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by MikeDom
Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:37 am
Forum: Small Opuntias (Tephrocactus Study Group)
Topic: ID please
Replies: 2
Views: 163

Re: ID please

Thanks Tony.
by MikeDom
Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:18 am
Forum: Small Opuntias (Tephrocactus Study Group)
Topic: ID please
Replies: 2
Views: 163

ID please

I'm told it's a Tephro, could anyone provide an ID please? Thanks.
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by MikeDom
Fri Jan 05, 2024 8:41 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: On the Move
Replies: 14
Views: 1825

Re: On the Move

Herts Mike wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2024 9:15 am Shows how small a pot you can actually grow plants in.
Indeed, Pachypodium rosulatum growing in a 2.5" pot.
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by MikeDom
Sun Sep 17, 2023 7:48 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Cycas revoluta germination
Replies: 12
Views: 800

Re: Cycas revoluta germination

Tina wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 6:53 pm Both lovely thats impressive with the cycads and your uebellmannia are better than mine, must be the nice humid atmosphere & I don't feed often enough, are they own root
Thank you, yes, they are on own root and were winners at my Branch show
by MikeDom
Sun Sep 17, 2023 1:39 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: is this normal?
Replies: 5
Views: 332

Re: is this normal?

Thank you all, I'll let them grow on, having stabilised the pot to prevent it falling over, and will probably end up rooting the offsets.
by MikeDom
Sun Sep 17, 2023 1:37 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Cycas revoluta germination
Replies: 12
Views: 800

Re: Cycas revoluta germination

Progress report nearly one year one, here are some of the plants. They live in the Carnivorous Plant greenhouse with high daytime temperatures in near saturated air with their Uebelmannia friends. They are growing in 50:50 Irish Moss Peat and Moler Clay, and get a monthly watering of diluted low nit...
by MikeDom
Sat Sep 16, 2023 2:32 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: is this normal?
Replies: 5
Views: 332

Re: is this normal?

This rescue plant of Hilderwintera aureispina appears to be suddenly offsetting down the branches. I know it grows multibranched but these offsets seem to detach relatively easily., so presumably you remove them to keep the branches clean? thumbnail_IMG_5586.jpg thumbnail_IMG_5587.jpg Being unknowl...
by MikeDom
Sat Sep 16, 2023 2:02 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: is this normal?
Replies: 5
Views: 332

is this normal?

This rescue plant of Hilderwintera aureispina appears to be suddenly offsetting down the branches. I know it grows multibranched but these offsets seem to detach relatively easily., so presumably you remove them to keep the branches clean?
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by MikeDom
Sat Aug 05, 2023 4:49 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Not bad for a tiddler
Replies: 3
Views: 369

Not bad for a tiddler

Copiapoa montana flowering for the first time on a dull wet day. Plant is 2.5 years old and is growing in a 2.5 inch pot.

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by MikeDom
Fri Jul 07, 2023 8:31 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Adansonia digitata
Replies: 10
Views: 554

Re: Adansonia digitata

I'll just apply standard bonsai treatment Mike, looking to create a multi-branched small tree about 10" tall with much reduced leaf size. Luckily, I've got plenty of them as they seem to give up for no reason.