And I completely missed the bud!

cactuspolecat · Post by **cactuspolecat** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:44 pm

I guess I wasn't expecting this scruffy little plant to flower yet, so I didn't even see the bud, but I didn't miss the flower. This is it's very first.
Cintia knizei:

CP

taliesin · Post by **taliesin** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:46 pm

scruffy little plants sometimes supprise you with a wonderful display. thats gorgeous

Bill in SC · Post by **Bill in SC** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 1:02 pm

Nice 'un CP!! Most unusual..
Bill in SC

DieTer-Xz · Post by **DieTer-Xz** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 2:40 pm

A very nice specimen!

cactuspolecat · Post by **cactuspolecat** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:40 pm

Thanks guys, now to get the plant to grow, I only got it toward the end last season, so it didn't get to do much before the winter started, so it's should put out some nice new growth this coming spring/summer... and more flowers next year.

CP

hob · Post by **hob** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:43 pm

i thought it was mid winter where you are ??

Post by **daiv** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 11:08 pm

Not a very common plant! Thanks for sharing!

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 1:21 am

Since you called it scruffy then I'll agree

Even though, still a cactus with a nice flower.

Will it become unscruffy once it starts growing or is that the traditional look of it?

cactuspolecat · Post by **cactuspolecat** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:04 am

Hob, yes it's mid winter here, despite the sometimes frosty mornings and cold nights, the days during May-June are often quite sunny and bright, and we sometimes get spring flowering plants in bloom at this time of year. The rainy season is just beginning, but has been known to arrive late (spring-early summer).

Bill, I'm sure with a bit of new growth it'll look a lot less scruffy, but with age the tubercles at the base do become corky, as with numerous other cacti.

CP

JayJay04 · Post by **JayJay04** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:27 am

cactuspolecat wrote:Hob, yes it's mid winter here, despite the sometimes frosty mornings and cold nights, the days during May-June are often quite sunny and bright, and we sometimes get spring flowering plants in bloom at this time of year. The rainy season is just beginning, but has been known to arrive late (spring-early summer).

Bill, I'm sure with a bit of new growth it'll look a lot less scruffy, but with age the tubercles at the base do become corky, as with numerous other cacti.

CP

Do you leave them outside? Mine have been inside for the last 2 months because I don't have a greenhouse and think it's too cold to leave them out without one ?

cactuspolecat · Post by **cactuspolecat** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:17 am

No JayJay, I don't! I have a glasshouse, most cacti and succs don't like it cold and wet. This plant, Cintia has tuberous roots and would last around five minutes outdoors here.
Some Echeveria, Graptopetalum, Sedums, many Crassulas, Sempervivum, some Aloes (like mitriformis, and spinosissima), Agaves, Echinopsis, (such as oxygona, formosa, grandis, bruchii, spachianus), I have managed to grow outdoors in the weather. If you have no glasshouse look for the most sheltered (from the rain) spot with a sunny aspect, you'll be surprised what'll survive.
Have a look at the display of succulents outside the glasshouse at the botanical gardens to get a bit of an idea what'll survive outdoors.
Even Disocactus flagelliformis grows and survives outdoors here in Devonport, but doesn't flower well since many cacti like a dry dormant period to aid flowering.
The key is excellent drainage for survival outdoors.

CP

JayJay04 · Post by **JayJay04** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:28 am

cactuspolecat wrote:No JayJay, I don't! I have a glasshouse, most cacti and succs don't like it cold and wet. This plant, Cintia has tuberous roots and would last around five minutes outdoors here.
Some Echeveria, Graptopetalum, Sedums, many Crassulas, Sempervivum, some Aloes (like mitriformis, and spinosissima), Agaves, Echinopsis, (such as oxygona, formosa, grandis, bruchii, spachianus), I have managed to grow outdoors in the weather. If you have no glasshouse look for the most sheltered (from the rain) spot with a sunny aspect, you'll be surprised what'll survive.
Have a look at the display of succulents outside the glasshouse at the botanical gardens to get a bit of an idea what'll survive outdoors.
Even Disocactus flagelliformis grows and survives outdoors here in Devonport, but doesn't flower well since many cacti like a dry dormant period to aid flowering.
The key is excellent drainage for survival outdoors.

CP

glasshouse, thats what I meant

I'll just keep them inside next to the window until the weather warms up abit, or until I build a glasshouse

cactuspolecat · Post by **cactuspolecat** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:57 am

That's the way JayJay, I think you'd get it a bit colder there in Hobart than I do too, since you're under the mountain. Any snow up there yet?

CP

Prospector · Post by **Prospector** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:10 pm

Missing a bud or two is easy. Some cactus insure it by their fast growth.
Others seem to take forever. :O)

Frank

cactuspolecat · Post by **cactuspolecat** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:46 pm

That's true Frank.