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prier

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  1. The first plant it a weed. The second one is a Pachycereus weberii seedling, those things are super slow. Your's has been grown outdoors in full weather. If you grow them in a hothouse out of the weather they look much nicer. It should come out with new, lovely red spines when in growth.
  2. 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.
  3. Sorry to be a downer but that definitely is not Stetsonia coryne, it could be a number of things. Any flowers this season? Seeing a flower would greatly narrow it down. Also where about's did you acquire this plant, just a rough idea will help.
  4. Could i see a photo of the tag's that came with the plants? Are they from vic? Dan's Plants sold a bucket load of Gymnocalycium saglionis and G. pflanzii to bunnings a few years ago and you still see them around, it's likely one of the two. Then again Gymnocalycium is a big genus. it may have come from Paradisia Nursery which is likely as they also grow Turbs, whereas Dan doesn't. Give it a bigger pot in a well draining mix and give it a real good feed. I'd recommend slow release synthetic stuff personally. Once it gets a bit bigger and flowers I could have another go at IDing it.
  5. oh yeah, this website has it's own image gallery, please use that in the future, i nearly got sucked back in.
  6. I recently spent far too much time on imgur. tonight i decided enough is enough, i have wasted far too much time on this nonsense. i'm never going back to imgur again... anyway. your 1st trich is burnt as shit, my guess would be that it was grown in a very shady spot and moved into full sun on a hot day. that doesn't usually happen if a plant is used to full sun. just leave it, don't cut out the burn, keep it in partial sun and in a few years you won't be able to tell. the second plant is fucked. just throw it in the bin now. and the third is fine, just needs a good water and should probably go into a better draining mix. that plant usually goes kinda red in full sun.
  7. The first plant is a Gymnocalycium sp. the second is a Rebutia sp. Neither of them are variegated. They are both in desperate need of some nitrogen, and possibly a sunnier position.
  8. Mutant, is that a Trichocereus (Echinopsis) purpureopilosus? the pink flowered tricho/echino/lobivia looking thing?
  9. That would be a Faucaria, I call it minima but i don't know if that is a real name ;)
  10. Awesome shots. Quite a lot of my plants in there, haha.
  11. When bridgesii's are planted in a clay soil along with regular trimming they will have a semi monstrose appearance. Generally when you cut back a plant the remaining stems will change the amount of ribs they have.
  12. And yes you can take cuttings. Cheiridopsis are very easy to grow.
  13. Cheiridopsis candidissima, beautiful plant, worth exploring from what I hear.
  14. The thing about variagated plants is that bugger all of them look any good. just because something is variageted doesn't make it a nice plant by default. In my opinion, unless the variagation is really evenly patterned and appealing, variagation is more of a problem as it makes the plants look unwell.
  15. I am growing a lot of rare mesembs and I am particularly interested in Cheiridopsis and Faucaria. Could you recommend some species that might be worth pursuing?
  16. Does anyone here have any experience growing Boophone haemanthoides? growing season, light, medium, etc...
  17. I don't think it's necessarily a fungal or bacterial issue, regardless, the offset is no longer completely attached to its mother plant. this is very common with plants grown on their own roots. usually an offset will grow its own roots and continue on, next to its mother but not relying on it anymore. in this case the offset is too far from the soil to continue growing normally.i would also recommend removing it and growing it in its own pot.
  18. It seems a bit early to tell. looks like there may have been a change in the weather this year maybe?
  19. hey guys, we have a room available at our share house in clifton hill. $480 pcm including internet. it's a five bedroom house, next to the train station. we are looking for an artistic, musical or planthead kinda person. pm me if interested. cheers, prier
  20. So we got a free sample of Bayer's Initiator the other day. http://www.bayercropscience.com.au/es/products/productdetails.asp?id=282 It's basically little tablets of slow release fertilizer and the insecticide Imidacloprid. I've never used this stuff before and am curious what peoples thoughts are. It seems like a great idea and means less spraying, which is time consuming. The idea of it killing off the bees doesn't sound to good though. Then we'll just have to spend all our time hand pollinating instead of spraying. Anyone have any experience with the stuff?
  21. I collected trichocereus, lophophora and frailea, seed / pods. Pollinated lophophora and copiapoa flowers. Repotted some random bits and pieces. Made some ornamental "planters". Did some presentation work on several dozen plants. Showed an old customer around and sold a few thelocactus. Plus a host of other chores.
  22. Being that it's in a pot on a balcony, it has very little weed potential. There are nicer agaves but I'm sure it has a bit of sentimental value, so throwing it out isn't an option. The blemishes could be from damaging the roots during the repotting process, and weakening the plant so it's more susceptible to sun burn. As it's an extremely fast grower, probably best to remove the damaged leaves and let it grow on in the new pot.
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