The Chino Desert Botanical Garden

[Tony]

great looking plants, especially the u. buiningii! did you grow it yourself?

Yes I did, but I cheated... its grafted on pereskiopsis.
It was one of those pots that only a few came up in, and never having grown them before, I grafted one just in case. Im glad I did.
I would ike to find another so I can make my own seed and try, try again.

[Minime8484]

Fantastic plants, Tony! It's a cavalcade of colors!

[Arjen]

Yes I did, but I cheated... its grafted on pereskiopsis

there's no shame in that really, it's not the easiest of cacti, I probably would have done the same
I would degraft it too if it were big enough, then again...

[CoronaCactus]

great looking plants, especially the u. buiningii! did you grow it yourself?

Yes I did, but I cheated... its grafted on pereskiopsis.
It was one of those pots that only a few came up in, and never having grown them before, I grafted one just in case. Im glad I did.
I would ike to find another so I can make my own seed and try, try again.

I might know somebody...

[Mark]

Great seedlings and plants you got there Tony!

[Tony]

Thanks Guys!
Darryl, you can go ahead and put one of those U. buiningii in the "get rid of to tony" pile.

Here's a bunch more new arrivals to the collection.

Dasylirion longissimum

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Echevaria subrigida

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All acquired in a trade, Matucana haynei (back row left), I think the tallest one (back row right) is a matucana as well, a very spiney mate for my Gymnocalycium schickendantzii to make seed, two Parodia sellowii and my son got a peanut.

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Calibanus hookeri.

Calibanus hookeri

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And now for some random spring pics.

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Gymnocalycium bruchii

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Trichodiadema densum

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hand made rock pots

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Mammillaria sphacelata ssp. viperina in decomposing green granite

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Echinocereus viridiflorus v. cannus

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Milo and friend

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Opuntia basilaris is getting ready to put on the best show in six years.

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more to follow....

[Minime8484]

Wow! All spectacular - but that G. bruchii is simply stunning!

[Harriet]

All are cool. Love the newbies, the Calibanus hookeri and Echiveria (?) are at the top of my list, but I wouldn't turn a single one of them down!

I have tried a Dasylirion and somehow killed it. I wonder if it was bad luck or bad environment that did it. I really like those plants and will probably try again.

[hoteidoc]

Sigh.... As I'm watching "won't say die" snow showers coming down! But 24 hrs from now -- we're supposed to have 4 straight days in the 60's We'll see if all or any of that happens! And find out which Cold-Hardies survived 3 months of gray, 30's & precip every 2 or 3 days! Beautiful rock pots, Tony!

[peterb]

Incredibly beautiful stuff, Tony. What is the more columnar Melocactus?

Love the pic of Milo with the herp on his shell.

peterb

[Tony]

Thanks everyone!
Hang in there Peter (hoteidoc) spring will be springing soon.

All are cool. Love the newbies, the Calibanus hookeri and Echiveria (?) are at the top of my list, but I wouldn't turn a single one of them down!

I have tried a Dasylirion and somehow killed it. I wonder if it was bad luck or bad environment that did it. I really like those plants and will probably try again.

I have the echevaria labeled now, it is E. subrigida.
I am told that the Dasy needs good drainage(where have we heared that one before) So I dug out the hole a bit on the large side, mixed up the native soil with pumice and DG and then back filled with that mix, we shall see...

[Tony]

Incredibly beautiful stuff, Tony. What is the more columnar Melocactus?

Love the pic of Milo with the herp on his shell.

peterb

The plant came unlabeled, but Melocactus azureus is the only one I know of that is common and gets this tall, so that is what I believe it is.
My wife took the pic of Milo with the bluebelly hithching a ride, which kind of suprised me. I will tell her you liked it.
After 13 years, I think I am rubbing off on her, slowly but surely.

[Andy_CT]

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Way cool 'rock pots'!!

What kind of bottom is being used on these? Just rocks or is there a piece of slate?

[majcka]

Tony! This cactus with a lizard I like especially.



What kind is it?

[Tony]

Way cool 'rock pots'!!

What kind of bottom is being used on these? Just rocks or is there a piece of slate?

Thanks Andy.
I started out using thin, flat rock of some kind, like sand stone and slate, which work great as a base. But have moved on to using solid surface counter top material like corian. I used to fabricate a lot of counter tops with it (everyone's going with granite now) so I have lots of scraps.
It works really well for me because it is thin, wont crack or fall apart and can be cut and drilled easily, but it might be really hard for anyone not in the business to get.


Majcka, Milo is a california desert tortoise. we got him when he was just a few months old.