Cactus of the Month

Lewis_cacti · Post by **Lewis_cacti** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:54 pm

beautiful plant. good choice hob

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:38 pm

Looking good Hob

Great plant and a great write up.

Post by **daiv** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 12:27 am

hob wrote:
edit..........the spelling of month really looks crap, did i get that right ???

Spelling of month? You mean M-O-N-T-H? Yes that is right.

hob · Post by **hob** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:37 am

daiv wrote:
hob wrote:
edit..........the spelling of month really looks crap, did i get that right ???
Spelling of month? You mean M-O-N-T-H? Yes that is right.

sometimes a word just looks wrong when its right

i guess i should trust the spell checker a bit more

Lewis_cacti · Post by **Lewis_cacti** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:43 am

i think that if you look at any word long enough it looks wrong. seems like that to me anyways.

Post by **daiv** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:07 pm

Lewis_cacti wrote:i think that if you look at any word long enough it looks wrong. seems like that to me anyways.

Yep -it is a weird thing, but very true!

hob · Post by **hob** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:29 pm

cactus of the month for march is on the board, this one has come up for ID a few times recently so fits in well.

feel free to let me know if i got anything wrong.

regards hob

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:41 pm

Great choice hob! lots of good info too.

I'm now wondering if the small one i have is mislabeled as a Stenocactus... I shall await it's flower.

phil_SK · Post by **phil_SK** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:33 pm

I used to get a bit miffed by the infrequency of South American cacti - 3 out of 3 - now you're just spoiling me!

hob · Post by **hob** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:44 pm

phil_SK wrote:I used to get a bit miffed by the infrequency of South American cacti - 3 out of 3 - now you're just spoiling me!

i'm still feeling my way here, the south Americans are what i know best.

the next one might be a rebutia ..........unless someone like peterb wants to do a north American one, i can format the info if i get it sent to me.

iann · Post by **iann** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:15 pm

Ah, my favourite minimum temperature question

I don't have this species. I don't think I have any of the synonyms either, but I might have missed one! Anywhere in Uruguay can experience occasional frost, 7C is a fairly typical average low in winter, meaning about half the nights will be colder. Other Notocactus from similar areas are pretty safe down to freezing, some quite a way below. The difficulties come when they stay cold for a long period. Either you water them and they die, or you don't water them and they lose their roots, and then probably die in spring

Argentinian plants are likely to experience more cold in habitat and I have tried several below freezing for short periods. Some coastal parts of Brazil quite close to Uruguay are essentially frost free, inland can get a lot colder.

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:01 am

Nice looking cactus Hob.
You won't hear me complain about south american cacti

Post by **daiv** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 3:45 am

Thanks Hob!

Stuart E · Post by **Stuart E** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:23 pm

Very nice Hob.

If you're carrying on with South American plants some obscure opuntioids would be nice

hob · Post by **hob** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:20 pm

cactus of the month for april 2008 is on the board

i used a north American one this time......... not one i'm all that familiar with

i hope there are no mistakes.