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by C And D
Mon Oct 30, 2023 12:23 am
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: Welcome Craig Fry!
Replies: 1380
Views: 468973

Re: Welcome Craig Fry!

Unknown Gymnocalycium
yellow green flower
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by C And D
Sun Oct 29, 2023 4:04 pm
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: Welcome Craig Fry!
Replies: 1380
Views: 468973

Re: Welcome Craig Fry!

We have some nice hanging Jungle Cactus The heavy rains this Spring encouraged flowering Selenicereus anthonyanus Rick Rack, Fish Bone IMG_1050.JPG IMG_1054.JPG IMG_0859 (1)a.jpg Selenicereus pteranthus We call it the Octopus, since it's got long tentacle like limbs The buds start out with a coverin...
by C And D
Sun Oct 29, 2023 3:29 pm
Forum: General-Succulents
Topic: C and D's Succulents
Replies: 875
Views: 415748

Re: C and D's Succulents

Fall Succulent Time

Gibbaeum neobrownii
more like a Conophytum to me
from seed, and will have plenty of seed next year
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Lithops amicorum
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Lithops dorotheae
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Conophytum violaciflorum
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Conophytum maughanii Special Red Form
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by C And D
Sat Oct 28, 2023 3:40 pm
Forum: Cultivation
Topic: Tuff in cactus mixes...?
Replies: 26
Views: 2640

Re: Tuff in cactus mixes...?

Tuff = Pumice Tuff is compacted pumice It abounds around Mono Lake, and I as well have collected the pumice there, since it is easy to collect and already clean All from the violent eruptions of the local volcanos I used to ride my Mt. Bike down steep slopes of pure pumice nearby, it was like skiing...
by C And D
Sat Oct 28, 2023 2:49 pm
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: Welcome Craig Fry!
Replies: 1380
Views: 468973

Re: Welcome Craig Fry!

Summer Photos Mammillaria hernandezii It formed a flower mid summer, which is odd, since it flowers normally in winter Then a pup formed from inside the flower, never seen that before. IMG_1389.JPG Pink Flowered Matucana madisoniorum IMG_1408.JPG My special selected Lizard Skin, flowers tinted with ...
by C And D
Fri Oct 27, 2023 12:06 am
Forum: Greenhouses etc.
Topic: New Hot Box Build
Replies: 13
Views: 10599

Re: New Hot Box Build

I like to keep my seedlings in more assessable areas
I do like using it to grow established 1-3 year old's to grow them on
by C And D
Fri Oct 13, 2023 11:56 pm
Forum: General-Succulents
Topic: C and D's Succulents
Replies: 875
Views: 415748

Re: C and D's Succulents

Flat of Mesembs seedlings growing like crazy in a deep flat of 100% commercial Coir and Perlite
less than a year old
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by C And D
Fri Oct 13, 2023 11:42 pm
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: The C and D Seed Growing Method
Replies: 22
Views: 19667

Re: The C and D Seed Growing Method

Deep Flat
Using 100% Commercial Coir & Perlite
100s of mesembs
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Close up of Cereria pygmaea seedlings
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by C And D
Fri Oct 13, 2023 11:36 pm
Forum: Greenhouses etc.
Topic: New Hot Box Build
Replies: 13
Views: 10599

Re: New Hot Box Build

The advantage is increased heat, sun intensity buffered

Today's photos
All Ariocarpus
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by C And D
Wed Oct 11, 2023 4:44 pm
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: The C and D Seed Growing Method
Replies: 22
Views: 19667

Re: The C and D Seed Growing Method

Sterilization is only necessary for covered pots Fungus and algae will run rampant in the humid system I still use the above system for most of my more sensitive species But I've also have 100s of seeds in open beds outside and inside my green house I mix up a batch of rich soil and put it in deep f...
by C And D
Wed Oct 11, 2023 4:00 pm
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: Every day new flowers in the greenhouse in Köln
Replies: 4810
Views: 1338971

Re: Every day new flowers in the greenhouse in Köln

Sad News They ate through the bottom of pots and ate the roots?? I have never seen that before I tried blue cheese for mice traps and it worked better than anything I tried before I was going to say that the last page before this one had more succulent species presented than ever could be imagined A...
by C And D
Fri Oct 06, 2023 12:44 am
Forum: Grafting
Topic: The Super Glue Method is easier than any other...
Replies: 44
Views: 25283

Re: The Super Glue Method is easier than any other...

These are some grafting variations, Not mine, all purchased These Asian grafts could have been done by the same person The stock is Echinopsis, I have some cutting I'm growing so I can ID later Gymnocalycium spegazzinii unguispinum IMG_1173.JPG IMG_1177.JPG Pelecyphora aselliformis IMG_1178.JPG Nate...
by C And D
Thu Oct 05, 2023 2:55 pm
Forum: General-Succulents
Topic: C and D's Succulents
Replies: 875
Views: 415748

Re: C and D's Succulents

You are 100% correct, for most plants But Basically, for winter growers, just before they start, or as they are just starting when they have the least reserves left, true They are able to take the major disturbance, and keep growing into their new home with the same impulse that they would normally ...
by C And D
Sat Sep 30, 2023 3:57 pm
Forum: General-Succulents
Topic: C and D's Succulents
Replies: 875
Views: 415748

Re: C and D's Succulents

Fall is coming on slowly this year And one of the first to show new growth are the Othonnas Othonna herrei very knobby IMG_1416.JPG Othonna cremifolia IMG_1419.JPG Not an Othonna, but super rare Senecio laticipes I dropped it not once, but twice, which broke off most of the branches IMG_1422.JPG I h...
by C And D
Sat Sep 30, 2023 3:00 pm
Forum: General-Succulents
Topic: C and D's Succulents
Replies: 875
Views: 415748

Re: C and D's Succulents

My friend Ed Reed sells them for $100 each My cones are filled with excessive sap for some reason IMG_1402.JPG I've had this for 10 years and it's never flowered, so I can't identify it other than Edit: found the name.. Cyrtanthus montanus IMG_0837.JPG It started growing these offset bulbs like craz...