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Goings on down under
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:02 am
by MikeInOz
Some of my seedlings from last season. They are 11 months old..Some of the seeds had very poor germination, some very good!
I've kept them warm all winter to keep them moving. Excuse the out of focus pics. I will do better next time...
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Very happy with the Pelecyphora asseliformis. 19 out of 20 came up!
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Same with the Geohintonia
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Epithelantha subsp gregii
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Escobaria abdita
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Re: Goings on down under
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:30 pm
by keith
They look great
Some are pretty big for just under a year .
Re: Goings on down under
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2020 7:21 am
by MikeInOz
Spring is finally here!
Mamm perezdelarosae is always first to move..
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M. glassii var nominis dulcis I think
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Re: Goings on down under
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 1:55 am
by A_G_R
That's a fine looking perezdelarosae!! Nicely grown Mike
Re: Goings on down under
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 4:20 am
by MikeInOz
Well my sowing is done for this year....
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Opuntia basilaris was very keen to get going! 2 weeks old..
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Re: Goings on down under
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 4:40 am
by hegar
You do have some nice and healthy plants and those new seedling plants are also in top shape! With all those new plants, you will soon have to add another greenhouse!
What kind of prickly pear (Opuntia sp.) are you sprouting there? Members of that genus can become rather large and produce an awful lot of biomass.
Harald
Re: Goings on down under
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 4:43 am
by MikeInOz
hegar wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 4:40 am
You do have some nice and healthy plants and those new seedling plants are also in top shape! With all those new plants, you will soon have to add another greenhouse!
What kind of prickly pear (Opuntia sp.) are you sprouting there? Members of that genus can become rather large and produce an awful lot of biomass.
Harald
Thanks Harold. Those are basilaris. I also sowed some last year but these are more vigorous. I sowed some sana rits and some aciculata but nothing yet.
I did nick each seed before sowing.
Re: Goings on down under
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 10:46 pm
by hegar
I do have one pretty large O. aciculata and am trying to get an Opuntia basilaris established. For some to me unknown reason, the O. basilaris gives me trouble. I placed a cladode into the ground and for several years it did not produce another pad. Instead, the pad I tried to root shriveled up from its side. When we had a very severe cold snap, with temperatures not exceeding 32 degrees Fahrenheit for three full days, what was left of the initial pad died all the way. Opuntia Santa Rita is a prickly pear, which is popular here, because its cladodes turn a purplish color when the weather gets cold during our winters.
Harald
Re: Goings on down under
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 4:50 am
by MikeInOz
Some warm weather today - finally.
Neoloydia grandiflora
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Mammillaria deherdtiana var. dodsonii
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Lobivia winteriana
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Rebutia senilis cv Rose of York first flowering. I like it. Seems to be a genuine albino?
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Re: Goings on down under
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 4:53 am
by trashcanteoh
lovely collection. hope to see more
Re: Goings on down under
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 1:07 pm
by Steve-0
Looking good, Mike! I'm impressed with the seedling successes. My determination to not indulge in germinating cactus from seeds is weakening. Thanks for sharing.
Re: Goings on down under
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 3:04 am
by mikethecactusguy
Mike . do have a picture of your greenhouse?
Re: Goings on down under
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 4:44 am
by MikeInOz
mikethecactusguy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 3:04 am
Mike . do have a picture of your greenhouse?
Hi Mike
No but it's a polly tunnel with side walls. About 30 meters (yards) long and 6 wide but it's crammed full of all kinds of things not just cacti. I also have a heated glasshouse for orchids and other tropicals.
Re: Goings on down under
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 11:51 pm
by MikeInOz
More flowers...
Mamm lauii dasyacnatha
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Ferocactus glaucescens
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Mamm magnimamma
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Mamm hahniana
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Gymno andreae
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Mamm zeilanniana
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Re: Goings on down under
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 4:47 am
by MikeInOz
Lobivia wrightiana
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Mammillaria fittkaui
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Echinocereus pulchellus ssp sharpii first flower..
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Opunita santa-rita
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Mammillaria hahniana
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