Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
Re: Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
That Weingartia with a first bud did a precious bloom:
My guess is for Weingartia tarabucoensis – a separate taxon according last researches. It's a gift without a name.
Weingartia rauschii – also considered a species now.
Not an easy bloomer. Second flower only since I have it.
More blooms followed in May:
Lobivia famatimensis (Reicheocactus pseudoreicheanus) did 2 at once.
G. neuhuberi.
Also took outside quite early many pots and these Opuntia been held soil-less indoors ~ 6 months.
It's a drought here in this spring as you can see on photos. Also quite often smoky, hopefully not for the whole summer that can terminate further blooms of my cacti.
Not all blooms are fruitless.
My guess is for Weingartia tarabucoensis – a separate taxon according last researches. It's a gift without a name.
Weingartia rauschii – also considered a species now.
Not an easy bloomer. Second flower only since I have it.
More blooms followed in May:
Lobivia famatimensis (Reicheocactus pseudoreicheanus) did 2 at once.
G. neuhuberi.
Also took outside quite early many pots and these Opuntia been held soil-less indoors ~ 6 months.
It's a drought here in this spring as you can see on photos. Also quite often smoky, hopefully not for the whole summer that can terminate further blooms of my cacti.
Not all blooms are fruitless.
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
Re: Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
is that foil on the window side of the pots to keep the pots from getting too hot ?
Re: Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
Yes, Keith: just for this reason, esp. for black pots placed on west or southern window or outdoors under direct sun. At 1025 m a.s.l. in clear sunny days the whole pot overheats.
Cacti and mosses can coexist obviously. O. fragilis here is awake.
Not all outdoor planting (potted and grounded) survived last mean winter but those remaining are growing already.
This Notocactus bloomed on north-facing windowsill with some early morning & evening direct sunshine. But against white wall of the next house.
And others from these days:
Aylostera spp.
M. bocasana.
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
- jerrytheplater
- Posts: 1165
- Joined: Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:38 pm
- Location: Bloomingdale, NJ (USDA Zone 6b)
- Contact:
Re: Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
It took a while before I knew what "1025 m a.s.l." meant. 1025 meters above sea level. I was going to ask when it hit me.
I'd have to say, 200 m a.s.l.!!
Jerry Smith
Bloomingdale, NJ
45 inches (114 cm) rain equivalent per year, approx. evenly spread per month
2012 USDA Hardiness Zone 6b: -5F to OF (-20C to -18C) min.
Bloomingdale, NJ
45 inches (114 cm) rain equivalent per year, approx. evenly spread per month
2012 USDA Hardiness Zone 6b: -5F to OF (-20C to -18C) min.
Re: Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
Well, we live on a mountain plateau kind of. There from comes the choice of my plants, one way or another.
Notocactus turecekianus -- first ever bloom, ~ 6 years from seed, about 4.5 cm in diameter.
Flowers opens up at about 3 pm even the pot is situated on SE windowsill.
That flower got bigger next day.
Notocactus turecekianus -- first ever bloom, ~ 6 years from seed, about 4.5 cm in diameter.
Flowers opens up at about 3 pm even the pot is situated on SE windowsill.
That flower got bigger next day.
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
Re: Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
Still from May.
Spot the flower bud!
Seedlings Aylostera muscula recoverng from mites infestation.
And more flowers.
... and June 3rd - 4th.
At about 3 pm.
Spot the flower bud!
Seedlings Aylostera muscula recoverng from mites infestation.
And more flowers.
... and June 3rd - 4th.
At about 3 pm.
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
Re: Days of my cacti's lives - in pictures
Little crowded? No, this is the way!
And this is the shelter & nursery for dropped pads. Many not only rooted but also produced segments above at the same season that is a little miracle for our climate. Changing though.
More recent blooms.
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
Re: Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
7george wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 10:50 pmYes, Keith: just for this reason, esp. for black pots placed on west or southern window or outdoors under direct sun. At 1025 m a.s.l. in clear sunny days the whole pot overheats.
Cacti and mosses can coexist obviously. O. fragilis here is awake.
Not all outdoor planting (potted and grounded) survived last mean winter but those remaining are growing already.
This Notocactus bloomed on north-facing windowsill with some early morning & evening direct sunshine. But against white wall of the next house.
And others from these days:
Aylostera spp.
M. bocasana.
Thanks for sharing! Encouraging to see flowers on other folks windowsill cacti ( if I don’t remember wrong, you keep most of your collection indoors?) Picture six in this post, is it a Mammillaria carmenae I see to the left?
Re: Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
Thanks! You remember all correct. That is one my M. carmenae in that row.Thanks for sharing! Encouraging to see flowers on other folks windowsill cacti ( if I don’t remember wrong, you keep most of your collection indoors?) Picture six in this post, is it a Mammillaria carmenae I see to the left?
Just 2 bloomers among winter-hardy cacti so far, that is the total I think.
O. fragilis.
O. polyacantha.
Indoor plants continue to bloom somehow.
T. bicolor & M. boolii.
T. swobodae.
Here just buttons so far: Mamm. grahamii.
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
-
- Posts: 6
- Joined: Sat Jun 10, 2023 2:20 am
Re: Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
And to wrap up June: first flowers of M. grahamii, my seedling.
First my frailea (F. castanea) that produced a real flower.
Others are fruiting directly so far.
Last one is from July 1st.
First my frailea (F. castanea) that produced a real flower.
Others are fruiting directly so far.
Last one is from July 1st.
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
Re: Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
Gorgeous white flowers on that G. eurypleurum!
- jerrytheplater
- Posts: 1165
- Joined: Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:38 pm
- Location: Bloomingdale, NJ (USDA Zone 6b)
- Contact:
Re: Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
How old is the M. grahamii?
Jerry Smith
Bloomingdale, NJ
45 inches (114 cm) rain equivalent per year, approx. evenly spread per month
2012 USDA Hardiness Zone 6b: -5F to OF (-20C to -18C) min.
Bloomingdale, NJ
45 inches (114 cm) rain equivalent per year, approx. evenly spread per month
2012 USDA Hardiness Zone 6b: -5F to OF (-20C to -18C) min.
Re: Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
Somewhere 6 - 8 years from seed. Don't have a record about sowing.
Yeah, but pinkish outside:
Still are opened today. Get it last year in a local Walmart.
It's a rainy season in Calgary.
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
Re: Days of my cacti lives - in pictures
7george
First my frailea (F. castanea) that produced a real flower.
Thanks for the photo!
Never saw a flower on my plants - only fruit capsules with seeds. . .
Best wishes,
K.W.
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.