hookahhead Posted May 8, 2014 What I find interesting is the Bridgesii x Validus that is a lighter green color. Where the heck did the short spines come from 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted May 8, 2014 (edited) hybrids rawk dn they what happened to the spines on yours getafix? did they never form? ever notice them be brittle? -bout time we saw your pic more look fwd to seeing it on the site the other zellys so far snapped, only a few othe validussy ones will add later ok fk it the validus seeds supplier i found was kaktusy in Czech , I can't tell 2 folk and not everyone else , still havent arrived yet tho but hey Edited May 9, 2014 by ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted May 9, 2014 (edited) these were the trichocereen 1000 seed "bulk" mixed species from ebay.deGermany not sold as mischung but labelled it when arrived Edited May 9, 2014 by ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted May 9, 2014 Damn dude! You're like me. Just planting tons of seeds, buying plants, going all cactus crazy. Hehe. It'll be great watching those mixed seedlings grow old. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted May 9, 2014 (edited) On 09/05/2014 at 2:14 AM, hostilis said: Damn dude! You're like me. Just planting tons of seeds, buying plants, going all cactus crazy. Hehe. It'll be great watching those mixed seedlings grow old. once bitten twice smitten :D heres the link to kaktusy http://www.kaktusy.cz/eshop/index.php?productID=68885 dyu know the thing that really did it for me was being held back , made me turn it into a lifes work until it happened that just happened to be rather much faster than any of my hobbies yet good on ya mate , enjoy! i guess this is what it's all about thank fuk for people like Zelly EG and Mutant for my catchment area or life would be fukkin bleak on the cactical front, It will get better soon though. Edited November 8, 2017 by ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Genius Posted May 9, 2014 (edited) Well, happy Birthday. The fact i am saying that validus is not a real species, does not mean the plant doesn't exist in reality. It means that it's not a real species in the taxonomical sense. Backeberg and rauh should have moved the plant in terscheckii. So we are talking about varieties and sometimes its hard to recognize one. The validus variety can be recognized because of the unique spination, which makes it different from certain terscheckiis. But since it sometimes isnt as pronounced, it is hard to recognize in young plants. Thunder, if yours turns out to be a validus type terscheckii in the future i am happy for you. Right now, i am not seeing the typical spination. Neither on my own Plant btw. And i am referring to the books Die cactaceae from Curt Backeberg, friedrich ritters kakteen in suedamerika and raus kakteenvegetation von peru. Edited May 9, 2014 by Evil Genius 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookahhead Posted May 9, 2014 Starting to move more plants outside These will be repotted this week hopefully. T. pachanoi (front), T. peruvianas (left) T. bridgesii (right) TBM 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mushroomman Posted May 9, 2014 Took some shitty pics of my validus x rosei1 seedlings 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted May 9, 2014 (edited) vented the last of the seedlings checked juuls and colossus for roots and then potted em up along with a few others Rooots! bloody rooots! amagadz trichocereus are so sexay Edited May 20, 2014 by ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted May 9, 2014 (edited) bought some more ace cacti Echinopsis oxygonaTrichocereus purpureopilosusTrichocereus sp. White spines, clumpingMyrtillocactus geometrizansa tarijensis to go with the trichocereus tarijensis i already got Edited May 13, 2014 by ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted May 9, 2014 (edited) cool EG and thank you kindly *offers slice of birthday cake* I appreciate the source info a lot , I will try to buy the book if i cant dwnld it i have been holding off buying any cacti books cuz they either; never arrive, are too expensive or just plain shite -(edit - with trichocereus in mind that is) Edited May 20, 2014 by ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted May 10, 2014 (edited) ok so the hunt is on for validus with zero spination in the top half of the areole , and a big fat ole straight as fk central spine pointing down thanks you guys! -edit- and sorry EG for misunderstanding your view of the existance of validus ... -and i got it wrong about the pot my 'validus' from mutant is in, i thought it was a 24cm pot but its a 30x30cm pot : 3 still my fave fatty cactus of my whole collection , .. -does zelly's 'fields' validus look diff because of climate differences? or is that what immaculate ones look like ? maybe i accidentally fell in love with a nature-beaten validus ? was this one on bretloths site Edited May 13, 2014 by ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schrodinger's Khat Posted May 10, 2014 Placed an order for some lights!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted May 10, 2014 cleaned some glass and re-situated some short stuff crew 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted May 10, 2014 bought 100 tacaquirensis and 100 werdermannianus seeds made some new labels and added all the new pics to my trichocereus album http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?app=gallery&album=734 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted May 13, 2014 Potted up a new plant I got. Sulcorebutia rauschii. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted May 13, 2014 (edited) On 13/05/2014 at 6:21 PM, hostilis said: Potted up a new plant I got. Sulcorebutia rauschii. P5120151.JPG P5120152.JPG ive been so tempted to buy one of these, they're one of the prettiest of the short stuff crews what did they say about watering it? (i have no clue about em yet) (edit i don't think I would waste my money on one of those again , shame because they look so beautiful but wasn't worth the hassle in the end) Edited November 8, 2017 by ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted May 13, 2014 I'm not sure. I'm going to do more research. Wont be watering it for a couple weeks since I just planted it. Will keep you updated on it's progress Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Berengar Posted May 14, 2014 I just dropped a large seedling tray full of various Trichocereus, Selenicereus, Epiphyllum and others. At the moments like this, all I can say is thank god for xanax. Luckily, it's all contained in the plastic humidity box, so nothing elso to do now but get properly sedated and try to pick up the pieces... 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted May 14, 2014 (edited) I grafted some of my from seed variegated Astrophytum myriostigma "Kikko" and A, Myriostigma x ornatum ornatum x myriostigma that were too variegated to grow on their own. Pretty stoked. They were almost completely white with some yellow and pink. There are still some variegates that have chlorophyl in them. They're growing super slow, but I'd like to have all that I can on their own roots with the variegates. I also potted up some new plants I won on auction on ebay. Myrtillocalycium polyp (Own roots) Neoporteria jussieui Stenocactus erectocentrus Edited May 14, 2014 by hostilis 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Auxin Posted May 14, 2014 (edited) Side effects of megestrol may include: Nausea. Weight gain. Fluid collection in the feet and ankles (edema). Vaginal bleeding. To date, the cacti have demonstrated no vaginal bleeding. There has been some nice weight gain tho Edited May 14, 2014 by Auxin 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookahhead Posted May 16, 2014 (edited) Last week I mixed up a big tub of soil, with the intent of potting up some cacti. However, I still lacked one key ingredient... pots! Tonight I was hellbent on playing in some dirt. So I looked around a bit, hoping that I find a pot or suitable container. No luck . It was to late to go to the hardware store, plus buying a bunch of clay pots adds up quick... So I did what I do best, sat down and did some thinking Aha! I know what I can do... Let's recycle! Luckily for me, the trash/recycling hauler doesn't come until Monday. So I grabbed 2 milk jugs out of the bin... did a bit more thinking ... and this is what I came up with. Of course, we need some drainage. Instead of just poking some holes in the bottom, I decided to cut some slits instead. After spending over a year trapped in a 6" pot, it took a little finessing to liberate this guy. I almost swear I heard it let out a little sigh of relief. Happy with the results, I went ahead with the other one. A 6" pot hold about a qt, a gallon jug holds about a gallon . Now that's a nice set of jugs if you ask me! While those two certainly needed repotted, it was actually their old containers I was after Psycho0 x TPM TPM x (SS02 x T. Pachanoi) The top part of the milk jug was used for labels. This is how I get all of my labels. I'm sure they're all happy to have a little more leg room! With all the money I've saved by switching to Geico, I can buy more pot. Edited May 16, 2014 by hookahhead 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiscoStu Posted May 16, 2014 ^^ if i want to strike an ordinary plant cutting or nurse a seedling back to green health i'll cut up a water bottle and make a little humidity chamber for them. a lot of my seedlings are planted in recycled yoghurt or butter containers. never overlook recycling your plastic containers for plants imo. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
magical9 Posted May 16, 2014 I potted up some nursery stock. Man what a morning! Listening to TOOL while planting cactus at 7am on my day off. I cant wait to make this my day job (SOON) T. Bridgesii #1 (Big, Fat, Blue) (stumps/center cuts) T. Bridgesii #2 (Smaller growth habit) T. Peruvianus T. Scopulicola T. Cuzcoensis T. Pachanoi Seedlings T. Peruvianus Seedlings Also pictured are mushrooms that pop up every morning in my cactus seed tray heh. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted May 16, 2014 Fungi in your seedling pots is probably not a good sign. Lol. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
