T's seeds 2013

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 3:17 pm

Thanks to many friends and from propagating my own ridiculous collection of pampered plants, I may not have room in the prop box to place an outside order this year, but we shall see...
Here is the first to make a showing...
One day old Dudleya lanceolata from landscape collection plants.

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Here is my list of seeds so far, started Dec 2012.
Fouquieria splendens (ocotillo)
fouquieria macdougalii
fouquieria burragei
Arrojoda dinae
Ariocarpus retusus
Arocarpus agavoides
Astrophytum capricorn x myriostigma hybrid x asterias
Obregonia denegrii
Echinocereus mapimiensis
Echinocereus brandegeei (Cerro colorado BCS).
Mammillaria viridiflora (devils canyon, superior Az).
Mammillaria lenta
Mammillaria solisoides
Escobaria missouriensis
Escobaria emscoteriana
Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus ssp. schwarzii
Turbinicarpus lophophoroides, SB1276 Las Tablas
Geohintonia mexicana x Turbi. alonsoi
Ariocarpus fissuratus x Turbi. alonsoi
Duvalia coreroi
Gasteria armstrongii
Parodia sellowii
Parodia buiningii
Gymnocalycium schickendantzii
Haageocereus sp. x echinopsis subdenudata
Euphorbia schoenlandii
Massonia pustulata
Melocactus azureus
Melocactus matanzanus
Discocactua crystalophyllus
Thelocactus bicolor
Copiapoa tenuissima monstrosa
Cereus spegazinii cristata x Cereus aithops
Sclerocactus uncinatus ssp. wrightii
Echinocactus horizonthalonius
ferocactus cylindraceus (Bright red spines)

gemhunter178 · Post by **gemhunter178** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:22 pm

That's quite a lot of seedlings!

Subverted · Post by **Subverted** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:35 pm

Very impressive germination! Hopefully you do well with these.

promethean_spark · Post by **promethean_spark** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 3:51 am

Dudleya seedlings do the best for me outside (since I'm in their habitat).

BTW, habitat for these guys is on a mossy rock - one of the few C&S where peat may actually be appropriate.

gemhunter178 · Post by **gemhunter178** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 6:17 pm

That's pretty cool, so, they're more rot resistant than some other succulents?

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:40 pm

Thats half a grenhouse in seedlings!

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 2:28 am

gemhunter178 wrote:That's pretty cool, so, they're more rot resistant than some other succulents?

My experience growing dudleya from seed is limited but so far it is just the opposite. Dudleya seedlings damp off readily in high humidity even with microwaved soil and sterilized pots and adult plants rot easily if kept to wet when they are dormant.
I have managed a handful of nice D. britonii and many D. cymosa ssp. pumilla, but only after learning not to leave them in a humid enclosure for to long.
This is my first time growing D. lanceolata, but I have already moved them into the greenhouse and popped off the lid. I will attempt to keep the soil damp and see how they do.

I dont think I have personally seen D. lanceolata or D. pulverulenta growing in moss yet but I believe that they do in other locations. I have seen Cymosa in a few different places and it seems to always be growing in it.

By the way, I still have a few thousand D. lanceolata seed left.

Next to go off is fouquieria splendens.

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32 species so far and it looks like I still have a little bit of room.

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paulzie32 · Post by **paulzie32** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:30 am

Nice Tony! Do you keep them in a Propagator or a windowsil? or in a greenhouse?

iann · Post by **iann** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 2:35 pm

I have grown Dudleya seedlings outdoors in summer, with just a cold frame to protect them from the worst rain, but they are hardy species and probably not the ones you have. I lost some to botrytis this autumn after I brought them into the greenhouse. They might have done better outside despite all the rain.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:22 pm

paulzie32 wrote:Nice Tony! Do you keep them in a Propagator or a windowsil? or in a greenhouse?

They are in a propagator.
This is the second time growing fouquieria splendens from seed. The first time I managed 2 plants out of about ten seeds. I lost a bunch to rot early, I believe because I didnt give them fresh air soon enough. So this time I removed the lid on the container as soon as all of the seeds sprouted. Im going to leave them in the propagator for now and see how the do. Probably going put them out in the greenhouse in a few weeks?
Temps in the prop run between 70f just before the lights go on and 85f when they go off for the day.

Peterthecactusguy · Post by **Peterthecactusguy** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:19 am

Tony if any of those survive let me know. I found some of those out in habitat. Dunno if I can keep them alive but ..

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:29 pm

Peterthecactusguy wrote:Tony if any of those survive let me know. I found some of those out in habitat. Dunno if I can keep them alive but ..

I sure will peter.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:27 pm

Next to sprout are Euphorbia schoenlandii and Duvalia corderoyi
Can you guess which one is which?

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The duvalia corderoyi plants (if they live

) might end up being a hybrid as all three of these were blooming at the same time.
But this plant blooms on and off all summer and sets seed regularly, so wont be sure until I see them blooming.

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The first cactus seedlings to make a showing is an Astrophytum hybrid cross I did two years ago.
A. Capricorn x myriostigma grafted on pereskiopsis, crossed last summer with A. asterias.

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Hope for some super freaks.

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Next is Obregonia denegrii.

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My plan is to leave them sealed in the baggie for as long as possible, at least until april or May.

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Peterthecactusguy · Post by **Peterthecactusguy** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:38 pm

Tony, thanks.

The super freaks sound freaky. I will be curious to see what those look like. I need to start playing with breeding my cacti. I have some Opuntia I can make some freaks with.. O. aurea hybrid X engelmannii makes a red flowering one.

Mitchell101 · Post by **Mitchell101** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:05 pm

Tony wrote:Next to sprout are Euphorbia schoenlandii and Duvalia corderoyi
Can you guess which one is which?

I know the answer but I'll see if other do ;D
I've had my O. variegata set seed before and the seeds are pretty distinctive.

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