Saguaro123's collection pics

Saguaro123 · Post by **Saguaro123** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:49 pm

Recently, I just made a few upgrades to the collection. I brought a new table for repotting plants and treating ones with diseases,

Under the gazebo, I put the plants on tables, so they can receive more sunlight and so the pots can stay clean.

A. myriostigma

A. asterias

Tulbagia acutiloba, gave me another flower

Steno eruca in it's new home

Turbinicarpus pseudomachele subsp. krainzianus var, minima pup, deciding to give some buds:

Lobivia schieliana fruit

Recently, I was using the hose to spray a C. spinosior that had scale on it. Later, I felt irritated everywhere! After I looked in the mirror, they were glochids all over my face and neck!

Cereusly · Post by **Cereusly** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:41 pm

Byron, I'm jeleaous of your Astrophytum myriostigma 'Bishop's Cap.' It's a beauty.

Mine has put on some good growth this year, but not a sign of blooms.

I've found the year-round horticultural oil spray is the best solution for scale and mealy bugs. I hit the plant hard with it, and keep it out of the sun for two days. Tony

CelticRose · Post by **CelticRose** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:00 pm

Nice plants and flowers!

Those glochids are something else!

I never would have thought that spraying water on them would scatter them.

Saguaro123 · Post by **Saguaro123** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:32 pm

Thanks everyone!

Celtic Rose: I pulled them out, and they are yellow glochids.

Tony: Thanks for the tip.

Now, I don't have to go out there with heavy armor just to spray the opuntiads!

iann · Post by **iann** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:38 pm

Isn't it strange how pots on the floor are always dirty after it rains

Saguaro123 · Post by **Saguaro123** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:53 pm

iann wrote:Isn't it strange how pots on the floor are always dirty after it rains

Yes, even when I'm watering them, the dirt, leaves, and perlite stick to the pot and make it look very unattractive. I'm now a member of the CSSSJ and plan to enter plants to the show next year, so I have to keep the pot and plant in show/contest quality.

Post by **daiv** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:20 pm

Glad you e-mailed me about that Discocactus! I clicked on the last page in the thread and didn't notice those earlier posts of the blooms.

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:32 pm

Good stuff, Byron!

Saguaro123 · Post by **Saguaro123** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 11:09 pm

Thanks guys!

Saguaro123 · Post by **Saguaro123** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:45 am

Summer is not over yet!

Aloe Hybrid flowers:

T. pseudomachele var. krainzianus ssp. minima pup in flowers

Are these flowers?

The last Bromeliad flower of the year

Ice plants

Avonia buderiana

Euphorbia obesa

Arjen · Post by **Arjen** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:15 am

good looking plants and flowers!

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:47 am

Cool

Are these flowers?

I don't think so. Looks more like stem growth.

Saguaro123 · Post by **Saguaro123** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:14 pm

Thanks guys!

Thanks for your help Darryl.

Post by **daiv** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:08 pm

I agree - stem growth.

Saguaro123 · Post by **Saguaro123** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:37 pm

It got bigger so I guess it's a stem. Thanks for your input Daiv.