Dennis' cacti collection

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Happy Grower
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I really loved this, great insight for a newcomer like me so thank you. Fascinating to see the close-up shots
denniscao
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Happy Grower wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 4:26 pm I really loved this, great insight for a newcomer like me so thank you. Fascinating to see the close-up shots
Glad you're enjoying it! Your comment motivates me to post some more photos from today:

Matucana madisoniorum - 1 year. These seem to be growing nicely.
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Astrophytum asterias - 1.25 years, sold as "super kabuto" seeds. Only had 4/100 germination on these.
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Lobivia pygmae - 1 year
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Pachypodium namaquanum - 5 months. I'm not sure if I'm killing them or if dormancy is setting in?
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Lithops (or is it Conophytum?) herrei "translucens" - 1.25 year. You can see all the splitting damage from overwatering... and the replacement leaves coming through!
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Echinofossulocactus crispatus seedling - 1 year, one of 18 I transplanted into 1/1/1 coir/pumice/decomposed granite mix with some osmocote mixed in. They looked small in the original pot, but also look at home in their own 2-inch pots.
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The top of my Crassula Buddha's Temple, and a bunch of rooted props behind it.
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EliWhitney3140
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Wow, beautiful cacti and photos
denniscao
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Here's the status of my shelves. I've started working on potting up some seedlings, and now I'm realizing I have no room to start my vegetables, guess I need to get more lights.
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Unknown seedling that grew from what was supposed to be a G. mihanovichii packet, but the packet was contaminated with what looks like M. bocasana so another hitchhiker wouldn't be surprising.

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Copiapoa grandiflora getting bigger, 1 cm diameter now.

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An advantage of growing in the basement is I can wake plants up whenever I want to, either on purpose or accidentally. This is Albuca concordiana waking up after its first dormancy, fun to see the spiral!

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Eriosyce laui, no kidding these are weird. 4 months old ish.

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Sulcorebutia rauschii, this is Apple Green from CandDplants seeds.

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Sulcorebutia rauschii f. violacidermis, seed also from CandDplants.

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Variety of echinofossulocactus multicostatus SB1147, fun to see the different spine coloration. Still patiently waiting for ribs to show up.

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Haworthia seedlings from Renny seeds. Leaf patterns starting to show up.
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Nice they all look like there growing really good. If you don’t mind me asking where did you get the pseudolithos seeds from?
denniscao
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Vingames1 wrote: Mon Apr 26, 2021 2:44 pm Nice they all look like there growing really good. If you don’t mind me asking where did you get the pseudolithos seeds from?
There's an active psuedolithos facebook group, and I got my seeds from one of the members, Jorge. He was great to deal with via Facebook messenger, just send him a message and ask if he has seeds available. He recently posted a picture saying he filled an order for a few thousand seeds :shock:
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denniscao wrote: Mon Apr 26, 2021 11:55 pm
Vingames1 wrote: Mon Apr 26, 2021 2:44 pm Nice they all look like there growing really good. If you don’t mind me asking where did you get the pseudolithos seeds from?
There's an active psuedolithos facebook group, and I got my seeds from one of the members, Jorge. He was great to deal with via Facebook messenger, just send him a message and ask if he has seeds available. He recently posted a picture saying he filled an order for a few thousand seeds :shock:
Roger thank you
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your light fixtures look just like mine. Did you get these on Amazon?
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denniscao
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mikethecactusguy wrote: Wed Apr 28, 2021 12:57 pm your light fixtures look just like mine. Did you get these on Amazon?
Yep, I think it is Durolux branded, 2 x 4 ft, although the 2 is a little generous I think.
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yep.
They are like 18" wide the valence.
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