Josh's 2012

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Mammillaria guelzowiana put out first flowers last weekend. Seems kind of off-season, but a bunch of them went off together.
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These were sown in 2007 or 2008.
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very beautiful!
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Looks pretty! I guess they all decided it was the season to bloom! =D>
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Lovely blooms! Well grown plants as well. Did you grow the Ortegocactus from seed? How old are the ones pictured?
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I did grow them from seed. They're 5 or 6 years old now.

I forgot to post the pic of the Tephro. geometricus blooming:
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That's some nice flowers! I like how they're almost the same size as a segment itself! =D>
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Wow! I had no idea Tephros did that! Those flowers look like roses! Which species is that?
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Oops! I guess I was so mesmerized by the flowers, my eyes must have passed over the "geometricus" in the caption... :oops:
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Great plants
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More flowers:
Neochilenia occulta
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Astro asterias
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Mam bombycina fruit - white!
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Seedlings:
Mam herrarae (only 1 came up), Mam pectinifera, Man lenta
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Gymno cardesianum and spegazini
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Mam schumanii, Mam humboltii, Mam wrightii
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Copiapoa tenuissima, Copiapoa dealbata
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Turb klinkerianus, Turb panorattoi, something deceptive :evil:
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Turb alonsoi, Turb jaugneri
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Pyg biebli kuhansi
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Escobaria minima, Echinocereus davisii
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All but the last two pics were from a mesagarden order sown in Feb. The last two were sown in oct. As long as you're good about sterilizing everything and keeping them bagged it's pretty easy to grow slow-growing species for the first couple years. I use 6"x18" 4 mil poly fish bags, they fit a 3.25" pot like a glove and are only a few cents each if you get a 100 pack - they're also clear enough to eliminate temptation to open them, the pictures are through the bag.
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beautiful neochilenia and very healthy looking seedlings
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Nice plants, flowers and seedlings! In the first picture you can't even see the plant! =D>
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Got a late flower today: Mammillaria plumosa
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Also noticed some volunteers with Euphorbia valida:
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Turb valdezianus is getting ready, but will bloom in March:
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Orostachys japonicus - I have these guys in 16" bowls on top of 5g buckets so that mice can't eat them - rodents really love orostachys.
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Today I divided some daffodils in my rock garden, they needed it!
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plumosa is not late, it is right-on :)
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beautiful plumosa!
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