Hi everyone, Recently I have been modestly successful in germinating small batches of Pediocactus, Austrocactus and Sclerocactus, not the easiest of species. Seedlings have in common a very large stem connecting root with base plant, as shown on the pictures attached. Most of them seem still in good...

Alright, I have left them as they are, although it seems that rose a bit when crowding the space around it a little more.

Thanks all for your feedback!

Hi everyone, A couple of years ago, I raised an O. Engelmanni from seeds and it formed a nice healthy stem. Since last year, however, new offsets start to form brown and black spots, halting their further growth and eventually resulting in them dying off. The stem remains healthy and shows no signs ...

Thank you for the prompt replies, and for assuring that nothing is wrong. I have given it a bit more shade to check its natural tendency to reach a more brighter spot.

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Hello everyone, A couple of months ago, I noticed that the Turbinicarpus sp. in the picture started to lean very heavily. It is still the case today, however it is growing and flowering a lot. I was wondering if there is something that I can do to prevent the leaning (for instance provide more shade...

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A small update on the second species. Apparently it started flowering, and the flowers are actually quite awesome. Probably this will help identifying it. I'm leaning now more towards an Escobaria sp., maybe Vivipara. Would you agree?

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Bart

Here you go, hope these help. This is the best zoom I can achieve.

Thanks for the feedback. It indeed looks like a curvispinus sp., The spines on Bahiensis don't seem that thick and curved, at least from what I've found on google images. But then again, I presume that the spinification greatly varies within 1 species.

Hi everyone, After the winter period, all my plants seems to have woken up quite well, except for this Tephrocactus who turned black at the top,and seems to bulge out of its skin. I guess this is not normal, and I already removed one cutting, while the other remaining one doesn't seem to be affected...

Hi again, I also have the following two plants which I find very difficult to identify. The first one I would guess is a Mammillaria species (perhaps Petterssonii?) but I'm rally hesitating whether it could be a Coryphantha. It hasn't flowered yet. The second picture I'm clueless, although it looks ...

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I recently obtained the following Melocactus species and I have trouble identifying it. Could you help me out? Thanks

Thanks for the feedback. For the next batch I'll be sure to keep them in a moist atmosphere for at least a year.

Thanks for the reply, and nice pictures! Indeed I have removed the lid a while ago and they seem to have adapted to the less moist atmosphere. I'll continue what I'm doing so far, just wondering if I should put the heating on from time to time, or even permanently. Do you keep them warm or just room...

Hi all, About 6 months ago, I was lucky with a batch of seeds of Aztekium Ritteri and I germinated about 20 of them in two different pots. Now 6 months later, I wonder what to best to make sure they survive the winter and develop as nice plants. THe plan is to have them grown on their own roots. Acc...

I would have expected it also be thicker, but the parent plant looked very healthy with 3-4 m height in an industrial greenhouse. Maybe the central stem was thicker, I couldn'tell. Or maybe it's not a Trichocereus after all.