Other Alpine Cacti

[Maggi Young]

Extraordinary how these little guys are flowering so soon after being covered in so much snow.... how many of us thought of cactus as snow-melt plants, eh? !!!

In the first pic of the Oreostachys, is that an Ephedra in the background?

[Kristl Walek]

Yes, Maggi, it is Ephedra minima, which I have kept just to see it grow up finally and give me some of those wonderful red berries (which happened last year for the first time)---but it is way too aggressive and needs to come out of this bed before it eats up all my baby cacti...

[ruweiss]

My hardy Echinocereus-cactii enjoy the hot weather we now have in Southern Germany with
33°C today. For most of the other alpines this means pure stress in spite of shading and thorough
watering.Some losses cannot be avoided,hope,that there will not be too many.

Echinocereus viridiflorus
 Echinocereus chloranthus
 Echinocereus reichenbachii v.albispinus
 Echinocereus coccineus v.roemeri
 Echinocereus polyacanthus

[Maggi Young]

Rudi, lovely little cactus... especially the first green flowered and the last flower... such a different shape, isn't it?

[ruweiss]

Maggi,there are so many colours and forms among the cactii;collecting them can become the same
passion like Alpines,bulbs and other plants.
I must confess,that my main passion (madness) are still all the rockgarden plants.

[Kristl Walek]

Rudi, here is my Echinocereus viridiflorus starting to bloom in the garden today. And a second clone is just slightly different.

[Kristl Walek]

And today the clumping Escobaria leei and E. organensis started.