Copiapoa solaris first flower

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Re: Copiapoa solaris first flower

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....oh, depends. #-o
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Re: Copiapoa solaris first flower

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Hi DWdogwood !
Thank You for the reply about the Solaris soil mix. I don’t know why I just saw your reply to my question after a year. Haha😂. So how is Your beautiful specimen doing ? I hope it’s doing well !
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iloveu3000 wrote: Wed Sep 07, 2022 1:28 pm Hi DWdogwood !
Thank You for the reply about the Solaris soil mix. I don’t know why I just saw your reply to my question after a year. Haha😂. So how is Your beautiful specimen doing ? I hope it’s doing well !
It’s taking a long time to root itself back to health. I pull it out of its pumice pot and check it once a year and it’s just scratching by on its old root knuckle. No growth, above or below the soil line.

But it did put out one flower this year, so it’s holding on.
-D
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Well I just pulled it out, and there were a few feeble roots, but they seem to be abandoned as soon as they start.
I dug all of the dead wood out to the fresh root knuckle, which appears to maintain a number of viable nodes.
Also found several hangers-on of the tiny yellow fungus balls in the litter. Not harmful in themselves but indicative of the heavily organic prior mix that started this mess in the 1st place.
A dust with sulphur then back into a shallow pan of pumice for another season.
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They last a long time even without roots pretty amazing.
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Sometimes an old and hard callous may stop roots emerging, therefore it's best to peel it off and let a new thinner callous form it can then root through.
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DWDogwood wrote: Sat Oct 08, 2022 11:45 pm
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Well I just pulled it out, and there were a few feeble roots, but they seem to be abandoned as soon as they start.
I dug all of the dead wood out to the fresh root knuckle, which appears to maintain a number of viable nodes.
Also found several hangers-on of the tiny yellow fungus balls in the litter. Not harmful in themselves but indicative of the heavily organic prior mix that started this mess in the 1st place.
A dust with sulphur then back into a shallow pan of pumice for another season.
Hi DW !
I hope that it pulls through. She’s such a great specimen !
Please keep us updated !
Thank You so much for sharing !
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Knuckle close up. Looks like a viable clump of tissue, but who knows, there’s only so much I can romance this one.
Still, it’s given me a few offsets over the years that are now nice specimens in their own right. Degrafted.
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Re: Copiapoa solaris first flower

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Hi DWdogwood !

Just wondering….. are there different looking Solaris depending on locality ??
Cuz I’ve seen pictures online.
Hoping You can help !

Thank You!
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