Hi Christer
This was the first year of my sowing and there wasn´t a flower on the Eriosyce seedlings yet.
In general it takes 3-5 years from seed to flower in the Thelocephala species so I learned.
It may depend on the cultivational methods too, I guess- if they are nourished well they may flower earlier ( but may look more unatural).
So I will be patient for one or two more years.
Jens wrote:Hi Christer
This was the first year of my sowing and there wasn´t a flower on the Eriosyce seedlings yet.
In general it takes 3-5 years from seed to flower in the Thelocephala species so I learned.
It may depend on the cultivational methods too, I guess- if they are nourished well they may flower earlier ( but may look more unatural).
So I will be patient for one or two more years.
Yes, they should be grown "hard" to get a natural look. 3-5 years, that's good to know
Hello Christer,
great species that you show here.
The E. occulta seedlings can be quite spiny when young! Some of them semed to have lost the long spination after one year here.
Jens wrote:Hello Christer,
great species that you show here.
The E. occulta seedlings can be quite spiny when young! Some of them semed to have lost the long spination after one year here.
Yes, I have from two different seed suppliers, Ricardo and Mats. It will be interesting to compare this two.
That's the fun part in grafting seedlings; you can study them when they grow to maturity very fast
And they are easier to picture in closeup
Species: Eriosyce aerocarpa FK 564 (Thelocephala nuda; collected by W. Jung), Between Canto de Agua and Carrizal Bajo, Chile. Stock:Harrisia Method: ordinary. Sowed: 2010-11-19 Grafted: 2011-02-02
With apologies to the late Professor C. D. Darlington the following misquotation springs to
mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
