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Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:49 pm
by Saguaro123
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!
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:41 pm
by Cereusly
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
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:00 pm
by CelticRose
Nice plants and flowers!
Those glochids are something else!
I never would have thought that spraying water on them would scatter them.
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:32 pm
by Saguaro123
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!
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:38 pm
by iann
Isn't it strange how pots on the floor are always dirty after it rains
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:53 pm
by Saguaro123
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.
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:20 pm
by daiv
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.
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:32 pm
by CoronaCactus
Good stuff, Byron!
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 11:09 pm
by Saguaro123
Thanks guys!
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:45 am
by Saguaro123
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
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:15 am
by Arjen
good looking plants and flowers!
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:47 am
by CoronaCactus
Cool
Are these flowers?
I don't think so. Looks more like stem growth.
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:14 pm
by Saguaro123
Thanks guys!
Thanks for your help Darryl.
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:08 pm
by daiv
I agree - stem growth.
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:37 pm
by Saguaro123
It got bigger so I guess it's a stem. Thanks for your input Daiv.