tarenna Posted November 19, 2015 Off fucking tap. Olive you are an entheo machine. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spooge Posted November 19, 2015 Cheers Tarenna, and Mountain Goat (I like your wow mate) Astros and Trichocereus I am concentrating on now as these plants are not a declared species in this state. this is very important to me now in a way it never was before. theres something about the 'presence' of these two species that I'm attracted to. like others I phase in and out of 'attraction' to certain plants, though these two I seem to have become hooked on cultivating. its very exciting when the temp is right and the astrophytum flower, I'm quick to pollenate them and usually do this on the second or third day that the flowers are open as this is when there appears to be ample pollen in each flower. Trichocereus with the exception of spachianus, flower where I am - late December and early januarary and feburary. we have some very special clones budding atm and will make some very interesting x's this season. i look forward to distributing these throughout the community once the seeds have been cleaned. 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spooge Posted November 24, 2015 heres some pics of an absolutely HUGE crested nudum that a very nice person has allowed me to 'borrow' for a while. many my good friend. innit she a fukn doozy. shocking!! i am still gobsmacked at the size of it, I've some old moles, but no astros as big as this one. as she has been flowering i have so far crossed it with an asterias that has flowered many more other astros here will have flowers open in the next few weeks as this oooge crested nudum continues to flower she will be crossed with lots of astros........... should make for some interesting seeds if all goes well. 20 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Cursive Posted November 28, 2015 Man!.. WOW! GG sir! GG....! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coolname Posted November 28, 2015 Very nice olive. I will be keen as to either buy or trade you something for some astrophytum seeds when they become available 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spooge Posted November 29, 2015 It is avery nice plant Coolname. Am still GFGing at it mysel every time I look at the plant _Cursive Half the seeds from the oooooge crested nudum and half the seeds from which ever of the Astros in the collection here that are x pollinated with it will go to the cool guy who he's lent the beutiful nudum. The other half (and this is we get any seeds of course) I will keep half of the half and will be most happy to trade the remaining seeds for Trichocereus cuts or Trichocereus seedlings that are interesting x's. Takes about a monthish for the seeds to form and the pods to crack, this being the case it won't be far off. Am carefully labelling the crosses I am attempting so there is no confusion over who is who. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coolname Posted November 30, 2015 Ohhh that is exciting. I usually have a few different trichocereus cuts and seedlings available so hopefully we can sort something out ☺ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spooge Posted December 3, 2015 some more Trichocereus, mostly.............. 16 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wert Posted December 3, 2015 1st time reading this thread. mutha farka!!! in a nice way of course. It's a bit like wtf did I just see right now kindof moment for me? innnnnsannne!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spooge Posted December 3, 2015 I like to collect, as you can see Wert it's almost a problem. Garden is green - credit card is red, hahahahahaha. Father fukker is more of an apt expletive, lol, def ina nice way, lol x2 The world of Trichocereus is seemingly endless, there's always more. Even within the same name or type there is variation depending in origin. Trichocereus watered and fed well in this climate grow extremely vigorously. Lotsa the ones in pots that are big enough will go in the ground in Autumn, many new gardens to make. Super easy to do this after the first rains as the weeds and grass are easy to chip out with a hoe and the ground is nice n soft. I find a combo of nutes works very well. Thrive is cheapish and goes along way, as do bags of preprepared chookshit that I buy for 5 bucks a pop. Never been one to make my own nutes, with exception of compost of course. Has dried up rather quickly this year, in previous years the grass was still green in early December. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spooge Posted December 5, 2015 its bloody hot atm. too hot to do anything outside, mornings and late afternoon into the evenings atm till the weather cools a bit. some more cactus and things Haworthia asstd things Lithops Turbinocarpus Little astrophytum Sulcorebutia more asstd things Hoodia seeds on these Aztekium Riteri 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glimpse Posted December 5, 2015 Holy fuck!!!!!!! things have progressed exponentially since I was down that way love your work man, you're a cactus juggernaut 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sagiXsagi Posted December 10, 2015 awesome collection , very exciting! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
interbeing Posted December 10, 2015 Amazing collection Olive, keep up the good work 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spooge Posted December 13, 2015 things have progressed Glimpse, i hope to see you here again soon. good to see you on this thread Sagi , only you will know what the post below yours means. thank you Interbeing, if this garden looks half as good as yours in the years to come i will be very pleased, same with Sagi's roof top wonderland, spektakula trichs coming to flower candicans J3 SG scop x bridgesii pachanoi SG pc SG helon scops SG something SG psycho0 x favourite table of plants 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Berengar Posted December 22, 2015 Amazing, simply amazing... Is that Fields' validus with flower buds?? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spooge Posted December 22, 2015 yes, they are Fields Validus, lotsa flowers on them. i hope to make lots of interesting crosses when they open. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Berengar Posted December 22, 2015 I hope you do too. That thing is an absolute beast, would love to see it crossed with something (very) spiny and fast growing. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
irabionist Posted December 23, 2015 :D :D :D :D :D OOooooooooh I'm definitely going to need to visit one day :D 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sagiXsagi Posted December 23, 2015 wow are all these new cuttings tricho? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spooge Posted December 23, 2015 wow are all these new cuttings tricho? roll call - Validus Rosei 1 Rosei 2 Macrogonis Sausage Yowie Fields pach x 2 vars (shed and garden) Whiora x PC WK hybrid Knunthianus Pasacana an unnamed fat n huge hybrid Cereus monstrose Cereus Hybrid Bridgesii Oreocereus Fossulatus Oreocereus Celcianus 46 Oreocereus Hendriksenianus Oreocereus hybrid x 2 forms Cleistocactus Morawetzianus Huascha Rubiflora Huascha Yellow Spachianus Trichocereus Candicans var Gladiatus Trichocereus Lamprochlorus Trichocereus Voliianus Eulychina Acida Haageocereus Acranthus Euphorbia Azure Pachycereus Marginatus 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sagiXsagi Posted December 23, 2015 I would love to see photos of the non trichs when you have time. And let us know about the rooting times also! I have been wanting to get e.acida, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites