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cactusjack
Number of posts: 12
Location: Australia
Registration date: 2008-04-09
| | Subject: A selection of my Mexican friends Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:53 am | |
|  Aztekium hintonii  Geohintonia mexicana  Pelecyphora aesiliformis  Pelecyphora strobiliformis  Turbinicarpus alonsoi  Strombocactus disciformis  Ariocarpus retusus     Lophophora entroque huizache  Lophophora cardona |
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KanJe
watchman
Number of posts: 393
Location: Melbourne
Registration date: 2008-06-24
| | Subject: Re: A selection of my Mexican friends Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:18 am | |
|  That's a really nice collection cactusjack. I particularly like the Aztekium and the two Pelecyphora. Not to mention the maturity of all the Lophophora there. Great work!! It's obvious all the time and love you have put into your plants. Have you been collecting long or have you bought these plants at an older age? |
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cactusjack
Number of posts: 12
Location: Australia
Registration date: 2008-04-09
| | Subject: Re: A selection of my Mexican friends Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:59 pm | |
| Been collecting for over nearly 9 years, most of the plants you see in these photos were picked up around the place from different growers in different states, the smaller plants in photo 9 are my own seed grown plants, also have plenty more seedlings in the shed.
I am growing the following from seed: Ario's (mainly retusus & agavoides), lophies all species, turbs (mixture of species), pelecyphora (mixture of species), obregonias, mam pectinfera, epithelantha (mixture of species), gymnocactus mandragora and beguinii and astros (mixture of species and cultivars)
Also grow some Euphorbias and couple of dozen tricho's |
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cactusjack
Number of posts: 12
Location: Australia
Registration date: 2008-04-09
| | Subject: Re: A selection of my Mexican friends Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:28 pm | |
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trigonus
Admin & Cactus Fiend
Number of posts: 881
Location: coastal NSW 1°C - 40°C
Registration date: 2008-01-23
| | Subject: Re: A selection of my Mexican friends Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:28 pm | |
| Nice cacti Jack! Some real rarities there. It's not too often you see a Geohintonia mexicana in cultivation in Aus. Must try and get some seeds for that one. How hard are they to cultivate? Those Arios are real nice and those lophies are amazing. That caespitose one is huge, any idea on the age? Also that looks to be a crested loph  is that one you grew from seed?
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lewis
avid contributor & moderator
Number of posts: 863
Location: Melbourne
Registration date: 2008-05-07
| | Subject: Re: A selection of my Mexican friends Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:29 pm | |
| Very impressive selection of extremely well-grown rarities!  i really like the Pelecyphora strobiliformis. That last Lophophora seedling is very interesting, it looks to be either cresting or branching dichotomously..hopefully the former.  TFS |
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KanJe
watchman
Number of posts: 393
Location: Melbourne
Registration date: 2008-06-24
| | Subject: Re: A selection of my Mexican friends Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:07 pm | |
| Very nice.
Can I ask, are you from Melbourne? |
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cactusjack
Number of posts: 12
Location: Australia
Registration date: 2008-04-09
| | Subject: Re: A selection of my Mexican friends Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:04 am | |
| | trigonus wrote: | Nice cacti Jack! Some real rarities there. It's not too often you see a Geohintonia mexicana in cultivation in Aus. Must try and get some seeds for that one. How hard are they to cultivate?
Those Arios are real nice and those lophies are amazing. That caespitose one is huge, any idea on the age?
Also that looks to be a crested loph is that one you grew from seed? |
I have only had this plant for a couple of months, apart from being very very slow I have been told they dont post
any major difficulties in cultivation.
No idea on the caespitosas age, I have had it 7 years, my friend had it for at least 10 years befor I got it.
The last pic is from a batch of 50 or so plants I grew from seed aprox 20mths old now i am hoping for a crest only time will tell. |
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cactusjack
Number of posts: 12
Location: Australia
Registration date: 2008-04-09
| | Subject: Re: A selection of my Mexican friends Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:05 am | |
| | KanJe wrote: | Very nice.
Can I ask, are you from Melbourne? |
Yes from Melbourne. |
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Lachy
Moderator
Number of posts: 715
Location: Langwarrin
Registration date: 2008-04-05
| | Subject: Re: A selection of my Mexican friends Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:33 am | |
| Wow... Those Aztekiums and Geohintonias are great - I haven't seen many of them in collections down this way. The Arios and Lophs are downright drool-worthy. Cheers for the pics! |
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calycium
Moderator
Number of posts: 423
Location: Adelaide, SA
Registration date: 2008-04-06
| | Subject: Re: A selection of my Mexican friends Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:36 pm | |
| Got to be happy with a collection like that cactusjack. Well done. Nice specimens. |
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kundalinirising
Number of posts: 4
Location: Melbourne
Registration date: 2009-02-07
| | Subject: Re: A selection of my Mexican friends Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:23 pm | |
| That Lophophora baby crest...hmmm....I'll give you my house and my wife for that plant! BLOODY AWESOME@! |
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