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Keith H
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Please can I have some more

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Sun.
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus not kotscholibeyanus
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus not kotscholibeyanus
So close to seeing my first Ariocarpus flower open, it is going to be a long wait for the next forecast sunny day which is five days away.
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A very nice plant Keith, I hope you can catch a photo when the sun appears.
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juster wrote: Sun Oct 14, 2018 4:24 pm A very nice plant Keith, I hope you can catch a photo when the sun appears.
I think you were there when I bought it from Stuart at the 2017 Bromley show. It is still barely bigger than a twenty pence piece and I was not expecting to see it flower for quite some time.
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Stuart's plants have a good start, but you have done well, I just wish I had bought one for myself! As mentioned by Diane in another thread, I wonder if the hot conditions this year have encouraged flowering. Regards, Jean.
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juster wrote: Sun Oct 14, 2018 8:24 pm Stuart's plants have a good start, but you have done well, I just wish I had bought one for myself! As mentioned by Diane in another thread, I wonder if the hot conditions this year have encouraged flowering. Regards, Jean.
I think Diane is right, my Turbs, Lophophoras, the Ariocarpus and a Strombocactus have all done well this year on their full sun gable end high shelf.

I made it home at about 3PM today, just as it was clouding over and was rewarded with a half open flower.
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I can not get over how big the flower is relative to the plant. :grin:
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Yes Keith that's a lovely bloom, I'm glad you managed to catch it.
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Lovely flower - well done to catch it before it closed. The plant looks in very good condition.
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