Hi!!

Does anyone have astrophytum hybrid seeds or plants for sale?
Also after a Lophocereus shotti montrose or totem pole cactus.

thanks

astroboy

Hi and welcome Astroboy

I have some spare Astro hybrid seeds to trade if interested. Some aren't properly labeled as I am a bit slack regarding labeling, but they should be fairly interesting. All hybridised by myself and fairly fresh, some more than others.

Let me know if interested.

Oi, Trig...

Jumping on the thread - If you have any spare, i'd be up for them... Have some ario fiss and or loph w var hipolito seeds for trade...

Hi trigonus!!

I'd like to trade some seeds with you. here is some of the seeds i have in stock at the moment:

Mammillaria mix(seed)
Copiapoa esmeraldana.(seed)
Echinocactus texensis.(seed)
Atrophytum asterias(seedlings)
Trichnocereus panchoi(seedling)
trichnocereus spachinus x huasha (seeds)

Other Plants:

Chorisia Speciosa(seeds, seedlings)
Mimosa Pudica(Seeds, plants)
mimosa hostilis(jurema).(seeds)

Let me know if you are interested in any of these seeds, if not im happy to pay u cash for them.

thank you

Astroboy

I should have enough for a couple of trades with both of you. That's a good list Astroboy. I will PM both of you about trades soon.

Cheers.

yeehah..

Cheers, trig...

Hi Kanje!!

You are right, it is most likely That you may need a female and male plant for the flower to produce seeds. You can also use an specimen that belongs to the same family.
I got the next article from the Cultivar website, its a russian magazine dedicated to cacti only.
Most of cacti to set full value seeds demand cross-pollination by the pollen of another plant belonging to the same species. Unfortunately, even if you have another plant it may not bloom or they bloom in turn. There is a method to "cheat" the nature and get germinating seeds.
A thick transparent nectar that secretes in spring above areoles of Hamatocactus setispinus, Coryphantha clava and some other species of Ferocactus will help us. I dip a sharpened match into the nectar, apply it onto the pistil of the flower that should be pollinated and then, in 2-3 minutes, apply the pollen of the same plant. In most cases the fruit is set and it gives full value seeds. (№ 2 - 1985).

Cheers

Astroboy

If anyone is interested in checking out this website here is the address:
It has a lot of info so i would reccomend.

http://www.lapshin.org/cultivar/index-e.htm
e-Magazine about exotic forms of Cactaceae

Wow, thanks heaps Astro, another great source of knowledge and temptations!
issue 41 exhibition of Moscow cactilovers photo's are awesome, some sexy sexy plants indeed

Cheers!
-A

Hi Astroboy!

Quote:

Also after a Lophocereus shotti montrose or totem pole cactus.

L.schottii monstrose is rare but well worth the search. its super cool, extremely bizzare and my favourite columnar cactus. They are slow growing and tend to be passed from private grower to private grower rather than offered for sale commercially. It is fairly easy to grow but scale love the things.

its easy to see why these are so highly sort after and popular:
http://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/LOPHOCEREUS/Lophocereus_schotii/Lophocereus_schotii_mostruosus/lophocereus_schotti_mostruosa.htm

'CULTIVAR' is indeed an awesome site and very informative.

Hi Lewis!!

I was looking for quite a while for one of this cactus. I can get them from overseas but they wont make it past customs, since they are in the list of prohibited imports. Anyway, I was buying a few seeds from Vlado from arizona cactus here in melbourne. And told him I was after one monstrose cactus and luckely he hooked me up with Llayal from The Lara nursery who had one for sale and managed to pick it up for $150 for an 18 inch height specimen.
I may try to graft it on to a T. peruvianus maybe I can get it to grow much faster.

Thanks for the info, lewis

Astro

Astroboy,
intersting propogation advice.

Nice link to the Lophocereus too - never seen one