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by esp_imaging
Wed Sep 09, 2015 6:31 pm
Forum: Plant Swap
Topic: Plants, cuttings, seeds list, free or swap, UK/Europe
Replies: 3
Views: 2007

Re: Plants, cuttings, seeds list, free or swap, UK/Europe

Revised list: Rhipsalidopsis rosea = Hatiora rosea (synonym) I dont have any more Neoraimondia herzogiana I only have 1 Zygogocactus truncatus left I do have Sedum reflexum available MrPintxo has offered me Oscularia deltoides, so I'm no longer looking for this. Let me know if you are interested in ...
by esp_imaging
Sun Sep 06, 2015 11:35 pm
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: Germination question - Euphorbia, Aloe, Haworthia Rebutia
Replies: 9
Views: 2199

Re: Germination question - Euphorbia, Aloe, Haworthia Rebuti

Progress report 2 months in: Rebutia violaciflora - Last week I finally had my first sprout! It had been cool all week, so I guess it preferred the lower temperatures. Aloe microstigma and Aloe glauca - still 0% germination. I think both of these were rotting off from fungi on the seed before they c...
by esp_imaging
Fri Sep 04, 2015 9:57 pm
Forum: Plant Swap
Topic: Plants, cuttings, seeds list, free or swap, UK/Europe
Replies: 3
Views: 2007

Plants, cuttings, seeds list, free or swap, UK/Europe

I am based in the UK, so happy to post to UK or Europe only. I have several of the following to give away or preferably swap: Haworthia venosa ssp tessellata - rooted offsets - typically 4-5cm Echeveria echeveria secunda v glauca (a clone that's been in our family as "Echeveria glauca" for...
by esp_imaging
Wed Sep 02, 2015 7:50 pm
Forum: Cuttings & Offsets
Topic: Transplanting cuttings
Replies: 6
Views: 2424

Re: Transplanting cuttings

You haven't said what your cuttings are, so it's hard to say, but if they are happy in pots why not leave alone for now? They are probably still growing at the moment, so let them get a bit more established without disturbance, and transplant them at the start of spring when they will have the full ...
by esp_imaging
Wed Sep 02, 2015 10:00 am
Forum: Cuttings & Offsets
Topic: Agave cuttings?
Replies: 6
Views: 17473

Re: Agave cuttings?

New leaf and stem growth normally only occurs from a bud or other defined growth point. In some succulents (Echeverias and many other Crassulaceae), there is a growth point at the base of each detached leaf, so they are generally easy to grow from whole leaf cuttings. A few species of Kalanchoe even...
by esp_imaging
Sun Aug 30, 2015 11:08 pm
Forum: Succulent Identification
Topic: Please help me identify these succulents
Replies: 4
Views: 765

Re: Please help me identify these succulents

My bet:
1 Adromischus cristatus
2 Crassula perforata
A sharper photo would help for 2
by esp_imaging
Thu Aug 20, 2015 10:32 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Need help identifying my cacti
Replies: 10
Views: 1105

Re: Need help identifying my cacti

2,3 and 5 in particular look as though they need much more light. A sunny window or a sunny spot outside are needed.
Where do you live? Many opuntias (and some other cacti ) can cope with a lot of winter cold if dry, but not wet and cold.
by esp_imaging
Thu Aug 20, 2015 4:12 pm
Forum: Succulent Growing Help
Topic: Echeveria elegans indoor wintering tips, please
Replies: 3
Views: 958

Re: Echeveria elegans indoor wintering tips, please

Dry, bright and cool / cold, but frost free is ideal. They are pretty hard to kill really, cold and wet is the lethal combination. I don't expect a very light frost would concern it if its totally dry. They get a bit leggy with age even if grown well, cutting them back and rerooting or planting the ...
by esp_imaging
Wed Aug 19, 2015 4:52 pm
Forum: Succulent Identification
Topic: Help with identification pls
Replies: 5
Views: 869

Re: Help with identification pls

iann wrote: Oscularia deltoides.
Agreed
by esp_imaging
Thu Aug 13, 2015 10:18 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Need help with unidentified cacti and euphorbias.
Replies: 6
Views: 970

Re: Need help with unidentified cacti and euphorbias.

Your first Euphorbia looks like E. trigona. The second looks a bit more like E. pseudocactus, but I'm not convinced.
A close up of the stem may help - how thorny is it, for example?
by esp_imaging
Thu Aug 13, 2015 10:09 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Peanut, Barrel, Or Something Else Entirely?
Replies: 3
Views: 597

Re: Peanut, Barrel, Or Something Else Entirely?

I'd say it's a type of Echinopsis or Lobivia - they closely related, and some botanist reckon they are should all be combined together as Echopsis. So it's related to the peanut cactus, but it will stay spherical for a few years at least, rather than being cylindical. Most people (certainly north am...
by esp_imaging
Tue Aug 11, 2015 11:56 pm
Forum: Cultivation
Topic: Mamm. theresae etoliated/light issues?
Replies: 15
Views: 2884

Re: Mamm. theresae etoliated/light issues?

It's not just leaning, it's really stretched out too. It should be far more compact. I'm guessing the lean has only become apparent after a growth spurt and changing windows wasn't a factor in this. Water, warmth and fertilisation could have contributed to the growth. When you say it gets "dire...
by esp_imaging
Fri Aug 07, 2015 5:23 pm
Forum: Grafting
Topic: Split tubercle grafting.
Replies: 3
Views: 2372

Re: Split tubercle grafting.

Interesting!
So how typical is it for cactus grafts to be able to grow, other than from an aereole?
Is this a peculiarity of Astrophytum c-m, or is it quite common?
by esp_imaging
Fri Aug 07, 2015 3:34 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Echinopsis Identification?
Replies: 2
Views: 571

Re: Echinopsis Identification?

Yes, looks a lot like E. eyresii, also known as Echinopsis oxygona.
It's a traditional windowsill cactus, with Aloe variegata it's a classic combination.
by esp_imaging
Thu Aug 06, 2015 12:31 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Help ID this brown cactus
Replies: 4
Views: 612

Re: Help ID this brown cactus

Looks vastly more like an Eriosyce than a Ferocactus, maybe Eriosyce senils ssp. coimasesensis?