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Melocactus

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Here's one producing it's cephalium for the first time -

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This one is doing a passable impression of a birthday cake -

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Yup. Aldi had a good stock of Melocacti ready to sprout cephalia this spring. Am I right?
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You may well be but I wouldn't know.

These were grown from seed.
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That's excellent!
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Out of interest, how old is the first one?
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Nice Melos Mike :)
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ragamala wrote:Out of interest, how old is the first one?
Off the top of my head about 12 years old perhaps. I don't rush them.
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Here's another one -

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Herts Mike wrote:
ragamala wrote:Out of interest, how old is the first one?
Off the top of my head about 12 years old perhaps. I don't rush them.
That's a lovely clean plant for that age. The others are pretty damn good too. Better than I ever achieved, or even hoped to.
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Very nice indeed. Congratulations!

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