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- Wed May 15, 2024 7:12 am
- Forum: Succulent Growing Help
- Topic: Sempervivum transplanting
- Replies: 2
- Views: 76
Re: Sempervivum transplanting
In my experience Sempervivums are almost impossible to kill, so either approach will work. Please note that I've never kept any of the "fancy" cultivars, just the "regular" species. Cultivars might be a bit more sensitive.
- Wed May 15, 2024 7:06 am
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: Uebelmannia Pectinifera - am I doing this right?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 61
Re: Uebelmannia Pectinifera - am I doing this right?
Seedlings look perfectly normal in my opinion. U. pectinifera is a slow growing species.
- Wed May 15, 2024 6:51 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: bifurcate areole
- Replies: 8
- Views: 110
Re: bifurcate areole
Many thanks Nino_G, I was looking far too close to the spiny areole! As a non-specialist, forgive me but I'll think of them as separate areoles when looking for them from now on... So, big question, if I see spiral tubercules=mammaries each with two areoles, the top one having a white furry 'cover'...
- Tue May 14, 2024 7:51 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: bifurcate areole
- Replies: 8
- Views: 110
Re: bifurcate areole
Yes, but they are two parts of the same areole, one part on the tip and other part at the base of the tubercle.
- Tue May 14, 2024 6:56 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: bifurcate areole
- Replies: 8
- Views: 110
Re: bifurcate areole
Bifurcation in this case means that the areoles are split between the tip of the tubercle (from where spines usually grow) and the space between tubercles (from where flowers, and sometimes offsets, appear).
- Tue May 14, 2024 11:58 am
- Forum: Member Blogs
- Topic: Every day new flowers in the greenhouse in Köln
- Replies: 4838
- Views: 3597855
Re: Every day new flowers in the greenhouse in Köln
I love the S. disciformis, P. aselliformis & A. hintonii section
- Tue May 14, 2024 11:54 am
- Forum: Member Blogs
- Topic: toadstar's cactus
- Replies: 116
- Views: 73757
Re: toadstar's cactus
Thamnophis sirtalis, beautiful snake
- Sat May 11, 2024 2:16 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: Some of my seedlings
- Replies: 29
- Views: 48037
Re: Some of my seedlings
Escobaria minima germinated really well (seeds sown on Christmas 2023).
- Fri May 10, 2024 6:12 pm
- Forum: Member Blogs
- Topic: Hana's cacti
- Replies: 2642
- Views: 610620
Re: Hana's cacti
Have you ever checked the roots from time to time? How long after it started rooting? I would like to know that too :D Have all three offsets rooted? Have you tried rooting other Aztekium species Frank? I never heard of anyone successfully rooting A. ritteri (I know many people who tried) or A. val...
- Fri May 10, 2024 6:01 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: Zac's Seedlings 2024
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3838
Re: Zac's Seedlings 2024
Another thought regarding rot-prone species, if anyone has an opinion..... Would the droplets of water on the seedlings from after I mist them be a source of rot? Should I be bottom watering to keep the bodies of the plants dry? Hello Zac, I don't think remaining droplets of water will present any ...
- Tue May 07, 2024 9:37 am
- Forum: Member Blogs
- Topic: Arjen's 2024
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1082
Re: Arjen's 2024
Lovely colours! Rebutia/Sulcorebutia/Aylostera group is my favourite among South-American cacti.
- Tue May 07, 2024 9:34 am
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: Some of my seedlings
- Replies: 29
- Views: 48037
Re: Some of my seedlings
Strombocactus do you grow them enclosed in plastic ? They germinate easy but so small and more difficult than other tiny seed succulents like lithops. Dry out or rot is my experience. Yes, I use the same procedure as for other slow growing species (e.g. Aztekium). Seeds are sown in a sterile condit...
- Mon May 06, 2024 9:15 am
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: Some of my seedlings
- Replies: 29
- Views: 48037
Re: Some of my seedlings
Seedlings of strombocactus disciformis grow very slowly. I sowed many seeds but about 50 seedlings have servived. The photo is some of them, 10~15 mm in diameter. Yes, they're not much faster than Aztekium species. Price is much lower, though (at least in Europe), due to low demand. How old are you...
- Sun May 05, 2024 4:49 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: Some of my seedlings
- Replies: 29
- Views: 48037
Re: Some of my seedlings
Seedlings of S. disciformis, almost two years old. Plants are 3-5mm in diameter.
- Sun May 05, 2024 10:31 am
- Forum: Cacti of the Month
- Topic: Turbinicarpus
- Replies: 52
- Views: 67770
Re: Turbinicarpus
First T. alonsoi flower of the season: