Well this does look like a fine plant for those interested in the wierd and wonderful - and old presumably. I can't recall ever seen one like this "in the flesh" (though I've seen a few in books/Web sites) and shall watch the end-price with interest!
I've always wondered just how frequent cristate seedlings are (without the aid of radiation or mechanical interference etc.). Can anyone enlighten me?..... how many Ario. seeds do I have to germinate & grow for years and year to get one like this one for sale!
My new Ario. etc. book is still under wraps...... I'm not going to be any help in the kitchen on Christmas day once I've opened it!
Cheers,
Jez
Another fine (late) Christmas present!
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Jez
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Another fine (late) Christmas present!
Jez
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Collection of mostly smaller cacti and succulents (space limited!) including a variety of caudiciforms..... and I've lots to learn about looking after them.
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Collection of mostly smaller cacti and succulents (space limited!) including a variety of caudiciforms..... and I've lots to learn about looking after them.
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CactusChris
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Re: Another fine (late) Christmas present!
Hi Jez,
Although I have found a couple at nurseries I have never! had a cristate seedling come up and I sow quite a lot os seeds... so the answer is:
statistically lots - but the next seed could be the one....
Best regards
Chris
Although I have found a couple at nurseries I have never! had a cristate seedling come up and I sow quite a lot os seeds... so the answer is:
statistically lots - but the next seed could be the one....
Best regards
Chris
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Re: Another fine (late) Christmas present!
Hi Jez
Certainly nice & very interesting looking plant but it's a bit wrinkly, I couldn't risk the money this will go for & my ario growing skills ( or lack of them !).
Certainly nice & very interesting looking plant but it's a bit wrinkly, I couldn't risk the money this will go for & my ario growing skills ( or lack of them !).
Tina
varied collection of succulents and cacti but I especially like Euphorbia's, Ariocarpus and variegated agaves.
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varied collection of succulents and cacti but I especially like Euphorbia's, Ariocarpus and variegated agaves.
Bucks, UK
Branch co-ordinator, Northants & MK BCSS https://northants.bcss.org.uk
BCSS Talk team member, contact me- BCSS.Talk@Gmail.com if you want to volunteer or suggest a speaker plz.
Re: Another fine (late) Christmas present!
Yes, it does look a bit wrinkly - but then some Arios. are more wrinkly than others and there are those Japanese cultivars that seem to excel in wrinkliness. I'm never 100% sure what are the things to look out for with these plants......... if I'm looking to buy I mostly (and I've learned lessons here) go on who is selling it - do I know them as a good e-bay seller/trusted nursery?
Jez
Best wishes to all.... may your Christmas presents be spiky (well at least some of them!).
Jez
Best wishes to all.... may your Christmas presents be spiky (well at least some of them!).
Jez
NCSS/BCSS member intermittently since c 1978
Forum member from 08/2006
Collection of mostly smaller cacti and succulents (space limited!) including a variety of caudiciforms..... and I've lots to learn about looking after them.
NCSS/BCSS member intermittently since c 1978
Forum member from 08/2006
Collection of mostly smaller cacti and succulents (space limited!) including a variety of caudiciforms..... and I've lots to learn about looking after them.
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Re: Another fine (late) Christmas present!
OK, I'll just go and get that lottery ticket, then I might buy it!
Or I could catch a hedgehog and paint him green, and ask him to sit still in a plantpot.. and have a fortnight in Helsinki.
Or I could catch a hedgehog and paint him green, and ask him to sit still in a plantpot.. and have a fortnight in Helsinki.
Happy carrier of Forby Disorder - an obsession with Euphorbia obesa.
NB. Anyone failing to provide a sensible name for me to address them will be called, or referred to, as Fred.
NB. Anyone failing to provide a sensible name for me to address them will be called, or referred to, as Fred.
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Re: Another fine (late) Christmas present!
Hi all
I have had an odd e.grusonii brevispina , which I couldn't decide if it was monstrose or cristate or just multiheaeded but then it died so no more probem.
I did read that beheading grafted plants can cause oddities with the pups that grow from the stumps so I have decapitated some plants- astro , loph & e.piscidermis.
The Euphorbia piscidermis is growing well as it has 8 or 9 pups at the moment so I 'm feeding it & have it under lights, I'd like a E.piscidermis crest even though they are a little ugly.
The common name for this is the 'fish scale cactus' & you can see why
Post Edited (12-20-06 16:14)
I have had an odd e.grusonii brevispina , which I couldn't decide if it was monstrose or cristate or just multiheaeded but then it died so no more probem.
I did read that beheading grafted plants can cause oddities with the pups that grow from the stumps so I have decapitated some plants- astro , loph & e.piscidermis.
The Euphorbia piscidermis is growing well as it has 8 or 9 pups at the moment so I 'm feeding it & have it under lights, I'd like a E.piscidermis crest even though they are a little ugly.
The common name for this is the 'fish scale cactus' & you can see why
Post Edited (12-20-06 16:14)
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Tina
varied collection of succulents and cacti but I especially like Euphorbia's, Ariocarpus and variegated agaves.
Bucks, UK
Branch co-ordinator, Northants & MK BCSS https://northants.bcss.org.uk
BCSS Talk team member, contact me- BCSS.Talk@Gmail.com if you want to volunteer or suggest a speaker plz.
varied collection of succulents and cacti but I especially like Euphorbia's, Ariocarpus and variegated agaves.
Bucks, UK
Branch co-ordinator, Northants & MK BCSS https://northants.bcss.org.uk
BCSS Talk team member, contact me- BCSS.Talk@Gmail.com if you want to volunteer or suggest a speaker plz.
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Vic
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Re: Another fine (late) Christmas present!
Nice plant Jez! Don't think much of the Lopho cristate they're selling though 8(!!
Re: Another fine (late) Christmas present!
Price is going up...... 810 euros (about 550 quid to you and me) and counting.....
Jez
Jez
Jez
NCSS/BCSS member intermittently since c 1978
Forum member from 08/2006
Collection of mostly smaller cacti and succulents (space limited!) including a variety of caudiciforms..... and I've lots to learn about looking after them.
NCSS/BCSS member intermittently since c 1978
Forum member from 08/2006
Collection of mostly smaller cacti and succulents (space limited!) including a variety of caudiciforms..... and I've lots to learn about looking after them.
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Re: Another fine (late) Christmas present!
Take a luck at these two then, this ariocarpus at least looks as if it alive.