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by C And D
Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:39 pm
Forum: Clubs and Events
Topic: New Orange County CSS Show and Sale
Replies: 20
Views: 27022

Re: New Orange County CSS Show and Sale

2024 Orange County Cactus and Succulent Society Spring Sale

Anaheim United Methodist Church
1000 S. State College Blvd.
Anaheim, CA

Friday March 22, 12-6 pm
Sat. March 23, 9am-4 pm

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by C And D
Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:51 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Updated seed lists
Replies: 486
Views: 336147

Re: Updated seed lists

C and D Plants sell seed
Check out our Seed List
https://www.canddplants.com/seed-list/

We usually update every couple months, but the seed list is usually up to date.

U.S. orders only.
Only accept checks or money orders.
by C And D
Sun Feb 18, 2024 4:56 pm
Forum: General-Succulents
Topic: When to repot Lithops
Replies: 4
Views: 424

Re: When to repot Lithops

I would just rip them apart dry and clean off the roots best you can leave the main root intact I then like to let the plants rest unrooted a couple days or a week for the wounds to heal then pot up with new soil then wait a couple months before watering, since it's still Winter Lithops can take nor...
by C And D
Sat Feb 17, 2024 1:05 am
Forum: Succulent Identification
Topic: Huernia Pillansii?
Replies: 1
Views: 311

Re: Huernia Pillansii?

Beautiful plant
Yes, it looks like Huernia pillansii
by C And D
Sat Feb 17, 2024 1:03 am
Forum: Succulent Identification
Topic: Lithops
Replies: 4
Views: 408

Re: Lithops

The 2 brown middle ones are L. aucampiae
the brown on the right is L. hookeri
Bottom, L. karasmontana bella

and the top ones look like one of the many green forms of L. lesliei
by C And D
Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:53 am
Forum: General-Succulents
Topic: C and D's Succulents
Replies: 875
Views: 415652

Re: C and D's Succulents

The genus of Argyroderma are a baffling group They all have very distinctive cup flowers But there are so many different forms, from small clusters to fat singles Species names are hard to confirm, so many go as Argyoderma sp. They don't always flower, and the flowering season for me is from Sept to...
by C And D
Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:18 am
Forum: General
Topic: Cacti we've lost
Replies: 61
Views: 40054

Re: Cacti we've lost

"I've lost so many, I don't want to talk about it" One thing good about growing plants, if you kill one, it's not the end of the world not like losing a pet dog, or even a lizard but you don't want a 1000 dogs, one dog is all you need More plants can be grown in time Here are my top 2 plan...
by C And D
Tue Jan 23, 2024 12:13 am
Forum: General
Topic: A Blooming Thread
Replies: 419
Views: 220985

Re: A Blooming Thread

Perfect description of the plant
Thanks

This M. pectinifera was one of my favorite plants for many years
it rotted right after I transplanted into the pot shown in this photo
winter transplant-not recommended..
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by C And D
Mon Jan 22, 2024 1:13 am
Forum: General-Succulents
Topic: C and D's Succulents
Replies: 875
Views: 415652

Re: C and D's Succulents

Early Winter Flowers New phone camera Lithops optica Rubra thumbnail_IMG_0591.jpg I post photos of this every year, so many flowers Gibbaeum dispar thumbnail_IMG_0595.jpg Jensenobrotrya lossowiana thumbnail_IMG_0598.jpg Weird fungus growth on these Albuca unifolia x scabrocostatum A spray of Physan ...
by C And D
Mon Jan 22, 2024 12:49 am
Forum: General
Topic: A Blooming Thread
Replies: 419
Views: 220985

Re: A Blooming Thread

Mammillaria pectinifera
Does anyone know if the seed pods are external, or internal
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New phone camera, need better lighting, background and top dressing
by C And D
Sun Jan 07, 2024 11:52 pm
Forum: Succulent Identification
Topic: 2 Diff. Anacampseros
Replies: 0
Views: 12088

2 Diff. Anacampseros

I've grown both these species for many years
and have seedlings always growing at the base

But never was able to get a positive ID

I call this one Anacampseros crinita
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And I call this one Anacampseros baeseckei, karasmontana?
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by C And D
Sun Dec 24, 2023 4:19 pm
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: All My “Children” (aka Cacti, Succulents & Seedlings)
Replies: 22
Views: 9992

Re: All My “Children” (aka Cacti, Succulents & Seedlings)

There are many opinions on this site about what's best to use for cactus soil The best advice I can give is to do your own research I use coir for some seedlings mixes, and peat based mix for others What's important is adding pumice or perlite to the mix so it dries out quickly The major wholesale c...
by C And D
Sun Dec 17, 2023 4:24 pm
Forum: General-Succulents
Topic: Pleiospilos nelii Royal Flush
Replies: 7
Views: 7378

Re: Pleiospilos nelii Royal Flush

Some photos from my succulent thread
page 1, 2009
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I love this photo from 2009
my Dorotheanthus pot
an annual,
old seeds would not germinate, so I haven't had them for many years now
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by C And D
Mon Dec 11, 2023 6:48 pm
Forum: Photography
Topic: New Smart Phones take better photos than my Cannon
Replies: 4
Views: 6749

New Smart Phones take better photos than my Cannon

Some folks were over this weekend taking photos with their new IPhones with the high grade camera option And they are far better than my photos with my expensive Cannon What gives?? Can I buy a cheap form of the high grade camera with out the phone? These are without editing. thumbnail1.jpg thumbnai...
by C And D
Tue Dec 05, 2023 12:54 am
Forum: General-Succulents
Topic: Pleiospilos nelii Royal Flush
Replies: 7
Views: 7378

Re: Pleiospilos nelii Royal Flush

It applies to all species
But that's for me in California
Here's some,
bad lighting
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P. nelii
with volunteer babies
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