J -Cacti 2011

Jens · Post by **Jens** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 6:45 am

Flowers are not that common any more around here.

Eriosyce_villosa

Thelocactus_bicolor_v_texensis

Coryphantha_pusiliflora

Eriosyce_curvispina_v_mutabilis

Mostly fruit to see now

Eriosyce_spec_aff_atroviridis_aehnl._nigriscoparia

Epithelantha_micromeris_SB125

Jens · Post by **Jens** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 7:06 pm

It is quite a warm and sunny indian summer in Europe.

Turbinicarpus_dickisoniae

Turbinicarpus_krainzianus_v_minimus with odd petals

Turbinicarpus_krainzianus_v_minimus-forest

Turbinicarpus_lausseri

Turbinicarpus_polaskii

Turbinicarpus_roseiflorus_v_albiflorus

Turbinicarpus_roseiflorus

Astrophytum_caput_medusae

Going to be a flower tomorrow?

mostly Neoporteria

Ralf · Post by **Ralf** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 5:52 am

Great show, Jens.

This year we have had indeed a Indian summer. It's great!
Some of mine Ariocarpus show their absolutely first blossoms. It's the perfect weather therefor. $\:D/$

Arjen · Post by **Arjen** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 6:31 am

fantastic flowers jens, this weather's a true blessing!

Jens · Post by **Jens** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 5:19 pm

The winter flowers are on their way

The GH is half ready for the winter too

Alf · Post by **Alf** » Wed Nov 02, 2011 9:55 pm

my compliments on this wonderful collection! what a treat to view these photos. thank you
Alf

Jens · Post by **Jens** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:29 am

Thanks Alf.

Arjen · Post by **Arjen** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:33 am

those flower in winter? does that still mean you keep them dry?

Jens · Post by **Jens** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 2:02 pm

Hello Arjen, up to now I kept them dry in winter. I might try to water one or two older Neoporteria specimen on through the winter since most of them receive winter rainfalls in habitate.
They usually flower in early and late winter and take a break in the darkness of mid winter here in the northern Europe Greenhouse.

I watered some seelings last winter and the villosa loked very healthy and plump but aborted the flower buds in the first attempt to flower in spring. The E. senilis looked fatter than the winter- dry sister but flowered at the same time in spring.

Front row was watered in winter, back row was left dry

iann · Post by **iann** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 2:18 pm

Even if you don't water in the middle of winter, they need water early in the season or they are likely to abort their buds.

I have one still pushing up flowers now. It started in August, then stopped as we had a heatwave in late September, and now is going again after some water during a very mild October.

In fact it is so warm here that a number of cacti are looking very shrivelled, but it is far too late to think about watering most cacti.

Arjen · Post by **Arjen** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:07 am

yes circumstances are similar here, although I did water my parodia's yesterday because I read in various sources they should be watered through winter
a lot of the others are shrivelled..

Jens · Post by **Jens** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 6:02 pm

I wil run a few Neoporteria as wet and dry test candidates through this winter too.
I will try early watering too.

Jens · Post by **Jens** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:44 pm

Some Neoporteria villosa forms are in full flower, some have buds and some neither of the two.
All the plants are left to dry out since the middle of October.

Some Gymno spines
Gymnocalycium_spegazzinii_punilense_JPR951/152 (seedling from Graham Charles)

Arjen · Post by **Arjen** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 6:45 am

very nice!

Jens · Post by **Jens** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 4:34 pm

Thanks!