Ugly plant nice flower
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RAYWOODBRIDGE
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Ugly plant nice flower
Like quite a few Maihueniopsis, hickenii can be an ugly plant, but the flowers make up for it.
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Ray
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Re: Ugly plant nice flower
I think the plant is just as beautiful as that amazing flower! Really beautiful. 
Henry,
A 15 year old with a love for Slow growing cacti, highland nepenthes and bulbophyllum orchids.
A 15 year old with a love for Slow growing cacti, highland nepenthes and bulbophyllum orchids.
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Re: Ugly plant nice flower
That also looks lovely. It's quite tiny, isn't it? Or is it enormous undergound?
I've just sprouted some seed of this species, progress is so far so good, but I hear it has a reputation for being very tricky. Do you have any cultivation tips for it?
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Cidermanrolls
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Re: Ugly plant nice flower
Sorry esp. no tips. I’ve only had it for two years and didn’t realise it is tricky....now there’s a kiss of death.
It flowered last year too, so not difficult to flower.
I tend to be frugal on feed and water my small Opuntias slightly less than the average. Compost is 75% or so mineral.
That is a 12cm Soparco octagonal pot.
If I keep it going there will be offsets if folk want them, in a year or two
It flowered last year too, so not difficult to flower.
I tend to be frugal on feed and water my small Opuntias slightly less than the average. Compost is 75% or so mineral.
That is a 12cm Soparco octagonal pot.
If I keep it going there will be offsets if folk want them, in a year or two