularly like the first one  I just love astro hybrids.......so many possibilities. _________________ My Cacti Blog, please come visit me.

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lewis avid contributor & moderator
Number of posts: 863 Location: Melbourne Registration date: 2008-05-07
 | Subject: Re: A flower of caput-medusae Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:53 pm | |
| This caput-medusae (ex. crypto) grafted to pereskiopsis flowers slightly orange.  I know it's an old flower and astro flowers often turn darker as they age but it opened this same colour. |
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Hellonasty Admin

Number of posts: 1248 Location: NSW Registration date: 2008-04-04
 | Subject: Re: A flower of caput-medusae Mon Feb 15, 2010 7:01 pm | |
| Thats a cool flower  Quite orange. Mine are noticeably yellow. _________________ My Cacti Blog, please come visit me.

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Hanazono Astromaniac

Number of posts: 387 Location: SA Registration date: 2008-09-14
 | Subject: Re: A flower of caput-medusae Tue Feb 16, 2010 6:29 am | |
| Mine are also yellow color. I collected quite many seeds in this season but I cold not collect from abnormal flowers shown on the photo.  |
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Hellonasty Admin

Number of posts: 1248 Location: NSW Registration date: 2008-04-04
 | Subject: Re: A flower of caput-medusae Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:52 pm | |
| Thats really cool Hanazono, I like the double/crested flowers. Any seed to spare? I'm looking for some. _________________ My Cacti Blog, please come visit me.

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Darren Calm and Collected

Number of posts: 323 Location: adelaide but moving to monbulk Registration date: 2009-09-07
 | Subject: Re: A flower of caput-medusae Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:35 pm | |
| i realy love these plants but am afraid they might be to hard to look after for me  |
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Hellonasty Admin

Number of posts: 1248 Location: NSW Registration date: 2008-04-04
 | Subject: Re: A flower of caput-medusae Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:14 pm | |
| Same as any Astro Darren the problem is the cost of the seeds  _________________ My Cacti Blog, please come visit me.

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Darren Calm and Collected

Number of posts: 323 Location: adelaide but moving to monbulk Registration date: 2009-09-07
 | Subject: Re: A flower of caput-medusae Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:28 pm | |
| what is the reason for the abnormal flowers... i have never seen a double flower like that? and why are you unable to collect seeds from them? i think i am gonna have to get me one of these plants very soon  |
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Hanazono Astromaniac

Number of posts: 387 Location: SA Registration date: 2008-09-14
 | Subject: Re: A flower of caput-medusae Sat Feb 20, 2010 4:45 pm | |
| Darren I do not have any mature plants of own-root caput-medusae but these abnormal flowers are affected by grafting, I think. You can not see on the photo but stigmas of these flowers also are abnormal. You can not expect any fruits from abnormal stigmas. Hanazono |
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Navajoa Moderator

Number of posts: 501 Location: Australia Registration date: 2009-09-15
 | Subject: Re: A flower of caput-medusae Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:28 pm | |
| Yes, Grafting is the Devils work ! These plants are pretty quick without the need for grafting.... I set seed this year on plants 2 and a half years old on their own roots.... |
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Navajoa Moderator

Number of posts: 501 Location: Australia Registration date: 2009-09-15
 | Subject: Re: A flower of caput-medusae Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:42 pm | |
| Flower of a plant on it's own roots...it seems more compact than the grafted ones, and not sure but it looks like it has a single row of petals where your grafts may have two ?  |
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Navajoa Moderator

Number of posts: 501 Location: Australia Registration date: 2009-09-15
 | Subject: Re: A flower of caput-medusae Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:45 pm | |
| And a few months later - Only 25 seed though....  |
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Emma
Number of posts: 28 Location: Brisbane Registration date: 2010-02-17
 | Subject: Re: A flower of caput-medusae Sun Feb 21, 2010 6:52 am | |
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mutant Calm and Collected

Number of posts: 285 Location: Greece Registration date: 2010-01-10
 | Subject: Re: A flower of caput-medusae Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:26 am | |
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