Another Tucson collector
- Tom in Tucson
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Another Tucson collector
I've been curious about cacti since I was 7. My first interaction with a cactus was removing a fallen joint of Cylindropuntia bigelovii from my mom's heel in the vicinity of Needles California (during our move from Tulsa to Los Angeles) because I insisted they let me stop and collect one. After that painful incident she bought me a skinny cactus that looked a lot like a Selenicereus. Lately I've been concentrating on growing the cacti native to the Chihuahuan and Sonoran deserts.
Recently I've been growing seeds of just about everything except cycads (they're next), and I'm growing quite a few seedlings (more than I need). Warning: this part of plant collecting is very habit forming (addictive).
Glad to see the forum restored, Tom
Recently I've been growing seeds of just about everything except cycads (they're next), and I'm growing quite a few seedlings (more than I need). Warning: this part of plant collecting is very habit forming (addictive).
Glad to see the forum restored, Tom
- Aeonium2003
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Re: Another Tucson collector
Welcome!
- gemhunter178
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Re: Another Tucson collector
Welcome!
A cactus and succulent collector who especially likes Ariocarpus. …Though I have a bit of everything! Want some pictures? See my flickr! I also do art and such.
- jerrytheplater
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Re: Another Tucson collector
Welcome Tom.
Jerry Smith
Bloomingdale, NJ
45 inches (114 cm) rain equivalent per year, approx. evenly spread per month
2012 USDA Hardiness Zone 6b: -5F to OF (-20C to -18C) min.
Bloomingdale, NJ
45 inches (114 cm) rain equivalent per year, approx. evenly spread per month
2012 USDA Hardiness Zone 6b: -5F to OF (-20C to -18C) min.
- Tom in Tucson
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I love that question!! Ariocarpus seedlings are always nice, how about Echinomastus? are you growing some of them?
Alejandro
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Re: Another Tucson collector
Show us....all of them....
....and Big Welcome!
....and Big Welcome!
- Tom in Tucson
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Re: Another Tucson collector
Here are 2 images of an Ariocarpus retusa from MilesToGo a few years apart. Here is an Echinomastus laui from 2010. I know these aren't the small seedlings you were hoping to see, but I'll try to take a few images of some of them this summer.A_G_R wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 6:19 pmI love that question!! Ariocarpus seedlings are always nice, how about Echinomastus? are you growing some of them?
- jerrytheplater
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Happy Birthday Tom. I just turned 69 on the 9th.
Jerry Smith
Bloomingdale, NJ
45 inches (114 cm) rain equivalent per year, approx. evenly spread per month
2012 USDA Hardiness Zone 6b: -5F to OF (-20C to -18C) min.
Bloomingdale, NJ
45 inches (114 cm) rain equivalent per year, approx. evenly spread per month
2012 USDA Hardiness Zone 6b: -5F to OF (-20C to -18C) min.
- Tom in Tucson
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Re: Another Tucson collector
Thanks Jerry! 72 does seem ancient, but for a saguaro it's middle age.