Leuchtenbergia principis seedlings . . .

Cereusly · Post by **Cereusly** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:50 pm

I found these Leuchtenbergia principis seedlings growing yesterday at the base of the mother plant from seeds that fell into the pot last fall while collecting seed pods.

Tony
Leuchtenbergia principis with seedlings 7-25-2010

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 5:20 pm

gotta love the volunteers.

PapaBearJay · Post by **PapaBearJay** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 5:51 pm

That's awesome Tony, looks like the little guys snuck past you for some time.

Like ninjas almost.

Cereusly · Post by **Cereusly** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 9:10 pm

Josh, they have . . . I only noticed them yesterday. Tony

Peterthecactusguy · Post by **Peterthecactusguy** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:20 pm

Tony,
hahaha. I wish that would happen with my saguaros but I dont know if it ever will or not!

Cereusly · Post by **Cereusly** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 2:02 am

PTCG, If you can get a ripe Saguaro fruit, you can make this happen. You could have a Saguaro Stand in front of your house and sell baby Saguaros to tourists passing buy.

Tony

Peterthecactusguy · Post by **Peterthecactusguy** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:00 am

I actually have several of them. I actually got some seeds already. And yeah I probably could sell them to the tourists.

Black Canyon City Botanical Gardens?

masscactus · Post by **masscactus** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 2:05 pm

Very cool Cereusly! I am letting fruits go this year, maybe I will see some seedlings next year as well?

Post by **daiv** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 2:57 pm

It's amazing at how easy it is to raise from seed when you don't even know the seedlings exist!

PapaBearJay · Post by **PapaBearJay** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:09 am

So true Daiv. I can't wait for my MG order to get here now....

I'm becoming very impatient and it's only been two hours since I ordered!

-PBJ

TimN · Post by **TimN** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:13 am

Awesome! I think it's great when they seed the pot and grow extras!

Congrats!

Post by **daiv** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:10 pm

PapaBearJay wrote: I'm becoming very impatient and it's only been two hours since I ordered!

Yes, well fill the time preparing your seed growing chamber and getting the soil ready, etc. Then once you sow the seeds, you'll really go nuts waiting. Cactus seeds are s - l - 0 - w!

Daiv

Bill in SC · Post by **Bill in SC** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 1:25 pm

Awesome!
Bill in SC

DannabisAx · Post by **DannabisAx** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 2:21 am

Gorgeous seedlings Tony!! What luck!

daiv wrote:Cactus seeds are s - l - 0 - w!

I wonder if there are certain species that sort of hold 'records' for slow germination..

I'm crossing my fingers that Trichocereus chiloensis will germinate for me.

I feel I've had a lot of luck so far.
..As soon as I have a camera that isn't blurrier than a blizzard, I'll share some of it.

PapaBearJay · Post by **PapaBearJay** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:20 am

Sounds awesome Dannabis, it'd be awesome to see them, I still can't wait to get my seeds from MG and get my own started.