Hellonasty Posted October 13, 2012 My columnar's are just starting to form flower buds here in Sydney. Please everyone else show off your plants I would love to see them. In the mean time check out these :D T. Scops T. Pachanoi Polaskia Chichipe T.Thelogonus T. Cordobensis (Super Pedro) 15 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lhb2444 Posted October 13, 2012 Wish my columns were doing this! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Khala Posted October 13, 2012 I'm beyond jealous...I've only got flowerbuds on mammilaria species, and E. chamaecereus, as well as Rat's tail cactus. If I ever get a Pach to flower, I'd be in heaven. A loph would give me a heart attack... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zelly Posted October 13, 2012 eileen bud earlier this summer Huanucoensis buds earlier this summer Juuls Giant buds pic taken on 5/30/12 T pachanoi 'Kimnach' buds 5/30/12 Kimnach flowers pic taken 9/9 (notice tip growth from buds to flowers!) Lumberjack bud (SS02 x SS01) on the left, colossus on the right peruvianus buds SS02 X SS01 buds pic taken on 5/30 SS02 X SS01 flowers pic taken 6/20 (same plant as a above) This plant is still producing buds & flowers, as is the peruvianus. Seeds still available for all the crosses. 16 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hellonasty Posted October 13, 2012 That Juuls is a picture of futility that thing wants to reproduce !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtle_hermit Posted October 14, 2012 zelly, those columns all look amazing. No flower pic for the Juuls? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Change Posted October 14, 2012 After 3 years of cactus caring ive finally got my first flower on this beautiful Super Pedro 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gerbil Posted October 14, 2012 Thanks for taking the time to share these fellas, really stunning shots. Went to take shots but really nothing good to show at the moment, we are still in a lull with quite cold temps, lots of tip growth so hopefully flowers kicking in with a bit of coming warmth. Must be climatic or maybe nutrition Hellonasty, your buds are well advanced on mine, at most my PC buds which are very few at the moment are around 1/4 size of your smallest, and my scop is just a couple of hairs at the tip. Really cool to see Eileen flowering for you Zelly, i'm not aware of anyone getting flowers besides when she went off for Ed about 5-10 years ago. And interesting she's dropped her spines for you, again could be climatic or orientation in my yard, as all mine are still pumping out spines as much as possible, even though not overly heavy. Did you cross her? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flumsquid Posted October 14, 2012 These popped up last week 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheExplorer Posted November 4, 2012 T. scopulicola in full bloom (tonight): 13 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mushroomman Posted November 4, 2012 Validus starting to bud 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horus Posted November 6, 2012 Great photos guys. My skyline is going to go off.....soon. Plenty of buds. 12 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
George Simian Posted November 7, 2012 That last pic is nuts Explorer! looks like on of those lures deep sea fish have 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2meke Posted November 20, 2012 awesome! love the buds. that last shot of the flower is incredible explorer scop peruvinoid i think these 2 will produce some cool offspring 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted November 21, 2012 ^ Hell yeah they would! Put me down for some seeds if the cross comes into fruition? I don't have any trichs in bud, so i'll just have to admire all of yours Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naja naja Posted November 21, 2012 So jealous, my only trich to flower was a scop, but it was it's first year away from up north. I have a similar climate to sydney, SO havn't clue why mine don't flower. Maybe they need to get bigger?? I dunno..... Maybe they need the cold or something? My lophs flower their little bums off, but never a trich flower to be seen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOnThen Posted November 21, 2012 I have buds popping up on a lot of my trich's at the moment. Most of mine were bigger cuts and the oldest has been in a pot since 2009 and this is the first year most will have flowered. The main things that have changed this year is they have all been moved from one end of my yard to the other and in the move a lot of the roots that had grown out of the bottom of the pots were cut off. The length of time that they have been in there pots would mean they are root bound and the potting mix would be depleted of nutrients as well. I also used to feed them Miracle-Gro GP fertz but this year I have changed to Thrive flower and fruit fertz which is lower in N but saying that I did have some buds start popping before I started fertilizing this year. They also are probably getting a bit less water for this time of the year as I haven't moved my retic as yet so they are only getting hand watered when I have time. So I would think that this year my Trich's are stressed more that they would have been before from the move and not being loved as much I wish I new exactly why they all have decided to flower this year but I don't so I will have to just live with it and enjoy the show. I now have buds starting on Super Pedro , Bridg x Scop , Pach , Len ( peruvian ) and Mike ( bridge ). Cheers Got Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sallubrious Posted November 24, 2012 A couple of mine are about to show off too. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shruman Posted November 25, 2012 The Glorious Gold 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shruman Posted November 25, 2012 (edited) I really can't wait for this one though FTW?, thats in a 25 cm pot BTW. Edited November 25, 2012 by shruman 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
