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by Danilis
Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:40 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Hello all :)
Replies: 21
Views: 5131

If i'm not annoying you and since i got a new photo machine, i'd like to post my Aizoaceae's pictures. It is the moment for their flowers the last plants that flowering this year i guess (excluding Schlumbergera!) Faucaria tubercolosa http://i4.tinypic.com/6bbhs9s.jpg http://i16.tinypic.com/4mvu7fp....
by Danilis
Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:24 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Hello all :)
Replies: 21
Views: 5131

Hey Herald , Thanks for the name, i have already marked it on my "list of desires" :D Hi Stephen , I got almost 150 plants. Thanks to Mughal . It's altready increased today, i bought 11 plants to a dutch stall :!: :lol: I have even bought a book. Lithops, Flowering Stones, Desmond and Naur...
by Danilis
Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:14 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: ID Please
Replies: 4
Views: 1135

Yes it would be Gymnocalycium mihanovichii 'Hibotan' a grafted Gymnocalycium. Usually the plant under the Gymno is a Hylocereus and it doesnt resist in winter with the low temperatures. This is the cause of the high death of this kind of Gymnocalycium :cry:
by Danilis
Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:38 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Hello all :)
Replies: 21
Views: 5131

Thanks again for the warm welcome :D Here are more flowered plants of my own collection. Notocactus arachnitis http://i13.tinypic.com/4ta1irt.jpg Rebutia einstenii http://i7.tinypic.com/4u1ffq9.jpg Notocactus uebelmanianus http://i9.tinypic.com/4kyjib4.jpg Echinocereus pectinatus http://i10.tinypic....
by Danilis
Thu Sep 06, 2007 7:56 am
Forum: General
Topic: Hello all :)
Replies: 21
Views: 5131

Thanks to everyone, it's a pleasure to meet people by all over the world :D I post more photos about my flowers: This is a hibryd Echinopsis, probably near the Echinopsis kermesina, the plant is about 15 cm. In this photo it has 9 flowers. Just a week ago this plant made more than 12 flowers again: ...
by Danilis
Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:45 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Hello all :)
Replies: 21
Views: 5131

Thanks for the compliments :oops: At the moment i'm preparing myself for the autumn. Now here the weather is bad, just 12°C at the moment (but it's night here). I'm even studying to change the soil to the south america cactus with a better one (untill now i always grown the Rebutia, Sulcorebutia, Gy...
by Danilis
Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:31 pm
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: Aphids!
Replies: 13
Views: 4418

Hello Lachy, you can use some contact insecticide. I use Reldan 22 and it is excellent to kill the aphids, acarus and even the cochineal (I bought it for the cochineal really, i have defeated a big invasion on my plants with it). The quality of this insecticide is that it it produces vapors wich att...
by Danilis
Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Hello all :)
Replies: 21
Views: 5131

Hello all :)

Hello there, i have just registered. My name is Daniele and I'm from Italy and I'm 17, I've grown cactus for almost 5 years. Just 2 years ago my interest for cactus plants has increased. At the moment i've got almost 150 plants, I hope I'm gonna increase the collection and grow them fine. I left you...