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[Stapelia cacti is not a cacti]

Opened today. Seriously huge. 160mm from centre to tip. So 320mm diameter. So cool.

[Damn street lights]

Used to have the same problem. But the guy across the road had the problem worse. So every time they'd repair the street light, the next night he'd shoot it out with an air rifle lol. 

[a godless garden. work in progress. a blog]

I would imagine given they have the earth to grow into now, they'll expend a lot of energy making a root system. I wouldn't be too concerned with growth yet. I'm sure when their established they will go crazy. Looks amazing. 

[Stapelia cacti is not a cacti]

So fat now. Such rain. 

[Stapelia cacti is not a cacti]

My research said it was a cacti. I understand all cacti are succulents but not in reverse. 

Though I'd be interested in other opinions. 

 

 

Scrap that. Yeah looking now I must have misread something. Just a succ. Funny though cause I used a cacti identification guide to work out what it was.

[Stapelia cacti is not a cacti]

I'm a tradie. Can't help but to measure lol

[Stapelia cacti is not a cacti]

Interesting to know. I haven't tried grafting yet, but when I do it'll be worth a shot. I'm just amazed how big the bud is. It's like 100mm long. I read some species can get flowers up to 400mm in diameter. I would imagine when this opens it'll be around 150-200mm diameter.

[Stapelia cacti is not a cacti]

So I took a cutting from home years ago, and now I'm getting a bud.... a huge bud. Can't wait to see the outcome. I found it's a 'stapelia' but I'm not sure what type. Anyways thought I'd share its progress. It just keeps getting bigger. I'd love to let it spread but it's also called a carrion flower. So I might stink. 

[Favorite Quotes]

What is mind? No matter.

What is matter? Never mind.

 

-Homer J. Simpson 

[eBay/Gumtree finds]

Is that it's real colour? Looks trippy. Or is it just nutrient deficient or something. 

[What's growing on my cacti? Is it bad?]

Looks very similar to mine. Try drying it out. Don't water it for ages. But it won't go, just hopefully not grow anymore.

[Peganum harmala grow log]

Mine died. Bastard baby brush turkey decided he'd rip them all out. 

[LW seeds]

Cheers mate, something for me to research a bit. No rush for seeds, just planning forward for this years sowing.

[LW seeds]

About 9 years ago now I bought a bunch of cacti seeds from SAB. The only ones that survived the attempt at sowing back then was my Cuzco and Willi. I had two willi's (lol) but a caterpillar ate one and tried to eat the other but obviously got side tracked and forgot what it was doing lol. I tried sowing some LW seeds I got last year off eBay but some critter ripped everything up so I lost my Willi's. I did a search and couldn't find anything around. Can anyone assist or point me in the right direction 

 

i did see one site, but I can't find it again. There was at least 20 variations of LW. Are there different types (ie not diffusa or the other 2). 

[What is this evil looking thing?]

I think your cactus has a red rocket lol

[What is this evil looking thing?]

Looks like a bigger more evolved version of what my cacti has atm. Is that the only one? Just below it there's a smaller brown dot I can see which looks exactly like mine. Are there more or similar things on it. If it's related to the problem I've got it appears it's a fungus due to over watering, or high humidity. 

[The Stratocaster,a personal history.]

Sorry I couldn't help myself. 'It was a stratocaster with a whammy bar' 

[Please help identifying jasmine seeds]

You might have more luck with those sorts of plants thinking of it now. I bought succulent seeds so I was assuming low germination rate at best. Gardenia and jasmine similar type plants probably more abundant and pollinated well. So who knows. Luck of the draw some times, if not all times. Report back. Might make me rethink or confirm my suspicions of Chinese vendors 

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[The Random Thread.]

Ditto. Was laughing so hard today. 

[Peganum harmala grow log]

Today's update. You can see I was super careful about seed placement lol. I just hope at least one lives past an inch tall. 

[Sowing seeds]

So it's been a while since some critter ripped up my cacti bubs. But I think I salvaged more than I thought. I lost all the LW though

 

ill have to find seeds again.

[Floody hell! - Drainage needed, any tips ?]

You could get a hammer drill and masonary bits ;) but that might be frowned upon by the council. 

 

or um... make a well?

[Floody hell! - Drainage needed, any tips ?]

Drainage can be tricky without levelling equiptment. It's hard to give accurate advice without first hand seeing it flood. 

 

Id find the lowest point on your land, and the highest point the water reaches. Start by digging in a drain from said point a to b. But more so at the edge of the yard. Once you have an outlet at the lowest point you could start putting channels in to make it flow to the drain.