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- Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:19 am
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Recognition
- Replies: 5
- Views: 158
Re: Recognition
Pot culture is very different from growing in the ground - excess water is drawn away by the surrounding soil in the ground. In a pot, only the force of gravity drains it, and it's a weaker force than the adhesion of water to the soil. Soil in the bottom of the pot remains saturated until the plant ...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:46 pm
- Forum: Succulent Identification
- Topic: Euphorbia franckiana?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 83
Re: Euphorbia franckiana?
No - it's a Euphorbia, but nothing like frankiana. Maybe E. anoplia.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:27 am
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: Ilvin's Lithops Seedlings
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4708
Re: Ilvin's Lithops Seedlings
Yes. some of them aren't in very good shape for transplanting but it can't be helped - you risk much more severe losses by not getting them separated. If rot should get started in that mass it would be devastating.
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:36 am
- Forum: General-Succulents
- Topic: Euphorbia? Stapelia Variegata? Help!!!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 140
Re: Euphorbia? Stapelia Variegata? Help!!!
Yes, cuttings should work fine. Cuttings of this species root easily.
I searched and found a counterpart of your plant: https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/26329
I searched and found a counterpart of your plant: https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/26329
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:01 am
- Forum: General-Succulents
- Topic: Euphorbia? Stapelia Variegata? Help!!!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 140
Re: Euphorbia? Stapelia Variegata? Help!!!
Fasciation, commonly called cresting, can occur in any plant. What you have is clearly a crested plant which has partly reverted to normal growth, which is not unusual. Yes, it's Ceropegia mixta, better known by the older names Orbea variegata or Stapelia variegata.
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:34 am
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: Ilvin's Lithops Seedlings
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4708
Re: Ilvin's Lithops Seedlings
It's time to transplant. Bigger is better, but they have no room to get bigger. Here's a page that covers this: https://lithopsblog.wordpress.com/2018/ ... splanting/
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:16 am
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: Seedling repotting
- Replies: 7
- Views: 292
Re: Seedling repotting
You should give them all the insecticidal soap treatment whether you can see mealies or not - the mealybug nymphs are just specks.
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 3:59 pm
- Forum: Cacti Places
- Topic: West Texas
- Replies: 12
- Views: 814
Re: West Texas
Thank you Keith, excellent photographs. A. fissuratus in first picture is very pretty - hard to replicate such flat shape in cultivation That cactus is coping with very dry, hot conditions, and they grow very slowly in habitat - it may have taken it 50 years to reach that size. Few would have the p...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:08 am
- Forum: General-Succulents
- Topic: Water?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 186
Re: Water?
Remember that Lithops are 90% water. It still has a lot stored in those old leaves, and that's what it should be using until it's gone.
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:02 am
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: Seedling repotting
- Replies: 7
- Views: 292
Re: Seedling repotting
Root mealies - yikes! Definitely need to kill off those.
Otherwise, looks good. Plenty clean enough, retained lots of roots - in fact, I think you need to trim some of the really long roots.
The ones that are struggling may perk up when you get them in a better medium, wish you luck.
Otherwise, looks good. Plenty clean enough, retained lots of roots - in fact, I think you need to trim some of the really long roots.
The ones that are struggling may perk up when you get them in a better medium, wish you luck.
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:59 am
- Forum: General-Succulents
- Topic: Water?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 186
Re: Water?
You want the old leaves to dry up first - no water yet.
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:03 am
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: Seedling repotting
- Replies: 7
- Views: 292
Re: Seedling repotting
Yes, you should get them out of that stuff. When it's warm enough for them to take water (might be now where you are), I would soak them in warm water a few hours or even overnight to soften up that mix. A bit of soap in the water as a wetting agent could help.Then you should be able to separate the...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:45 am
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: Offset?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 297
Re: Offset?
No surprise - offsets sometime grow roots even when they're above the soil line, those that are below the soil usually produce their own roots. That thing's ready to grow - I'll bet it starts showing some green even before you plant it.
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:19 am
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Sulcorebutia? sp. from Alcalá de Henares Botanic Garden
- Replies: 4
- Views: 213
Re: Sulcorebutia? sp. from Alcalá de Henares Botanic Garden
It has dried-up flowers on it, so it clearly does bloom - just need to be there in the blooming season, probably late spring. S. steinbachii looks likely to me.
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:05 am
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: Offset?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 297
Re: Offset?
It lacks chlorophyll because it wasn't getting any light. It should do fine, but be careful about sunburn until it's fully greened up.