Beautiful plant! What is the composition of the potting mix? Yes! I was so happy when I saw that it was about to flower! The mix is pumice, scoria, granit with a touch of catsand/kittylitter in form of diatomite (burned clay basically). Google "Danish moler clay". Congratulation Kristian!...

First flower from seed !!
Mammillaria tezontle gave me the honor. And what makes it a little more fun is that the seeds where given to me by the forum member adetheproducer .

Seeds sown in January 2017.

Skip the closing in bit and put the pot on a plate or something and water from below by letting them stand in a couple of millimeters of water if you are not able to spray them daily. The capillary forces will aid in sufficient surface dampness to allow germination (if the pot isn´t very high) plus ...

Your plants look great =D> Are they all grown inside on a window sill ? Thank you. Yes, they are grown in a west facing window sill, with additional lighting all year in form of a 125 Watt CFL. The light is getting old now so it does not shine so bright anymore, but it gives them a little extra. I ...

mmcavall wrote: ↑Wed Apr 04, 2018 12:51 pm Hi Kristian. Good to know your Pachypodium recovered. I've learned too that they like frequent waterings during the growing season.

Yeah, it really took off and did not loose so many leaves this winter, and spring is on its way with brighter days

Licespray wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 2:19 am Nicely done! How old and how big are the Aztekium ritteri now?

Thank you. The seeds where sown on 12th of may 2015. So closing in on three years now. They are approx 4-5 mm in diameter.

Aiko´s Dinteranthus microspermus puberulus seeds :) 00192.jpg 00193.jpg 00199.jpg 00196.jpg 00197.jpg 00200.jpg 00202.jpg 00205.jpg 00206.jpg 00207.jpg 00204.jpg These has always looked half rotten... :-k 00201.jpg Remember this one? Bad growth after a decent two first, and some mites on top of that...

Fatich wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 7:28 pm Nice to see posting your seedlings again.
How old are the last ones?

Hello and thank you. The biggest Welwitschia are sown on 29 april 2016 and the smaller ones are sown on 23 june 2016. So closing in on two years now.

Aiko wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 3:24 pm Happy to see the Welwitschia is still alive!

Yes! Three of them, still alive and looking good .

One of them suffered an accident from my son, so it lost one leaf. But it just continued to grow it out again.
Pots are 10x10 cm.

Wow... time fly by... So a year since last.. hope everyone feeling ok. In the northern hemisphere the felling of spring slowly approaches, and the mental brumation period is over :D. Just april left, and she just throws all kind of weather at you... All god in the cacti window, first of, no particul...

Excellent! Love the M. boelderliana. Hopefully next spring I can contribute to all the awsome flowering cacti .

Some good looking roots is always nice to see when you take their shoes of

(Echinocactus texensis) 2 years old. (Melocactus matanzanus) 2 years old.

Nice collection ! Beautiful plants.

Looking good!