Kada's random mass photo dump thread

süleyman · Post by **süleyman** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:55 am

Daiv: In Mediterranean seashore yes, but in Ankara no. That was only a garden arrangement. In winter, they go to the greenhouse

Post by **daiv** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:26 pm

Got it!

Loph · Post by **Loph** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:05 am

that makes sense. but leaves pretty much anything up in the air.

Suley, great pics. I love how Opuntia seems to be universally invasive (some species). certainly got a winning design!!!

Loph · Post by **Loph** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:57 am

random plants

Loph · Post by **Loph** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:37 pm

Astrophytum asterias

Ariocarpus retusus

Cintia

Harrisia jusbertii

Echinopsis eyriesii

Frailea castanea

Lophophora fricii

seed development. looks like a pollen tube.

once the seed is developed.

Lophophora williamsii

Mammillaria lloydii

Mammillaria bocasana

Stenocereus griseus

Strombocactus disc.
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Myrtillocactus geometrizans

MISC

when cuttings go wrong

when grafting goes wrong

Post by **daiv** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:04 pm

This thread is a real treat. Some fine pics in that lot.

What happened to the cuttings? Too much water?

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:29 pm

Cool pics man! You have some off the wall stuff

That clump of L. fricii is freakin beautiful!!

king_hedes · Post by **king_hedes** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:00 am

wow great pics you could make a book out of all them great pics

Loph · Post by **Loph** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:27 am

thanks guys

daiv those cuttings are the result of cuttin gthen gettin gthem wet by accident adn the greenhose reaching 60 C that day

Peterthecactusguy · Post by **Peterthecactusguy** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 7:12 am

Nice pics,
The L. williamsii pic that you have with all the roots is pretty neat too, and I agree with Darryl, the clump of the L. fricii you have is cool too!

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:09 pm

Great Images of some really interesting plants Kyle.

Mostly_Harmless · Post by **Mostly_Harmless** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:54 pm

Great selection! Some real beauties in there.

Loph · Post by **Loph** » Mon May 03, 2010 6:56 am

we get ant nests in out pots, ants farming bugs on leaves/stems, crawling this way and that, eating various parts of plants....but this was a shock.

i was grafting up some L. willaismii crests and left a sliver on the mother plant. i usually put fresh grafts under shade cloth to help with not dehydrating and cooking in the sun of the greenhouse. i put the mommy in there as well.

tehse ans made their nest ON/IN the cut of the plant. i assume because it is so moist when cut, it made a good spot and being dark under the cloth it felt right for them. when my wife first took off the cloth she screamed, so i thought she knocked over a full try of fresh grafts, but i looked and there was about a 5mm thick coating on the cut surfaces. by the time i got my camera they started to flee, but here is what the cam got..

amazing critters, i feel bad having killed them all via drowning in a pond.

the plant

the ants

interestingly to note the ants did not eat away at any of the cactus, and there was no poop or any dirtiness, they are clean critters when they want to be. but because they were covered in eggs, orange spots formed of course. had it not been on such an expensive cactus i would have let them stay so i can see what they do (away from the greenhouse!)...but priorities

Arjen · Post by **Arjen** » Mon May 03, 2010 7:01 am

great show!

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Mon May 03, 2010 1:35 pm

How bizarre, all those ants on there. In your previous set of photos, I love the lineup of the Lophs from small to large, and that Strombocactus disciformis fan crest is amazing.

peterb