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Ilovecacti

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  1. Ilovecacti

    Gymnocalycium thread

    I love this thread. My Mihanovichii, which was one of the very first cacti I owned, has flowered wonderfully this year for the first time, it's put out 4 so far and there's another bud starting to form. The question i have is, are they self-fertile? I got some seeds from the latest flower, there was no other flowers open at the same time on any of my collection and I can't see anything that really looks like a stigma. I don't really know too much about pollination, I was hoping to get some answers from you guys.
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    A few ID's needed

    Need help on ID'ing a few of my new acquisitions:
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    Help wih two ID's please.

    Spice, the universe obviously wants you to find a bridgesii then From Jox's other thread: Does anyone know what the one on the left is?
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    Cacti garden getting dug up!

    Wow, I don't know what the tall thing on the left is in picture #3 but I am definitely interested in a cutting, it's amazing! Also interested in one of those pachypodium pups.
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    Bog's garden 2012 /13 /14 &onwards

    I don't use self watering pots or trays anymore for that exact reason. If you only have a small number, emptying the water and giving the tray a quick scrub once a week helps, but that's very time consuming if you have more than a few. I ditched pot trays and grew my sundews in a kitty litter tray filled with sphagnum moss, haven't had a problem since and it retains water very well.
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    Bog's garden 2012 /13 /14 &onwards

    Awesome garden Bogfrog, lots of variety. I find carnivorous plants fascinating, nearly (not quite though) as much as cacti. You should be able to find some kind of sundew in the wild, provided you find the right area, in optimum conditions it grows like a weed.
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    Hello, I'm new. Here's my cactus collection!

    Welcome, they all look very healthy, well done. Just remember that pure sand has very little in the way of nutrients and organic material, eventually they will use what's there and will need to be supplemented.
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    Best Cacti Nurseries SEQ

    Does Usmobhere have a walk-in nursery or does he just have an Ebay page?
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    My Little Collection

    haha yeah you can actually see that in the first picture, all the Hamilton's cacti come with it. Is this fruit?
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    Messing around with grafts a few photos

    Very cool thread, I think you've convinced me to try some grafting in the new year, where do you get pereskiopsis from?
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    My Little Collection

    They're the ones in the punnets, I had more but had to leave some behind when I moved. They've looked pretty good since I separated them a little, I think I left them in the straight CSS for too long and they weren't getting enough food New aquisition I found yesterday:
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    My Little Collection

    Thanks so much guys, a couple more pics from this guy who just opened today: I'm having trouble identifying these ones, can anyone help me out?
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    My Little Collection

    It's been a long time since I posted, but I was looking through the old pictures and my collection sure has grown and evolved. I live in another state now and some of them didn't like the move much but they've settled in and are putting on a very good growth season this year. I thought I'd put up some new pictures.
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    My Little Collection

    Ahhh the light intensity, I didn't take that into account. They are under my pergola and I DID move them to the edge where the panels are just plastic so more light gets through. Should I leave the lid off all the time now? I remember reading somewhere that you should leave it off when the first spines come through but I often get these things wrong. I'm fairly certain the moisture levels are fine, I actually poked one of the brownest ones today and it feels like it should, firm and not squishy. Also, those two albino's in the other tray, without chlorophyll will they be able to grow normally at all or are they doomed? I've seen those bright yellow and pink cacti but they're always on a graft and pretty sure they die if you de-graft.
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    My Little Collection

    Hi guys I'm a bit worried about my little guys, they've turned an unhealthy shade of brown, I thought it was probably too much water so I was leaving the lid off for a few hours at a time and they were getting slowly better but yesterday I left the lid off pretty much the whole day and night and now they look worse then ever. It has been getting really cold at night here (5 degrees last night, coldest I remember in ages) so it could possibly be caused by that I suppose, but I thought these guys almost liked the cold? Any suggestions or help would be really appreciated. And yesterday these guys were bright green and looking very good, but now a few have brown tinges on them
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