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- Mon May 06, 2024 3:35 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: The biggest Escobaria?
- Replies: 8
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Re: The biggest Escobaria?
It is coming up to 20 years old. There is some black discoloration around the areoles, but not enough to hide the white spines. Unless you look closely, it just emphasises how white the spines are. You can see it here from a couple of years ago.
- Mon May 06, 2024 3:28 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: No complete ring of flowers, but still very pretty
- Replies: 4
- Views: 165
Re: No complete ring of flowers, but still very pretty
Looks great. I'm starting to worry that those small seedlings I have will soon each grow into a very large plant. Hopefully it'll take many years! This is a plant that grew very tall and got chopped. It worked and it sprouted a bunch of pups that now hide the old stump. I have another one, yellow, ...
- Sun May 05, 2024 5:31 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Schwantesia borcherdsii
- Replies: 3
- Views: 168
Re: Schwantesia borcherdsii
Looks like more flowers to come. Should be a good show.
- Sun May 05, 2024 4:07 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Might have trouble pollinatingthis one
- Replies: 0
- Views: 81
Might have trouble pollinatingthis one
Or at least pollinating anything else from it. Distinct lack of pollen, although there is a bit on some shorter stamens right in the centre . I usually notice this on hybrids, so I don't know if some other genes have crept in. Others from the same batch of seed are normal.
- Sun May 05, 2024 4:04 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: No complete ring of flowers, but still very pretty
- Replies: 4
- Views: 165
No complete ring of flowers, but still very pretty
Mammillaria carmenae
- Sun May 05, 2024 4:03 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: The biggest Escobaria?
- Replies: 8
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The biggest Escobaria?
Not sure if this is the biggest species, but the biggest in my greenhouse. Escobaria laredoi.
- Sun May 05, 2024 4:02 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Pediocactus simpsonii seedlings after 2 years.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 197
Re: Pediocactus simpsonii seedlings after 2 years.
I agree, easy from seed. Not so easy as adults though. They can take five or more years to reach flowering size, but good displays once they get going. Pediocactus except for P. simpsonii are much more tricky, but they flower younger.
- Sun May 05, 2024 3:56 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: I think I’ve finally got rid of my flat mites!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 318
Re: I think I’ve finally got rid of my flat mites!
Sorry for the not completely on topic post. I am new to posting and simply cannot work out how to post a new topic (sigh!), so replying to this one seems the least bad thing to do. I am looking for suggestions as to what these black bugs are on some of my cacti? They are particularly bad on this Ma...
- Sun May 05, 2024 3:55 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: I think I’ve finally got rid of my flat mites!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 318
Re: I think I’ve finally got rid of my flat mites!
Takes a year or two to hope you might have eradicated them. They're much more active later in the year. I've got my fingers crossed that I've at least got them under control. Haven't seen one so far this year, but I'm trying not to let my guard down.
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:55 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Cracker 2
- Replies: 5
- Views: 833
Re: Cracker 2
Excellent! I very rarely get any Cheiridopsus to flower, and I don't get the leaves to turn that colour either. Maybe I just leave them out over winter ...