Keith H's Greenhouse on tour.

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Re: Keith H's Greenhouse on tour.

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You have done a very good job there and are now getting the reward of flowers for the improvements you have made to the plants. It's always good to have a success story, even though there have been losses, everyone gets those.
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HI
Looking very good, it's always amazing how quickly they fill up.
I like the Thelocactus peeking in the last photo, can you do a photo of that one please. It looks a nice form
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Tina wrote:HI
Looking very good, it's always amazing how quickly they fill up.
I like the Thelocactus peeking in the last photo, can you do a photo of that one please. It looks a nice form
There you go Tina, it is one of my original plants but I cannot remember if it was acquired as a single plant which has divided over the last thirty years or perhaps it was three seedlings that were too close to separate. The latter is more probable, I can only imagine it came from one of the Hull branch NCSS table sales or auction, one thing I am sure of is that they will be staying together.
Thelocactus hexaedrophorus
Thelocactus hexaedrophorus
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I had been waiting for some of the flowers to open but it is looking like only one of the five buds will make it.
Thelocactus hexaedrophorus flower buds
Thelocactus hexaedrophorus flower buds
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Re: Keith H's Greenhouse on tour.

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Hi Keith
Yes a lovely plant, I like this group of thelo's.
I'm often surprised by how much water they will take, at least they don't split if I overwater them.
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Re: Keith H's Greenhouse on tour.

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As I suspected the Thelocactus only opened on of the flowers and I missed it, so when I got home tis lunch time and Gymnocalycium horstii had opened it's first flower I had to make a record of it.
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Gymnocalycium horstii 2
Gymnocalycium horstii 2
It did not flower last year but looks like it will be making up for a lost season. This one is another of my original plants so must be at least thirty five years old, to give an idea of size it is in a 150mm half pot.
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