Tricho Before/After flower pictures

[somnif]

Here is a pictures of one of my Tricho's

(at least I assume it is a tricho?) taken

yesterday (not flower) and this evening

(flower)...can anyone help identify it?

Top View Before...

...and After

Side View Before...

...and After

Here is one of my San Pedro's on its way to

flower...it is taking oh so long...(as are

the other three which are going to flower)

I am predicting early to mid February for

anyone wanting to do some pollen exchanging.

Did anyone else boycott the typical xmas tree

in favour of a xmas Cacti? We has this out

the front of our house lit up for a couple of

weeks and no-one stole it - is this a sign of

good will or is it just that the local youths

haven't evolved past heroin use yet?

You can see my Terscheckii X. on the right

which flowers amazingly twice each year, a

couple of San Pedros (the tallest of which

is due to flower in a few weeks) and a

smaller prickly Tricho whose name defeats me

at the moment.

[Guest Mesqualero]

Very nice pics somnif

My guess is that the top one is some kind of Echinopsis

[M S Smith]

I would say the top photo is of Echinopsis subdenudata due to the lack of spines, but this plant has too few ribs to be that plant. Definitely an Echinopsis though.

Michael

[somnif]

Ah, good thing I didn't try to eat it then ;-)

The only thing I am sure about this cactus

is that is was purchased from Collectors

Corner at Garden World - I shall go back

and see what they label similar beasts

(err, that probably isn't the right word)

Anyway, this is the problem with cacti, you

start with this ambition of eating them and

then you find you just *like* them too much

too bring yourself to do it.

I was just going to mention that my attempt

with pollenation with some Terscheckii X.

pollen was probably pointless until I came

across this:

http://trout.yage.net/sc/Trichocereus_scopulicolus_webpage/Trichonopsis_photos/index.h tm://http://trout.yage.net/sc/Trichocere...tos/index.h tm://http://trout.yage.net/sc/Trichocere...tos/index.h tm://http://trout.yage.net/sc/Trichocere...tos/index.h tm://http://trout.yage.net/sc/Trichocere...tos/index.h tm://http://trout.yage.net/sc/Trichocere...tos/index.h tm://http://trout.yage.net/sc/Trichocere...tos/index.h tm://http://trout.yage.net/sc/Trichocere...tos/index.h tm

(ah Snu, wonder how the book is going - we

can assume well I guess considering how quiet

he has been across the boards ;-) [though I

did note a recent post to EA so he is probably

still alive] )

Anyway, considering what a prolific flowerer

both parents are, any offspring should be

amazing.

BTW, recent hot days has cause my Perdo flower

day estimation to be moved earlier to late

January.

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[Guest reville]

My scop is starting to flower - maybe we can do a pachanoiXscopolicolus

Ill post nearer to the flowering- the bud is taking ages to do anything.

how do you get your pedros to flower?

mine never do

[somnif]

Neglect mostly ;-)

The only thing I do to them besides watering

now and then during the hot months and

re-potting when needed is to throw a bit

of lime at the pots in spring - the lime thing

I started last year and I got my first

pachanoi flowers last year.

It is probably mostly an age thing though.

I'd love to do a cross!

Re: pollen, Torsten mentioned drying the

pollen (using filter paper over the end of

a vacuum) and then freezing as a good method

of shortish term storage.

Current estimated time of flowering is

somewhere around the 23rd assuming a burst

of hot weather.

[somnif]

Looks like I may well be sending pollen

to you, Rev (and anyone else who'd like

some - just email me with your postal address)

Less than a week to go I'd guess (once these

buds start their growth spurt there is no

stopping 'em):

An here is a close-up:

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[somnif]

Ah, my s'pedro flowered this morning

Here is a picture:

And here is another with a bud which is just

about to also bloom:

Email me if anyone wants some pollen (I've

already contacted Rev & spiraleyes.)

Regarding my attempt at pollenating the

Echinopsis sp., I am not sure if I have

been successful as I don't know exactly

what I am looking for; the flowers broke off

after a week or so and I was left with the

following:

Success or failure, could someone please tell?

(I suspect failure)

[spiraleyes]

[spiraleyes]

it was awesome watching these lil buzzers do their work.

somnif,totally forgot about the pollen collection.

but ive got some more i can send you when they flower shortly.

i have a few varieties,enough for my own purposes for now,thanks anyway.