Astrophytum caput-medusae; second generation

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Re: The competition can start; Astrophytum caput

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PuNa, perhaps?
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Re: The competition can start; Astrophytum caput

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This time they are proportional...
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Re: The competition can start; Astrophytum caput

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This one is not in the race.
I don't know what it's doing, but it's interesting :mrgreen:
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Re: The competition can start; Astrophytum caput - Winner!!!

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We have a winner!! :) :)
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Re: The competition can start; Astrophytum caput - Winner!!!

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WOW (tu) suitably jealous, so how long did that take ?& got a spare piece of selenicereus.
Thats really good & on this stock you don't need to regraft ( or do ?).
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Re: The competition can start; Astrophytum caput - Winner!!!

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Tina wrote:WOW (tu) suitably jealous, so how long did that take ?& got a spare piece of selenicereus.
Thats really good & on this stock you don't need to regraft ( or do ?).
Well, I haven't regraft yet, but someone told me that it only hold the scion for two years :geek: But for me it only took 6½ month so I have time to spare :mrgreen:

This is how they all looks like in my window :)
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Spare piece of selenicereus. Moi? :lol:
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Re: The competition can start; Astrophytum caput - Winner!!!

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The second one to flower is......
...."the-one-that's-not-in-the-race"....
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....also on a Selenicereus :) :)
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Re: The competition can start; Astrophytum caput - Winner!!!

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Some day, I'll... ;)
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Re: The competition can start; Astrophytum caput - Winner!!!

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AnTTun wrote:Some day, I'll... ;)
:mrgreen:

Seems that I've got some fruits :mrgreen:
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Re: The competition can start; Astrophytum caput - Winner!!!

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Who's the Daddy (tu)
Thats really impressive, my grafts on echinopsis haven't even flowered yet but I finally have a couple of buds starting to form but who know's if they will develope..
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