slice Posted November 9, 2013 (edited) Long day... Edited January 8, 2016 by Ogun 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted November 10, 2013 Took some strays to the free shop in the little coastal village where I grew up... Lots of hippies out there, I'm sure they'll find loving homes. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dawnbeaver Posted November 11, 2013 I got my first flower from a seed grown cactus... Species is a mystery, any ideas? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiscoStu Posted November 11, 2013 a bridgesii looking quite rosy: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted November 11, 2013 I checked some of my grafts today and I'm happy to say that I succesfully grafted two aztekium riterii seedlings to pereskiopsis. I will post pictures when they're bigger (they're like .5mm wide so they're hard to see) and also a crested monstrose bridgesii section grafted to a pereskiopsis took. Pretty stoked about these grafts. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiscoStu Posted November 11, 2013 ^^ excellent. i desperately want some aztekium 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted November 11, 2013 (edited) They are extremely hard to grow. The seeds are like little grains of finely ground flower. They take forever to even get to a size that you can handle to do a graft. I just started about 30 different species today though (lophophora aztekium astrophytum ariocarpus echinocactus gymnocalycium and trichocereus) and I will be growing riterii and hintonii this time. I am excited to see what method of grafting works best for aztekiums. I'll keep you updated. I was pretty stoked when I saw the little seedlings puff back up and start receiving nutrients from the peres. Feels like a miracle. (I accidentally knocked the pot over a few weeks ago and could only save the tiny seedlings by grafting them. I didn't expect them to take. 2/7 took though. Super stoked! Edited November 11, 2013 by hostilis 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiscoStu Posted November 12, 2013 I'll keep you updated. please do, just received some aztekium in the mail today your right you'd mistake it for dust if you didn't know what was in there. do you use anything special for aztekium or just the same as other mexican cacti (a rio and etc.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted November 13, 2013 I use a mixture of 20% earth worm castings and 80% fine sand for germination. I leave them in the humidity for a lot longer than any other cacti since they're tiny or so long. But I treat them prettymuch the same. Some other members might have more light to shed on the issue than me. I am only on my second try right now (this time with riterii and hintonii) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOnThen Posted November 13, 2013 I have had a three goes with Aztekium ritteri the first I had a couple germinate and lost both at about 12 months the second was 0 germ and the third is what I have going at the moment. Five germinated and four were going ok one was stunted. I know there are definitely two still alive but I haven't lifted the pot out to check on the others for a month or so. They have been in humidity now for around 4+ months and I wanted to keep them in that environment for 12 months but I am getting fungi growing on the substrate now. I will probably try and graft two in the next few weeks and if there are other survivors then I will try spraying to kill the fungi and hope it doesn't kill what is left. I also have a graft ( not my graft) that I have had for a year or so which pups quite a lot so I am going to try grafting some small pups soon. This is supposed to be a relatively difficult cacti to graft its pups but someone here said they had done it successfully but I cant remember who. Cheers Got Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
terracottacactus Posted November 13, 2013 (edited) I spent the day extending my cactus garden to fit in the new editions to my spiky family. (Thanks again Got) Planted some seed, looked at my newest cactus flower, and washed a whole heap of pots the neighbor gave me in preparation for a few cuttings to be planted in the next couple of weeks. Edit: I just found a couple of cacti that I left on my shed's roof and forgot about for the last couple of months, in full sun and no water and one's fat as and the other is flowering! Edited November 14, 2013 by terracottacactus 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naja naja Posted November 18, 2013 grafted 2 more tpm X n1 and grafted 2 pups from the same plant of a TPM X (sso2xpach) removed the stocking from my 2 previous tpm X n1 grafts and both are successful peace Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutant Posted November 18, 2013 Still haven't fixed the GH. brought some more stuff home Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kykeion Posted November 18, 2013 Finally got the greenhouse built and enough finishing modifications done to move some plants in. I still need to stain the benches, add a gravel floor and ventilation system and get electricity run out to it, but it was beginning to feel like I would never even get this far. I have moved most of my Trich collection and a few others in temporarily since their previous temporary housing wasn't going to continue to protect them from the increasingly cold weather. It is challenging not to move in more before I get the rest of the finishing touches done. Pretty stoked to be able to provide more consistent and optimal growing conditions for these guys and avoid some of the past issues which resulted in some of the scaring they show. 13 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lhb2444 Posted November 19, 2013 Kykeion thats an epic little greenhouse, I'd love something like that, especially with a view! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dawnbeaver Posted November 19, 2013 Another go at a time lapse flower opening... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted November 19, 2013 Very well done Dawnbeaver! Lovely flower. It's cool at the beginning how you can literally see the bud pulsating as it stretches out to the sun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glimpse Posted November 21, 2013 (edited) cheers Edited November 26, 2013 by glimpse Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted November 21, 2013 I think as long as the cambiums are fused together and the exposed flesh is callused it should be fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kykeion Posted November 21, 2013 Kykeion thats an epic little greenhouse, I'd love something like that, especially with a view! Thanks lhb2444! It has been a dream long in the making. I jumped the gun a bit on moving plants in though. The BF had to move them all back out yesterday so he could get the benches stained. No big deal, but it just ain't the same without all those plants in there! He is doing electrical wiring today so hopefully they will be back in there by tonight or tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dawnbeaver Posted November 25, 2013 Astrophytum and Gymnocalycium seedlings... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutant Posted November 25, 2013 (edited) ^^^ awesome topping, that rock, very pretty seedlings, already showing their genus traits ! Edited November 25, 2013 by mutant Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caudata Posted November 25, 2013 Potted some new cuttings, and a seedling: OST 90641 BK08611.5 Matucana cutting tested by Ogunbodede at 4.7% 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naja naja Posted November 28, 2013 Scored me some red, white and yellow dragon fruit plants. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mushroomman Posted November 28, 2013 Got these 3 in the mail Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
