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- Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:37 pm
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: Something has been stealing (and I guess) eating my baby chollas
- Replies: 2
- Views: 136
Re: Something has been stealing (and I guess) eating my baby chollas
Although curious birds often disturb or remove small succulents from my collection, they don't usually touch chollas. OTOH, almost all rodents like them, especially pack rats. I use 2 methods to deal with them; humane traps, and deterrent spray. Growing plants here in the desert comes with having to...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:20 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: Avonia quinaria seedling
- Replies: 5
- Views: 112
Re: Avonia quinaria seedling
It's been a few years since I grew these from seed, but if nobody else responds, I thought this response is better than nothing. like all the other species of this genus, they typically germinate quickly. After a few days I removed them from a humid environment to avoid rot, like many other succulen...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:49 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: Lolavy’s Seedlings Journey
- Replies: 4
- Views: 805
Re: Lolavy’s Seedlings Journey
The carefully controlled conditions which you stated obviously describe your serous determination to achieve your germination goals. If you don't mind my purely anecdotal suggestions, maybe they could boost your results in any future attempts. I've been growing cacti from seed for many years. My fir...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:30 pm
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Mammillaria (II)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1911
Re: Mammillaria (II)
This looks like your Mammillaria III
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:28 pm
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Mammillaria (III)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1791
Re: Mammillaria (III)
Perhaps M. klissingiana
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:09 pm
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Mammillaria (I)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3158
Re: Mammillaria (I)
Or possibly a close relation of Mammillaria tlalocii = Mammillaria huitzilopotchlii since the central spines are usually produced on older plants, often intermittently or not at all. huitzilopotchli.jpg huitzilopotchli2.jpg Agreed. Another possibility is the enigmatic M. sp. FO 229 : https://cactus...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:28 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: dudleya brittonii
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1979
Re: dudleya brittonii
This is how I start dudleyas from seed, tray of peat based seed starting mix, tapped on the ripe seed pods over the tray (around sept). Water and cover with a dome and leave in moderate light in the greenhouse all winter, keeping it moist. Typical night lows in the 30's and 40's. Dudleya grow on mo...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:16 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: (Sowing) Where do you put the organic part in a pot: on top, in the middle or at the bottom?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1934
Re: (Sowing) Where do you put the organic part in a pot: on top, in the middle or at the bottom?
🖒jerrytheplater wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:52 pm It sounds like you are thinking of making layers in your pot. That is not correct. You need to mix your potting mix thoroughly.
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:15 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: (Sowing) Where do you put the organic part in a pot: on top, in the middle or at the bottom?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1934
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:59 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: I am 45.If it is late to sow Ariocarpus seeds?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4923
Re: I am 45.If it is late to sow Ariocarpus seeds?
I remember reading once an assertion by the owner of Miles to Go (Miles Anderson) that it usually takes around 6 years for most Ariocarpus to reach flowering size from seed on their own roots. The biggest obstacle now seems to be acquiring accurately labeled seed. Before Mesa Garden changed ownershi...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:37 pm
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Echinocereus species
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2033
Re: Echinocereus species
It could be, but may also be the closely related E. adustus
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:56 pm
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Recognition
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2358
Re: Recognition
My guesses: The cluster on the left looks like a Euphorbia . Either E. tubiglans , or a hybrid with E. polygona . On the right the stems appear to be withered Echinocereus viereckii var. morricalii . Steve's suggestions for pot size are very valuable. Be sure to wait at least a week after transplant...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:44 pm
- Forum: Cacti Places
- Topic: First visit to Joshua Tree Nat. Park
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3161
Re: First visit to Joshua Tree Nat. Park
Great looking images. The succulent might be a Dudleya saxosa.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:33 pm
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Mammillaria sp.?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2051
Re: Mammillaria sp.?
Based on my limited experience with growing a few milky types of this genus, my first impression was that it could be a M. magnimamma. The guess of it being a M. sartorii seems possible, though less likely.
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:20 pm
- Forum: Succulent Identification
- Topic: Succulent ID
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2114
Re: Succulent ID
Looks like a popular cold hardy succulent known as Orostachys boehmeri