Hyphal Posted October 17, 2010 Hey all just wanted to share some pics of an amazing cactus garden we visited on our recent trip through Asia. It's called 'PINEVIEW Nursery' (LINK) and is located in a town called Kalimpong which is in the hills in the north east of India, not far from the famous town of Darjeeling. It has some spectacular views of the Himalayas off in the distance and does some great food, and you can even stay there for peanuts. I snapped off some pics while we were there thinking of you guys, and there are also heaps more on their site. Enjoy! Firstly here is the owner - very lovely lady as you can imagine (just unfortunate that it looks like she's having a scratch) One of about 7 or 8 (from memory?) greenhouses - She called these 'mother in law's cushion'! - And the rest of the random shots we took - Grafting stock? Lophs! Flowers - Some grafted lophs - More grafting - Other random cacti - A friendly staff member - Her Kitchen!! Some great curries coming out of here.... The view from the greenhouses (too hazy to see the himalayas that day) - And we found this growing from the road on the walk home - India 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sapito Posted October 17, 2010 holy batman thats a lot of cacti are these for sale? Any idea what sort of prices things were bring sold for? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bℓσωηG Posted October 17, 2010 F'ckin sweet! Good to know Lophophora lives in India, couple nice Trichos too... thanks for sharing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naja naja Posted October 17, 2010 And WTF is up with that insanely pink coloured trich flower? I notice she's grafting those, so assume it's worth more than others or has higher demand. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bℓσωηG Posted October 17, 2010 Hey yeah what is that? I thought it was a Echinocereus of some type . Didn't click on it close up , it does look tricho-ish.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kindness Posted October 17, 2010 (edited) thanks heaps for those photos man.. absolutely stunning.. love the lopho's and the stray weed growing out of the cracks - different world huh Edited October 17, 2010 by kindness Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
incognito Posted October 17, 2010 seems cactilove is a world wide phenomenon! amazing lophs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ethos Posted October 17, 2010 Oh my god, such a nice collection and those Loph's Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hyphal Posted October 17, 2010 holy batman thats a lot of cacti are these for sale? Any idea what sort of prices things were bring sold for? I dont know how she works it, but Im sure you could find out on their website. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yeti101 Posted October 17, 2010 How do they make that graft (of the insane pink one) look like it's exploding with all those multiple arms? Note also that it's pupping like crazy. I thought I had lost interest in grafting, but I'd love to make something look like that. Fantastic, thanks for the pics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sola Posted October 18, 2010 Goes to show you can find cacti enthusiasts gardens from sea-level to the Himalaya's. Beautiful set-up and specimens. What's the thickly ribbed, large diameter, columnar cactus in the same shot with the owner? Think I saw one very similar in someones front yard in SA and couldn't identify it? Great pics, must have been a great trip. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bℓσωηG Posted October 18, 2010 What's the thickly ribbed, large diameter, columnar cactus in the same shot with the owner? Ferocactus ? I love cacti pron! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hyphal Posted October 18, 2010 Goes to show you can find cacti enthusiasts gardens from sea-level to the Himalaya's. Beautiful set-up and specimens. What's the thickly ribbed, large diameter, columnar cactus in the same shot with the owner? Think I saw one very similar in someones front yard in SA and couldn't identify it? Great pics, must have been a great trip. Thanks for the kind words! Sorry I can't answer as I don't know much about cacti.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JDanger Posted October 18, 2010 You've successfully given me itchy feet. Nice one, Hyphal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hyphal Posted October 19, 2010 You've successfully given me itchy feet. Nice one, Hyphal. Great news - book that ticket Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bℓσωηG Posted October 21, 2010 (edited) And WTF is up with that insanely pink coloured trich flower? I notice she's grafting those, so assume it's worth more than others or has higher demand. nah naja it IS an Echinocereus http://toptropicals....only=0&first=40 Edited October 21, 2010 by blowng Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhoenixSon Posted December 1, 2010 thanks for sharing!!! sexyness of those lophs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutant Posted December 1, 2010 thanks for sharing very interesting stuff yeah the big one looks like a ferocactus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tripsis Posted December 2, 2010 Great pics mate. How'd you find this place? To think I could have visited... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites