Halcyon Daze

Good luck n take care to all affected. I know there are a few of us in those low lying areas like Nth NSW and below Wivenhoe dam etc. Let us know how you're coping and I'm sure we can help out in our own little ways when the time comes.

I've seen scop x bridge hybrids that come out looking just like that. With the super short spines and all. You'll never really know what it is, but you could probably just assume it's a scop hybrid. As it gets more mature you might form a better opinion on it.

No way man, that's Crazy-talk LOL

Should be able to hook you up with some cuts mate. Just need a couple days to finish moving house etc. Send me a pm if you can. Cheers ;)

Welcome, great to see a few new members coming on board. What are your main areas of interest mate? Chasing anything in particular? Let us know n we might be able to sort you out with some goodies

Hey mate, nice to meet you. Another keen fisherman right here To defeat a fish, first you must learn to think like a fish... But then you must also learn how to STOP thinking like a fish... I've found thinking like a cactus helps with that. Very meditative process actually. Pop along to a meet-up some time. Your local lads (and ladies) will sort you out. Have a great weekend and welcome to the community :D

I use coarse forest-mulch for trichos ( mainly in plastic pots) and it works pretty fkn brilliant. The reason is that the mulch turns kinda spongey and soaks up a lot of water which seems to make my trichos really boom. Took me a couple years to understand just how fat n fast trichos grow with heaps of Sun, Ferts and WATER. Ya gotta get the triple combo happening and then BOOM! That's just for trichos though. And prickly pear I guess LOL Ok so this is going a bit off topic now, but you wanna design your whole system around what trichos love. Not try forcing the other way round. Just imagine how you'd grow the maddest monster weedy plants you could ever grow, and grow your trichos in the exact same conditions. You can't skip one element, -you need hot sun, high nitrogen, and heaps of water Now, the best thing I ever did when I had most of my trichos planted in your same drainage conditions was to place water trays under all the terracotta pots. They drink it up fast in terracotta pots, so the deeper the tray the better. It's just the whole wicking thing again. Don't worry about the terracotta pots too much, the trichos will soon explode those. Just keep them dry in winter. Plastic pots are pretty different and don't need the trays as bad as terracotta pots do from experience. I only really do it for terracotta that have lots of drainage crocks. For plastic pots I use the mulch which ends up as nice moist, fibrous sponges, but still very well oxygenated. The roots go full-monster down there.

Classic Her dancing is just so beautiful, but the dude... incredible!

Fk yeah eth. ^ NOICE!

Keen as a bean

I'm keen to try I'll let yez know what happens

The Youtube algorithm has me all sized up.

One of the various rusts/rots caused by fungi or bacteria. They are fairly ubiquitous in the environment and within collections. They seem to spread among the wild prickly pears too, so it's just everywhere and the hope of a collection free of it is pretty much unrealistic unless you live very remote and follow strict quarantine protocols. Even healthy looking cuts can be harbouring them and by the time you notice it's pretty much too late. So the best approach is through ongoing management rather than permanent eradication. Use of systemic fungicides seems to work well. Mancozeb is pretty good. Also environment plays a big role. fungi and bacteria explode when conditions are right, which seems to be hot/stagnant/sweltering conditions for going ballistic in trichos. Try to keep them shaded from the afternoon sun in an area that always gets good airflow. Really bad cases will often require some surgery and/or amputation. There's a facebook member named Gee Bee who's a bit of an expert on the matter.

Nice to see so many Tawny Frog Mouths around lately Such beautiful creatures.

Wicked, that's good to know. I hope to regenerate a lot more of this species in areas where it has been displaced by non-native species. By the way, if you check out the thread on 'The Coke Bottle Tek' this method has been working wonders for absolutely everything I put into it, including random grass seeds that find they way in by mistake. It's essentially a fast easy way to do a whole box full of wicking tubes at a time. I'm also just placing forrestry tubes into PET bottle bottoms (for wicking), which also has some pros and cons like faster turnaround and entirely re-usable materials, but no dome unless you use small tubes. Probably had my best success with natives so far, -and cacti. Basically you put in a little bit of extra time up front and enjoy all the benefits from then on. If you're a propagator then try it bro.http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?/topic/47590-coke-bottle-tek-a-terrarium-technique/

good times

I'm out until say the 12th/13th Feb. -4 weeks away.

Saguaro It's just such an awesome relationship

Awesome. Thanks for the comp mate and congrats to the winners

I don't know Ben that well, so I can't rule it in or out with my guess.

Last minute entry. Laelia purpurata var. carnea. Happy new year everyone!