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My little precious
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2018 10:01 am
by sechjoh
This is my only
Aztekium ritteri and it has being grown from seed since 1994. Den är circa 3 centimeter wide and flowers every year. It bloomed for the first time in 2008 It lives in a 6 centimeter square pot and gets water every fortnight from April to October. I keep it in my sleep-window on the middle shelf where it is around 10°C all winter.
One thing I have noticed is that the day-and-night-clock is hard-coded into it. If I change the day into night it flowers in the night.
- Aztekium ritteri
Re: My little precious
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2018 5:54 pm
by ralphrmartin
Interesting - mine has pure white flowers.
Re: My little precious
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2018 6:01 pm
by ijsman
Ver nice
Re: My little precious
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2018 6:50 pm
by sechjoh
ralphrmartin wrote:Interesting - mine has pure white flowers.
That's the impression I also have that they should be white. Do yours have white buds as well?
Re: My little precious
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 7:39 am
by Cidermanrolls
White with an occasional pink stripe on my old plant
Re: My little precious
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 6:52 pm
by sechjoh
Two flowers at the same time, this time
- Aztekium ritteri
Re: My little precious
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:21 pm
by ralphrmartin
No, having thought more carefully, the buds (and hence outsides of the petals) are pink, but the insides of the petals are pure white.
Re: My little precious
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2018 10:16 am
by Ariocarpus91
wonderful Aztekium ritteri picture, perfect!
Re: My little precious
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2018 11:03 am
by sechjoh
Ariocarpus91 wrote:wonderful Aztekium ritteri picture, perfect!
Thank you
Re: My little precious
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 2:30 pm
by iann
By far the slowest cactus I've ever grown. Mine are five years old and nowhere near flowering, so I don't know what colour they'll be.