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- Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:41 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Rebutia/Aylostera talk.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 364
Re: Rebutia/Aylostera talk.
Thanks Phil it saves me looking. I had forgotten Ritter (= John Donald as editor on his behalf) had published some more Rebutia's in Ashingtonia. A few blank pages in the reproduction to skip through though. https://www.cactuspro.com/lecture/Ashingtonia/AshingtoniaVol3/page-18.html The Ashingtonia j...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:18 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Rebutia/Aylostera talk.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 364
Re: Rebutia/Aylostera talk.
My interest Ralph was because years ago I was given a "Rebutia buiningiana" which when I searched the Web did not match the pictures for that name. I later found out it was the old "R. buiningiana" nomen nudum, evidently still going round in cultivation with the original name of ...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 1:04 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Rebutia/Aylostera talk.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 364
Re: Rebutia/Aylostera talk.
Ralph in his talk had a guess at what the Rebutia archibuiningiana name meant. The botanical definition is:- "In biology and anatomy, it usually means "primitive", "original", or "ancestral"1. For example, archipterygium means "primitive fin or wing". Fro...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:20 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Rebutia/Aylostera talk.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 364
Rebutia/Aylostera talk.
Will not affect those in the UK, but the notice of Ralph's talk says GMT. We have put our clocks forward an hour to British Summer Time = BST so evidently the notice was written before then. Just checked with Nigel in charge of talks and it should be 7.30pm BST for those abroad calculating the time ...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 4:50 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Grafting advice
- Replies: 7
- Views: 284
Re: Grafting advice
As said various ways, you can use rubber bands, weights or even cling film depending on the scion shape.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9vRsOQzeiOI
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UM4jHckOmzg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxj7oBSkrK8
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9vRsOQzeiOI
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UM4jHckOmzg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxj7oBSkrK8
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:06 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Seed raising compost
- Replies: 10
- Views: 501
Re: Seed raising compost
If you use purely mineral mix, assuming no nutrients or trace elements are derived from the mix itself which is unlikely, you need a balanced fertiliser that provides all the trace elements normally obtained from the organic part of potting soils, one similar to those suitable for hydroponics. https...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:42 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: lophophora companion / nurse plants
- Replies: 3
- Views: 268
Re: lophophora companion / nurse plants
You also may find some information here:- https://sacredcacti.com/blog/tag/nurse-plants/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/nurse-plant However you may not have access to the same nurse plants as in habitat and many are found not just under shrubs but among grasses, th...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:26 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Pyrrhocactus
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3955
Re: Pyrrhocactus
I have virtually not been on the Forum for the last 4-5 years but when I put a link in to a new Pyrrhocactus on our branch email circle one of our branch members reminded me of this post. It therefore seems a good place to put in the new Pyrrhocactus for comparison purposes rather than in a disconne...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:18 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Can anyone explain this columnar lophophora?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 749
Re: Can anyone explain this columnar lophophora?
Could they be clones from offsets from an original plant since both look remarkably similar in size and character? All plants are individuals if grown from seed, but propagating from offsets will produce genetically identical plants. However only a DNA test would prove this. Those who grow Lophophor...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:17 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: CactusWorld (Dec 2023) Copiapoa
- Replies: 6
- Views: 633
Re: CactusWorld (Dec 2023) Copiapoa
Hi Benjy I "Googled" Copiapoa using one of the localities and found 3-4 year old seedlings under Copiapoa sp or Copiapoa longistaminea aff (= affinity) were being sold by a Bulgarian nursery at €10 each, so obviously have been available in the EU for some time though unnamed. Therefore as ...