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by Roberto A
Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:36 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: The ....monster is flowering!
Replies: 9
Views: 2548

The ....monster is flowering!

My garden, this morning: Trichocereus schickendantzii... Every year a better show!
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by Roberto A
Sun May 27, 2012 8:26 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: flowering snakes.....
Replies: 5
Views: 2104

flowering snakes.....

Trichocereus thelegonus DJF330: a plant with 8-10 larger branches, the longest about 4m
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by Roberto A
Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:53 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Oreocereus pollinator
Replies: 4
Views: 1686

Re: Oreocereus pollinator

hey! after seeing the lama pictures... I think I will be much more cautious with my next joke!! :lol: :lol:
by Roberto A
Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:10 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Oreocereus pollinator
Replies: 4
Views: 1686

Oreocereus pollinator

A dramatic photo: an Oreocereus being pollinized, in winter, by a giant butterfly in the genus Ariuopsis...
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by Roberto A
Sat Dec 10, 2011 5:46 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Name this plant.
Replies: 7
Views: 2215

Re: Name this plant.

I agree with others: Espostoopsis dybowskii.
by Roberto A
Fri Nov 25, 2011 5:58 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Echinocereus book
Replies: 41
Views: 8460

Re: Echinocereus book

Where can I find it?
I do not remember any advertisement in the journal.....
by Roberto A
Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:11 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Echinopsis huascha
Replies: 14
Views: 3082

Re: Echinopsis huascha

I am not 100% sure, but that white one should be T. strigosus.
Seeing the plants in habitat (...without labels!) give you much more doubts than answers about huascha and strigosus being different species... (see a few enclosed photos!).
Roberto.
by Roberto A
Sat Nov 19, 2011 9:07 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Re-use your corks!
Replies: 9
Views: 2441

Re: Re-use your corks!

I may be of assistance as I recognise those corks. The wine is grown in the famous vineyards on the southern banks of the Mersey. In the unique microclimate created by the nearby oil refinery at Stanlow and the car battery reprocessing factory across the river at Widnes, the vines prosper and produ...
by Roberto A
Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:31 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Submit pictures of your pride and joy!
Replies: 53
Views: 12801

Re: Submit pictures of your pride and joy!

Hope you have plenty of room in your garden Roberto when it really starts growing? http://www.cactusinhabitat.org/index.php?p=specie&id=13&l=en DaveW :grin: Yes, I have it: the garden is quite large (about 12000 square metres).... even if nothing is ever "enought" if you like to p...
by Roberto A
Sat Nov 12, 2011 5:48 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Submit pictures of your pride and joy!
Replies: 53
Views: 12801

Re: Submit pictures of your pride and joy!

My pride..... I know it is not vey beautiful or much exotic-like, but Castellanosia (Browningia) caineana is quite uncommon in collections, so I was quite happy when I bought some seed from the Rowlands, some years ago. The plant went in the ground about 4 years ago and being a quite cold sensitive ...