bit Posted December 22, 2011 Trichocereus Golden Confusion - this is a very tall and fat spacanius-like plant of unknown ID, grows to 2 metres (6 foot) or more. Flowers are not quite fully open in this pic Echinopsis Paramount Orange (Paramount nurseries) Echinopsis Red Monster (forgotten origin - possibly a local NZ hybridizer) Echinopsis Spachanius Tall + Fat clumper - grows to 1 metre or more, 20cm diameter Trichocereus Pseudocandicans Echinopsis Sorceress (Schick) 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOnThen Posted December 22, 2011 Beautiful photos as always bit Thanks for posting Cheers Got Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alice Posted December 22, 2011 (edited) I LOVE your photos Bit. Not only these, but your past ones too. They have a clarity, sharpness and vibrancy that just pops out of the screen. Nice cacti too. Edited December 22, 2011 by Alice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bℓσωηG Posted December 22, 2011 id be keen on any seed involving crosses of these ,beautiful colour Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niggles Posted December 22, 2011 Echinopsis Red Monster - what a beauty. It really tickles me with its color saturation and spirals. Thanks for sharing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yawning Man Posted December 22, 2011 Have you ever given and special ladies in your life some cactus flowers bit? They're gorgeous flowers. If you gave them to a woman I reckon she'd hop right into bed with ya haha. Far out! AWESOME! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qualia Posted December 22, 2011 gorgeous such amazing variety! thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qualia Posted December 22, 2011 i wonder, would you consider doing a high dynamic range series of pics of your flowers? i imagine that would bring them to another level. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LokStok Posted December 22, 2011 Stunning pictures. Bravo! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted December 23, 2011 Absolutely amazing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
interbeing Posted December 23, 2011 Beautiful, thanks heaps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bit Posted December 23, 2011 Thanks guys I hope you can look at the photos on a reasonable screen - they look good on my 24" HP screen, but I just realised on my HP Elitebook laptop they look freakin terrible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert&Ernie Posted December 24, 2011 wow just wow is all I can say except for this I wish my Trichocereus or Echinopsis would flower xD I really like the spider web in the last picture and the pink colour of those flowers is just beautiful Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alice Posted December 24, 2011 I hope you can look at the photos on a reasonable screen - they look good on my 24" HP screen 24" for me too, they look incredible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Genius Posted December 24, 2011 Jwerta, two things can keep echinopsis from flowering. Well actually more but i think those two will do the trick in your case: More fertiliser and make sure they have a cold winter period. If you follow that, yours will flower too. Bye eg 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amanito Posted December 24, 2011 my firste 'like' on the 'new' forum Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert&Ernie Posted December 31, 2011 (edited) Jwerta, two things can keep echinopsis from flowering. Well actually more but i think those two will do the trick in your case: More fertiliser and make sure they have a cold winter period. If you follow that, yours will flower too. Bye eg thanks EG great advice as always xD oh and would pot size effect the chances of flowering? edit: to add a question Edited December 31, 2011 by jwerta Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Genius Posted December 31, 2011 (edited) Absolutely. Some Echinopsis and related cacti need smaller pots to flower. Not sure why this is. Maybe it decreases the amount of energy the plant puts in root system development and uses the energy to put out more flowers instead. Larger Trichos dont flower in too small pots so you just cant make a general rule out of it. Personally, i try to keep small clumping Echinopsis in small pots and large columnar Trichos in huge Pots. Btw, most modern growers fertilize a lot more than you would think they would. Some people that have an extreme seed output fertilize like every month or so within growing season. bye Eg Edited December 31, 2011 by Evil Genius Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zelly Posted January 2, 2012 Some Echinopsis and related cacti need smaller pots to flower so you're saying then that those same plants grown in the wild will never flower? sounds all kinda sketchy to me..... gotta wonder how they survived thousands of years without a human provided small pot to flower in.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Genius Posted January 2, 2012 (edited) It wasnt meant like you interpreted it and its pretty obvious i was talking about potted cacti, not wild ones. In culture, some cacti flower better in smaller pots than in bigger ones. I´m really surpised you didnt know that. Edited January 2, 2012 by Evil Genius Share this post Link to post Share on other sites