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How do you stop seedlings dying from fungus?
prier replied to migraineur's topic in Cacti & Succulents
You'll want to include regular applications of fungacides in your watering schedule. I always water in seed with a fungacide straight up, something like copper oxychoride is good as it deals with algae too. Also what EG said, lightly top dress with sand, helps stop a bunch of stuff. -
I think you're right kapitan. looks a lot like Senecio kleinia, specially if you're in melbourne, both para and cactusland have grown a lot of it.
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Can anyone help me get my hands on a Pseudolithos migiurtinus?
prier replied to mimzy's topic in Cacti & Succulents
Pm me. -
Do cuttings have a "real age" or will they live forever?
prier replied to Quixote's topic in Cacti & Succulents
There are many cacti with very different immature spines compared to mature spines. Tricho. Pasacana comes to mind. When you root a mature cutting it nearly always reverts back to immature spine. Dunno if this adds anything to the conversation, just a couple of cents -
You really don't need to do anything special, if the cactus is happy it will flower when it's ready
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Cactus of the four winds. Haha.
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Really looking forward to reading all this. So, what did you conclude? Backeberg is a duck? Britton and rose, a bit confused? Ritter just funked it for everyone? I love discussing this stuff. We should hang out.
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Does it smell funny when you break a stem? I think it's a senecio species
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They're around. Para grew a shitload of em a few years ago.
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1. Dunno. 2. Parodia uebellemanianus. 3. Gymnocalycium saglionis.
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Definitely a Parodia (syn notocactus) not sure what species, I'll look it up when I get home
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If only this cactus was planted in the north facing spot where the pc pach is, maybe there wouldn't be so much pc pach in aus and we'd all be growing this one instead.
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Turb ? & unknown seedling ID help
prier replied to Jox's question in Cactus & Succulent Identification
I'm not always right but I have worked full time in horticulture at a specialist cacti and succulent nursery for over seven years. I also have access to an extremely comprehensive library. I wrote Turbinicarpus horripilus because that's what your seedling looks like and it is the most common Gymnocactus in Aus. The Copiapoa could be something else it might be an Eriosyce but I doubt it as these are not very common. -
Hey all, As a lot of you know we recently experienced some pretty extreme weather in Vic. I'm curious how you managed the weather and what kinda of damage you had to deal with after. I lost about 5% of the plants in my hothouse which i didn't water once throughout the entire heat wave. several mesemby things, echeverias and sempervivums mostly. Also lost a few baby Trichocereus seedlings that were outdoors, My guess is they where too small to survive, 5-10 cent piece sized. I watered all my outdoor Tricho's once and my scellys numerous times, always at night. My guess is that under potted plants suffer the most. Especially anything in black plastic. I would love to hear other's thoughts. Also before and after photos would be cool if anyone bothered. Cheers
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I posted this in another thread, kinda thought it needed a repost. There are only so many nurseries, serious cacti gardens and collectors in this country. Most places will have a good idea of what their plants are. Ask the seller, this is the best advice I can give, if they didn't grow it themselves find out who did. It may well be a random hybrid from and old garden or a nursery, the grower might not know what it is but they will be able to tell you what flowering size plants they have and when they flower. which can help narrow down the possibilities. If you have to resort to the internet, mention where you got the plant, even if it's just a town or even which state it was found in can help. I know people hate giving away their "secrets" but knowing where the plant came from greatly helps to identify it. Hope that helps a little, Prier.
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If you're not certain it of the cactus genus, a flowering photo is vitally important. Scale! SCALE! SCALE!!!
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Trichocereus ID Please (Spachianus?)
prier replied to magical9's question in Cactus & Succulent Identification
Mate, I can't tell the scale if you are just using other plants, add a coin or lighter, something we all know the size of. haha. funny effort but... again I really doubt this is a Tricho. -
Turb ? & unknown seedling ID help
prier replied to Jox's question in Cactus & Succulent Identification
Turbinicarpus horripilus (one of the gymnocactus group, so it gets big) second is a Copiapoa seedling probably C. humilis (too young to tell) -
Trichocereus ID Please (Spachianus?)
prier replied to magical9's question in Cactus & Succulent Identification
It's not variagated, just needs more sun, but harden it off slowly. Not a T. spach, would be good to see it flower to get an idea as to what genus. Someone here might be familiar enough with the plant to have a go. also something for scale in the photo, if it's really thin i reckon it might be Peniocereus sp. -
What is the soil like where Trichocereus grows in the Andes?
prier replied to Quixote's topic in Cacti & Succulents
Andrew reckons, there's a lot of fine stuff and a lot of really big stuff. dumb description. it has a low clay content but it doesn't fall apart like sand. pasacana country. it certainly drains well, if you piss on it, it goes straight in... -
http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/uploads_gallery/gallery/album_453/gallery_1178_453_89220.jpg
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Looking for Trichocereus Peruvianus Crest, Cereus Monstrose & Myrtillocactus Geometrizans "Fukurokuryuzinboku" or blue boobs
prier replied to Pie'oh'Pah's topic in Seed & Plant Swaps
If you live in vic I can help you out with Myrtillocactus and Cereus monstrose. pm me -
How old are your plants? We have a few riteriis on spach grafts, usually get 5-10 years old then die, bastard things.
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Don't get over excited. most seedlings do weird shit in the first year. I have watched countless "crested seedlings" grow out, it's really disappointing at first then you get used to it. wait at least three years before making claims about monstrose seedlings.