Panoramic view of scree gardens

MJPapay · Post by **MJPapay** » Sun Nov 18, 2012 11:37 pm

Perhaps you can spot the fellow in the background trying to give the photo a sense of scale.

A panoramic view of my main scree garden area.

The large Agaves in the foreground are A. ovatifolia.

The large green agave to the back right is A. salmiana x protamerica I presume.

Harriet · Post by **Harriet** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 3:28 pm

Nice garden!

Ralf · Post by **Ralf** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:02 pm

WOW, that garden is great.
Have you any close up pics?

majcka · Post by **majcka** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:10 pm

Nice garden.

I think I could make one like that.

Only I have to move my house to another place first.

Joel143 · Post by **Joel143** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:26 pm

Very very nice. And yes....please...close up pics. What are your cactus you have planted?

MJPapay · Post by **MJPapay** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 11:41 pm

Thanks y'all.

I have more than 100 different species and selections of cacti planted out, with a few in pots.

Many of the plants in my garden can be found at my naturefoto.org gallery, to which a link is copied below.

http://naturefoto.org/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=89" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Sorry, that's easier for me than reposting photos.

majcka · Post by **majcka** » Tue Nov 20, 2012 6:15 am

They look quite nice.

hoteidoc · Post by **hoteidoc** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 2:07 am

MJ - You're garden pix always blow me away! BTW, started you're G. bald x gibbos. seeds. So far 5 have come up, but it's only been 3 wks. Good sized & healthy looking!

MJPapay · Post by **MJPapay** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 12:02 pm

Five isn't bad - I only have a few more than that.

My impression is that far fewer seeds germinated than in the original cross. Too, a large percentage died, leaving me with what little I have. The attrition rate is probably my fault - attributable to my inconsistent technique and media. I have killed more cactus seedlings this year than when I didn't know what I was doing (which is to say I still don't know what I'm doing when it comes to raising cacti from seeds).

FRANCKM · Post by **FRANCKM** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 11:31 pm

Impressive plants, mainly confronting with the size of the felow

congrats for your garden Mj

Franck

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 4:07 am

That looks awesome.

MJPapay · Post by **MJPapay** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 12:30 pm

Thanks, Y'all.

Here's one of my cholla beds, the one with the fewest chollas as it happens, but look at the prize in the distance.

MJPapay · Post by **MJPapay** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 12:32 pm

Agave 'Silver Surfer' striated variegation (I found it as a young plant amongst a host of regular ones).

Peterthecactusguy · Post by **Peterthecactusguy** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 6:07 pm

this is an O. fragilis/O. polycantha hybrid.

. I got mine from John P. Weiser

MJPapay · Post by **MJPapay** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:45 pm

That is a photo I took in 2010 of a plant that I got from Ian Barclay some years back - he received it as O. pulchella, but it clearly is not that.

Why are you using my photo of a plant in my collection and showing it to me?

It is a bit confusing.

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