There was one at the San Diego Show last year, didn't get a prize.
Stuart
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- Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:39 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Amazing what you find when Spring Cleaning - unusual hybrid
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Re: Amazing what you find when Spring Cleaning - unusual hybrid
Stuart
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:46 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: mysterious cacti question
- Replies: 6
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Re: mysterious cacti question
I'd leave them as they are but prop them up with a wooden coffee stirrer cut in half and placed at the far side so it doesn't show. They should offset in time and the offsets may cover the narrow neck. Aim for plenty of sun and 'a little neglect' - not too much water.
Stuart
Stuart
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:34 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Crassula 'Bride's Bouquet'
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Re: Crassula 'Bride's Bouquet'
In Gordon Rowley's Crassula book, the photo for 'Bride's Bouquet' is the same photo used for 'Springtime' , I've always assumed they were the same plant.
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Stuart
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:42 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Love 'em or Hate 'em ....
- Replies: 7
- Views: 801
Re: Love 'em or Hate 'em ....
There's conflicting information all over the place when it comes to growing cacti and succulents. I'd water a grafted plant based on the stock used though the scion doesn't want to be 'pumped up' and bloated. If the scion is a fast grower then it probably doesn't want grafting in the first place. Gr...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:23 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Love 'em or Hate 'em ....
- Replies: 7
- Views: 801
Re: Love 'em or Hate 'em ....
They'll graft quite easily and grow better on Echinopsis though it has a bad habit of producing too many offsets on the stock, each areole seems to be able to only grow one offset so there is in theory, an eventual end to brushing off offsets. For grafting I'd recommend the extending Stanley knife w...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:06 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Love 'em or Hate 'em ....
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Re: Love 'em or Hate 'em ....
DSCF2780.JPG I've had this one for a few years, it lives with other variegates though doesn't seem to grow much. It has gone through the last few winters at 3C which isn't too bad as the usual problem with these plants is that they were grown in much warmer places, many are grown in Brazil, and the...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:20 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Mammillaria ID
- Replies: 3
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Re: Mammillaria ID
I'm not sure how anyone could have sold this as Mamm Crucigera, I'd agree that M.Nejapensis seems fairly OK for this one. A real Crucigera that size would sell for £50 or more online.
Stuart
Stuart
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:06 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Southfields today
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Re: Southfields today
Even better, wait a month when more hybrids will be in flower and combine it with a trip to Spalding Cactus Mart on 20th April.
Stuart
Stuart
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:07 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Cracker
- Replies: 13
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Re: Cracker
Needs plenty of water and doesn’t like high temperatures. Best suited for alpine growers, not a good greenhouse plant but looks great in flower. Easy to grow but not with the rest of the plants we write about here.
Stuart
Stuart
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:25 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: lophophora companion / nurse plants
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- Views: 302
Re: lophophora companion / nurse plants
I've only seen it growing in very large clusters under creosote bushes, Larrea Tridentata, though these are meant to produce something from the roots that deters other plants. Otherwise they're seen as smaller plants out in the open, they don't seem to have 'nurse' plants like quite a few other cact...