Spring blooms

gemhunter178 · Post by **gemhunter178** » Sun Apr 28, 2013 11:15 am

Amazing garden and the plants in them!

MJPapay · Post by **MJPapay** » Sun Apr 28, 2013 11:39 am

Thanks, Y'all!

Glad you enjoyed the cacti.

The season ahead portends more blooms.

hoteidoc · Post by **hoteidoc** » Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:24 am

Beautiful preview for some of "mine", MJ! Lost a E. fendleri that had survived 2 Winters

. Was down in Georgia(Athens) for oldest son's wedding last weekend. My ex- has got a nice (small) stand of O. ellisianus -- as in the pad you sent me. It's doing real well. Didn't realize how large the pads can get! "Your" pad -- like all the O's haven't shown any real signs of life -- except humifusa of course.
@Maja: Echinocer's seem to be fairly easy to get going as seeds. With your new-found experience as "expert" seed germinator, I think coccineus would be the same. Just have to wait a couple of years before you get in the ground

majcka · Post by **majcka** » Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:34 am

hoteidoc wrote:@Maja: Echinocer's seem to be fairly easy to get going as seeds. With your new-found experience as "expert" seed germinator, I think coccineus would be the same. Just have to wait a couple of years before you get in the ground

My experty remains to be seen. My seedlings have to live through 1st year. Many of them didn't.

But your M. matanzanus are still alive (for now) all 6 of them that germinated.

MJPapay · Post by **MJPapay** » Fri May 03, 2013 12:48 am

hoteidoc - Glad you enjoyed the photos. Hopefully your O. ellisiana is okay. A new growing season has started, full of promise.

CactusSquirrel · Post by **CactusSquirrel** » Fri May 03, 2013 3:01 pm

So beautiful!! I will have to get some of those for my alpine garden.

MJPapay · Post by **MJPapay** » Fri May 03, 2013 11:41 pm

Welcome to the cactus forum, CactusSquirrel.

Some more cacti were in bloom this morning, including this Echinocerrus dasyacanthus hybrid (grown from seed from an E. coccineus).
The flowers are smaller than typical E. dasyacanthus, and have a greenish hue instead of the usual bright yellow.

MJPapay · Post by **MJPapay** » Fri May 03, 2013 11:42 pm

And here is a young Lobivia (not the Notocactus I had mistakenly stated originally) aurea leucomalla.

MJPapay · Post by **MJPapay** » Fri May 03, 2013 11:43 pm

And the Escobaria missouriensis had a quite a few flowers open at once, putting on a nice show.

Peterthecactusguy · Post by **Peterthecactusguy** » Sat May 04, 2013 12:00 am

MJ your plant never cease to amaze me. Good job. I have some to look forward too when they bloom, IE the Echinopsis aurea. ... Love the colors of the Echinocereus cacti as well.

Also I need to get some seeds for some Escobaria I think

Minime8484 · Post by **Minime8484** » Sat May 04, 2013 12:15 am

Beautiful plants and fabulous blooms!

MJPapay · Post by **MJPapay** » Sat May 04, 2013 2:34 pm

Peter - thanks for the compliments - and the correction (apparently in my declining years my mind is becoming as sharp as a well tumbled stone).

Also - I have plenty of Coryphantha sulcata seeds (lots of fruit on my two plants) if you are interested.

MJPapay · Post by **MJPapay** » Sat May 04, 2013 11:11 pm

Another hybrid seedling from a Trichocereus bruchii...

MJPapay · Post by **MJPapay** » Sat May 04, 2013 11:13 pm

Echinocereus coccineus with E. nivosus

MJPapay · Post by **MJPapay** » Sat May 04, 2013 11:13 pm

Echinocereus nivosus

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