Nes and his balcony of lame plants

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nes
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Mrs.Green wrote: โ†‘Thu Jul 07, 2022 6:58 pm Congratulations on landing the job! ๐Ÿ˜Š Love the T. rinconensis spines!
Thanks Mrs. Green, those spines are definitely getting larger with age. Can't wait till it becomes a mature plant. I might purchase another one so it can have a breeding partner.
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Going to be my last post of plants here on the balcony for a while. Leaving to Michigan to do my geology field camp tomorrow morning.
Took these pictures in a hurry, about 95% of my collection was captured. Some I simply didn't snap, even though I thought I had.

Sinningia Macropoda potato showing new growth
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Thelocactus hexaedrophorus were separated.
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Gymnocalycium cardenasium, I like how every now and then a spine grows in with a hook simply because it doesn't have enough space to fully extend at the apex.
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Some echinopsis
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Thelocactus rinconensis
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Epithelantha pachyrhiza
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Leuchtenbergia principis
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Tephrocactus alexanderi
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Opuntia rufida minima, it's a shame this plant is a mutant and doesn't produce flowers.
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Copiapoa hypogaeae
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Astrophytum asterias super kabuto
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Gymnocalycium vatteri paucispinum
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Sulcorebutia rauschii
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Copiapoa tenuissima
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Aloe ramossissima
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Pterocactus fischeri
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Turbinicarpus zaragosae
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Puna bonniae
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Ariocarpus schapharostroides
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Reached the attachment limit for the first time so looks like im going to have to do two posts
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Ariocarpus trigonus
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Ariocarpus fissuratus
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Turbinicarpus saueri ysabelae
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Echinofossulocactus multicostatus
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Turbinicarpus nieblae
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Dudleya pachyphytum x caespitose purchased at last year's inter city cactus and succulent show, will still be in mich during this years show unfortunately
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Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus crew
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Anacampseros crew
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Haworthia maughaniis, various forms, idk the names, they're all just maughanii to me
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Conophytum meyeri and Conophytum chauviniae, succesful pollination on these, hopefully the seedpods are still intact when I return
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Astrophytum caput medusae
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Turbinicarpus valdezianus
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Aloe castilloniae
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That's all folks, can't wait to see how my plants change 6 weeks down the line. Gave my little brother watering instructions, lets hope nothing rots.
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Nes.. did you once say you like to grow all your plants hard?
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mikethecactusguy wrote: โ†‘Fri Jul 08, 2022 5:52 pm Nes.. did you once say you like to grow all your plants hard?
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It's likely that I've said this. All these plants are growing in 90-100% pumice and rarely receive water.
They get direct unfiltered morning sun for about 7 hours, depending on the season
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I think your A. trigonus is still young. I can see areoles on top of two new tubercles. My trigonus has no areoles and tubercles are thinner than yours.
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nes wrote: โ†‘Thu Jul 07, 2022 10:03 pm
Mrs.Green wrote: โ†‘Thu Jul 07, 2022 6:58 pm Congratulations on landing the job! ๐Ÿ˜Š Love the T. rinconensis spines!
Thanks Mrs. Green, those spines are definitely getting larger with age. Can't wait till it becomes a mature plant. I might purchase another one so it can have a breeding partner.
Yourโ€™e welcome ๐Ÿ˜Š Good idea , getting another one. Have to comment one the spines on the G.cardenasium again..๐Ÿ˜ I do enjoy flowers on cacti of course but the spines, those you can admire every day.
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Hanazono wrote: โ†‘Sat Jul 09, 2022 1:19 am I think your A. trigonus is still young. I can see areoles on top of two new tubercles. My trigonus has no areoles and tubercles are thinner than yours.
Not sure how old it is but yes it's a small seedling.
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Mrs.Green wrote: โ†‘Sat Jul 09, 2022 9:04 am
Yourโ€™e welcome ๐Ÿ˜Š Good idea , getting another one. Have to comment one the spines on the G.cardenasium again..๐Ÿ˜ I do enjoy flowers on cacti of course but the spines, those you can admire every day.
The gymnocalycium is definitely another one that I want two of so I can start reproducing them. I haven't been able to get this one to flower, but it's still growing regardless.
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1/6 weeks of summer field camp finished. 35 more days in Kalamazoo, MI. Just booked my flight home, I can't wait to be back in a desert climate. I miss home so much

Asclepias Syriaca, very common out here
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Don't know whose Loph fricii grafts these are but my little brother sent me a picture
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Hi Nes ๐Ÿ™‚ The last pic, the Loph (?) to the right, have they grafted it upside down? Looks like the roots are on top..๐Ÿ˜ฎ
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Mrs.Green wrote: โ†‘Mon Jul 18, 2022 12:30 pm Hi Nes ๐Ÿ™‚ The last pic, the Loph (?) to the right, have they grafted it upside down? Looks like the roots are on top..๐Ÿ˜ฎ
It's a butt graft. I've seen people do it with seedlings and larger plants. If you leave a few areoles on it, it should pup out of the areoles. I've also seen pups come out of the roots but I hear it takes a lot longer.
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nes wrote: โ†‘Tue Jul 19, 2022 10:41 am
Mrs.Green wrote: โ†‘Mon Jul 18, 2022 12:30 pm Hi Nes ๐Ÿ™‚ The last pic, the Loph (?) to the right, have they grafted it upside down? Looks like the roots are on top..๐Ÿ˜ฎ
It's a butt graft. I've seen people do it with seedlings and larger plants. If you leave a few areoles on it, it should pup out of the areoles. I've also seen pups come out of the roots but I hear it takes a lot longer.
Thank you Nes :) After reading your answer I promptly searched for โ€˜butt graftโ€™ to learn more about this. Well..the pics that came up had nothing to do with cacti.. :lol: I still donโ€™t understand the point of doing such a graft? Pups will grow on scions grafted the right way too? To not clutter your blog more, I will make a separate post ๐Ÿ™‚
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nes is alive

A lot of my plants have shriveled away. My new apt in Tucson has a yard but it's entirely shaded by a big tree. When I moved to Tucson I was staying and my boss's guest house, and totaled my vehicle in that time. After a few weeks I just had to move out and get an apt. Got whatever place would take me.
Got stuck in a less than satisfying apartment, mostly because I can't really grow no cacti.
No blooms, no growth, no satisfaction in keeping ticking time bombs. Definitely going to get a better place with a bigger, sunnier yard when my lease is up.

I don't think I can avoid going insane if I don't have cacti to grow.

Here's some cool pictures (i think)

Some sort of Monstrose Ferocactus in Downtown Tucson
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A snowed on Ferocactus, wislenii maybe? or however you spell it
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A little population of Mammillaria grahamii I saw next to a job site in between houses.
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And what believe to be Opuntia basillaris seedlings in that same spot with the Mamms
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Hope everyone is well,

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Great eye for the tiny, wild ones. Good to hear from you.

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