faslimy

Of course they communicate, silly

I would agree. The plant in my book labelled T. chiloensis looks nothing like it but others named T. chilensis on the net have the same spines and ribs structure. Seems there are many forms of this plant.

Looks like a Borzicactus couldn't say what species.. does anyone have any pictures of Borzicactus feldianus?

Great pics, I think some of them aren't labelled correctly however... even when considering the differences in form with wild plants and cultivated plants. I need to get more literature on the subject however, such as early classification books done by the likes of Britton & Rose and Backeberg. From what I've seen though many of those plants in the huascha complex on that website don't match up at all to the generally accept labels of plants in cultivation. [ 23. May 2005, 04:13: Message edited by: faslimy ]

The first is not a trich, probably from the genus Weberbauerocereus or maybe Pilosocereus or Espostoa. Take a browse through www.columnar-cacti.org The 2nd one looks like another Trichocereus smrzianus [ 22. May 2005, 15:08: Message edited by: faslimy ]

not a spach I would guess Trichocereus smrzianus smrzianus was the cactus which really got my interested in columnars. There isn't much information to be found on it however I don't think it gets very tall. It's hard to tell from your pics but here a closer shot of one. you lucky bum thats a nice plant [ 21. May 2005, 05:50: Message edited by: faslimy ]

I think T lamprochlorus is a synonym of T purpureopilosus. If so then heres some pics of 2 specimens I have which flowered this year a month apart. I tried pollinating one with the pollen of the first but the fruit didn't set. This was done in a glasshouse and I applied a generous amount of pollen to all parts of the flower. http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Cac...mprochlora.html [ 18. May 2005, 15:02: Message edited by: faslimy ]

Has anyone grown from these before? They are 6mm long, brown and flat. I need some advice on how to sow.

Does anyone know what the difference is (if any) between Trichocereus huascha and Helianthocereus huascha Trichocereus grandiflorus and Helianthocereus grandiflorus [ 15. May 2005, 15:55: Message edited by: faslimy ]

The young ones look quite fragile perched on the cotyledons. If they are sown flat on the surface of the soil is what I need to know. Perhaps if I posted a picture of the seeds we could postulate which end the root would emerge, then I could slightly bury that end of the seed for efficient germination.

Wow, nice links. I love the KK242's they are among my favourites. Never seen 'short spine KK242's' thats very interesting. I wish there was a way of obtaining cuttings in my country. Anyone know of any available KK242 seed?

During winter in a glasshouse should I allow young seedlings to dry out? I just had a lot of transplanted Echinocactus grusonii rot on me and they were allowed to dry out.

Definatly KK242 Peruvianus Some of the central spines on this specimen are 6.5 cm long. M S Smith told me the KK242's have low alkaloid content. [ 07. May 2005, 01:12: Message edited by: faslimy ]

Good luck! I wanna see what happens you've probably seent his website but just incase http://members.tripod.com/~KeinHong/hydroponics.html

It looks like a Juul's Giant (the Trichocereus)