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Collection of plants seen in habitat
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2022 7:39 pm
by nes
Starting a topic about all the places I've been to where cacti/succulents are growing.
First up is my local park where mesembryanthemum crystallinum grows on one of the steep surfaces. Soil/rock here is all alluvium.
Not a native plant but was introduced to coastal California a long time ago.
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Re: Collection of plants seen in habitat
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2022 7:45 pm
by nes
Re: Collection of plants seen in habitat
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 3:13 am
by nes
Re: Collection of plants seen in habitat
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 5:14 am
by anttisepp
nes wrote: ↑Tue Jun 14, 2022 3:13 am <…> small
cylindraceous nestled between rocks <JPG>
Echinocactus polycephalus?
Re: Collection of plants seen in habitat
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 4:48 pm
by Sonoran Jackalope
anttisepp wrote: ↑Tue Jun 14, 2022 5:14 am
[quote=nes post_id=394518 time=<a href="tel:1655176392">1655176392</a> user_id=17757] <…> small
cylindraceous nestled between rocks <JPG>
Echinocactus polycephalus?
[/quote]
Agreed. It took me a while to differentiate them from each other in the field. I’ve seen them growing side by side in Nevada and California (and I believe Utah)
Re: Collection of plants seen in habitat
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 5:42 pm
by nes
anttisepp wrote: ↑Tue Jun 14, 2022 5:14 am
Echinocactus polycephalus?
My bad, y'all are right. There was a few Echinocactus/Homalocephala polycephala clumps growing out there. Don't know why I labelled it as a cylindraceous. Probably because I've seen a few cylindraceous seedlings in habitat as well and they do look exactly alike.
I would upload some photos of the larger clumps but I'm having trouble getting the file size down, will find a way later.
Also going to post some cylindraceous seedlings seen at Joshua tree to show how similar they are.
Thanks for pointing it out
Re: Collection of plants seen in habitat
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 10:48 pm
by nes
Went real low on the quality for these next few pictures
Homalocephala Polycephala; still at mazourka canyon
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Side note, I'm just now realizing that the title of the topic is a little misleading. This topic is not for posting about poached plants.
Re: Collection of plants seen in habitat
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:55 pm
by MrXeric
Awesome plants, thanks for sharing. Impressive clump of H. polycephala too.
Re: Collection of plants seen in habitat
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2022 3:52 am
by nes
MrXeric wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:55 pm
Awesome plants, thanks for sharing. Impressive clump of H. polycephala too.
Pretty interesting to see, almost all Polycephala were massive in size except for the one tiny seedling. I don't really have an indicator for growth rate as I've never seen this plant being grown in horticulture. Though I do recall there being an impressive amount of new growth on the larger clumps.
Re: Collection of plants seen in habitat
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2022 12:04 am
by MrXeric
nes wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 3:52 am
Pretty interesting to see, almost all Polycephala were massive in size except for the one tiny seedling. I don't really have an indicator for growth rate as I've never seen this plant being grown in horticulture. Though I do recall there being an impressive amount of new growth on the larger clumps.
I just had a second seedling germinate of subs. xeranthemoides I got from Mesa Garden so I'll get to see first hand how slow these guys are (if I can keep them alive that is...)
Re: Collection of plants seen in habitat
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2022 3:05 am
by nes
MrXeric wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 12:04 am
I just had a second seedling germinate of subs. xeranthemoides I got from Mesa Garden so I'll get to see first hand how slow these guys are (if I can keep them alive that is...)
Looking forward to seeing how that goes. Kudos for growing some of the less desired and less common cacti.
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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 12:54 am
by 7george
Collection of plants seen in habitat: that is the best collection. Takes care about itself. Just needs protection from other humans.
Re: Collection of plants seen in habitat
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 9:42 pm
by nes