Dangers / problems of growing cacti in the greenhouse [burns]

[Dangers / problems of growing cacti in the greenhouse [burns]]

Bubble wrap makes a good light shade cloth, though it does wear out quickly.

[Are My Cacti Trichocereus Friends Rootbound Here?]

you have see through cups as pots and asking us if they are root bound?? heh just kidding, but it does look a bit slimy in there..

i don't know where you are but i'd repot them in spring for sure.

[Cactus illustrations]

not cactus but this book is full of beautiful water colour pictures

[Cactus Country, Strathmerton, VIC]

probably a Ferocactus, hard to tell how big it is from the picture but almost a meter tall i'd say. not sure the species

[Learn from other Peoples mistakes]

don't leave your greenhouse alone for too many days, bad things happen

[T pachanoi Crestate and maybe a Trich]

lol @ washing it.

[unknown trich]

copyrighted hybrids lol

[Cactus Country, Strathmerton, VIC]

I have seen an indoor private collection that boasts an even larger T pasacana and Saguaro in Hunua

[Cactus Country, Strathmerton, VIC]

Any chance of collecting seeds there?

There isn't a lot of diversity as far as Trichocereus go and the owners don't seem too interested in pollinating them. The one odd plant we found appears to have grown by its own means.

[Cactus Country, Strathmerton, VIC]

[Cactus Country, Strathmerton, VIC]

nice place

[local botanical gardens]

They just put names on our local bush in our botanical garden

lmao

[Trichocereus Argentinensis in flower]

Simplicity is underrated but in the realm of taxonomy I think it is boring and inept

[BM's garden update 11/12/11 (Image heavy)]

did you just call John Cage lame?

[Let this be a Warning]

nice garden bit

the yellow one at 2 minutes, could that be a variegated bridgesii that may have come from me?

[Echinopsis schoenii]

i really need that torrent, perhaps someone can put it in rar index and upload to megaupload or similar server?

[quick cuttings question]

Are you saying that mid-section cuttings won't do this? That mid-section cuttings are less able to support long term growth than tips?

 

i was thinking in the very long term and it depends on the cactus, and it is more of a hunch sorry

[quick cuttings question]

in the long term a tip is much better as the entire central column swells to support the size of the plant

[weeping black sores]

it has been really favorable conditions for fungus/rot in melbourne recently, all my cuttings left outside have picked up spots. I think it will dry out soon and they should heal up fine by themselves, I would leave them be unless it starts getting worse over the next couple of weeks.

[My Garden]

Yes, Parodia turecekiana, self fertile also

[sowing out hoodia]

Pollinating Hoodia is a very involved and tricky task. When I grew Hoodia in NZ I let the flies come into the glasshouse and they pollinated the Hoodias. Always grew the seed in the same conditions as cactus seed: diffused light, approx 28C, humid, with cooler night temperatures. They're very fast growing.

[sowing out hoodia]

Do you monitor the temperature?

[Indian cactus garden]

stunning

[The biggest Cacti and Succulent auction in NZ EVER!!]

Just a reminder to any other Kiwis... auction is tomorrow. I've been in a couple of times this week and scoped the place out. They truly have some awesome massive plants in their groundbeds. Going to be such a shame to lose the resource. I honestly don't think they're going to be able to auction everything tomorrow. It will probably spill over into Sunday. It's looking like over 600 lots, which means 40 seconds per auction over 8 hours lol.

Anyhow, quite excited even though I won't be able to stay for the whole thing :/

 

GL bit, hope you have some spare cash. there are some amazing specimens at that place.

[Blue Candle (Myrtillocactus Geometrizans)]

You should post the salad recipe, i'm thinking, radishes?