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This guy decided to flower...
...again! 8) It never stops.

Sadly I missed it with the camera when it was open so I only have this pic, but it sure looked nice!

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Edit: If you look to the left you can see the one cactus that my cat ate the top off of before I really got into growing cactus. I thought he killed it but I just left it on the windowsill for some odd reason and it's growing now! See the top, it just grew off to the side a little, then grew up. So I repotted it out of that nasty old soil and put it in the greenhouse. :)
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The first batch of cacti seedlings I ever grew (That survived! :roll: ) Are now out in the greenhouse.

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They don't look the nicest but it was my first try. :wink: My second attempts are still growing under lights inside.
Now I think I am going to build a much nicer propogator and grow many plants from seed this winter! :P
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What is that wooly beast John?

I'll post a pic of seedlings that I moved in the greenhouse compared to the one I left under lights. When they are ready, they do much better in the greenhouse, I've discovered.
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That sure is an odd looking thing.
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daiv wrote:What is that wooly beast John?
Which one? The flowering one or the little one on the left? The flowering one is labeled as Turbinicarpus gracilis v. dickisoniae. The little one is just an old man cactus or something.
iann wrote:That sure is an odd looking thing.
Which plant?
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Nice seedlings and turb! 8)
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A Turb? That makes sense. Not one I have though.
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iann wrote:A Turb? That makes sense. Not one I have though.
Here is a couple of pics from today of the plant in case you wanted to see it.

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Its not T. pseudomacrochele, is it?
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Wow, what is that?
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It looks like T dickisoniae to me
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That's really a fine plant, John. Too bad you missed the flowers open, but Turbs usually bloom and bloom, so you are likely to get another shot at it.
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