Not much in the way of flowers today so how about fruit? Almost a perfect circle, maybe a few more yet to poke through. Mammillaria haageana ssp. san-angelensis.
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Need a cheer up
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David_L
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Mainly small Cacti + a few Mesembs.
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Mainly small Cacti + a few Mesembs.
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Julie
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Re: Need a cheer up
Lovely, David. I saw one similar to yours in a GC (not sure of the name - I tried to remember too many and forgot them all) and it had not quite as many chilli peppers on it as yours, but still one accidentally fell into the soil of a plant I was buying. 
It is now shrivelling a bit. What should I do with it - just cut it open and wash/dry the seed? Can I grow the seed at this time of year without a propagator?
It is now shrivelling a bit. What should I do with it - just cut it open and wash/dry the seed? Can I grow the seed at this time of year without a propagator?
Happy carrier of Forby Disorder - an obsession with Euphorbia obesa.
NB. Anyone failing to provide a sensible name for me to address them will be called, or referred to, as Fred.
NB. Anyone failing to provide a sensible name for me to address them will be called, or referred to, as Fred.
Re: Need a cheer up
Hi David
Love those Acanthocalycium flowers in particular. I have one (A.glaucum aka Echinopsis glaucina) about to flower. No idea what colour they will be, if they make it at all. The weather here in the UK is so bad, I can't recall having seen the sun for 5-6 days now.
Love those Acanthocalycium flowers in particular. I have one (A.glaucum aka Echinopsis glaucina) about to flower. No idea what colour they will be, if they make it at all. The weather here in the UK is so bad, I can't recall having seen the sun for 5-6 days now.
Paul
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Copiapoas, Ferocacti, Neoporterias, Tephrocacti & John Coltrane (not a cactus) all hit the spot
Languishing in north London but dying to move to a more rural location
Harrow Branch Member
Copiapoas, Ferocacti, Neoporterias, Tephrocacti & John Coltrane (not a cactus) all hit the spot
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David_L
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Re: Need a cheer up
Yes Julie mine was a GC plant. You could plant seed this year and over Winter on a light window sill, with judicious watering to stop them shriveling beyond recovery, or you could save the seed till next year, or if there's enough in the pod, you could even try a bit of both!
David
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Re: Need a cheer up
Wow, great displays of flowers! I love that A. violaceum!! I got one from cactology but no signs of buds...
Didn't know there was a white 'maddie' available!
Didn't know there was a white 'maddie' available!
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, particularly Gymnocalyciums, Rebutias, Sulcorebutias, Echinopses, Thelos, Feros and Mamms (and anything else I like the look of!) all in an 8 x 6 polycarb greenhouse and a few windowsills!
Shrewsbury Branch - Shropshire UK
Joined BCSS April 06 (# 48776)
Tending more towards cacti
, particularly Gymnocalyciums, Rebutias, Sulcorebutias, Echinopses, Thelos, Feros and Mamms (and anything else I like the look of!) all in an 8 x 6 polycarb greenhouse and a few windowsills!-
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Re: Need a cheer up
Thanks, David. I opened up the chilli and there were 12 little seeds, which I rinsed in rainwater sowed in two neat little rows of six.. wearing my strongest specs. 
Surface tension is NOT your friend when sowing little seeds. They were easier than Avonia quinaria though.. which are beyond my eyesight. I consider myself clever to have got them in the pot at all.
Surface tension is NOT your friend when sowing little seeds. They were easier than Avonia quinaria though.. which are beyond my eyesight. I consider myself clever to have got them in the pot at all.
Happy carrier of Forby Disorder - an obsession with Euphorbia obesa.
NB. Anyone failing to provide a sensible name for me to address them will be called, or referred to, as Fred.
NB. Anyone failing to provide a sensible name for me to address them will be called, or referred to, as Fred.