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Topic: "Fat Plants" : cacti,succulents, caudiciforms, whatever.. (Read 198119 times)
krisderaeymaeker
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former president Vlaamse Rotsplanten Vereniging
Re: "Fat Plants" : cacti,succulents, caudiciforms, whatever..
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October 18, 2014, 09:12:09 PM »
Also first time flowering here : Ariocarpus scaphirostris
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Kris De Raeymaeker
from an ancient Roman settlement near the Rupel
Belgium
"even the truth is very often only perception"
"Small plants make great friends"
krisderaeymaeker
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October 18, 2014, 09:13:47 PM »
Some more Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus ......
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Kris De Raeymaeker
from an ancient Roman settlement near the Rupel
Belgium
"even the truth is very often only perception"
"Small plants make great friends"
Tony Willis
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Kris
lovely plants to see,thanks for showing them
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Chorley, Lancashire zone 8b
krisderaeymaeker
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October 19, 2014, 07:08:34 PM »
Quote from: Tony Willis on October 18, 2014, 09:46:58 PM
Kris
lovely plants to see,thanks for showing them
Thanks Tony . You can leave them alone for a longer period when you love to travel .....
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Kris De Raeymaeker
from an ancient Roman settlement near the Rupel
Belgium
"even the truth is very often only perception"
"Small plants make great friends"
krisderaeymaeker
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former president Vlaamse Rotsplanten Vereniging
Re: "Fat Plants" : cacti,succulents, caudiciforms, whatever..
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October 26, 2014, 07:23:36 PM »
Titanopsis calcarea is frost resistant when kept dry.
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Kris De Raeymaeker
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Belgium
"even the truth is very often only perception"
"Small plants make great friends"
penstemon
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Bob Nold
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October 31, 2014, 02:07:16 AM »
Titanopsis calcarea
, first flower of the season, last Friday the 24th. Flowers on and off all winter here, outside.
Bob
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Bob
west of Denver, Colorado, elevation 1705.6 meters, annual precipitation ~30cm, minimum low temperature...cold...
johnw
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October 31, 2014, 11:30:05 AM »
Lovely penstemon. I can't help but think of dog's paws when I see those leaf ends. Which state allows you to grow Titanopsis outdoors and flower it through the winter?
johnw
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penstemon
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Bob Nold
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November 03, 2014, 03:49:29 AM »
Colorado. Quite a few mesembs aside from delospermas are hardy here. "Hardy until devoured", anyway. Rabbits and squirrels find them irresistible. You can see some signs of nibbling in the photo I attached.
Once I planted several different forms of
Titanopsis calcarea
, from Mesa Garden, in a trough, and every single one was eaten before the day was over.
Bob
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Bob
west of Denver, Colorado, elevation 1705.6 meters, annual precipitation ~30cm, minimum low temperature...cold...
FrazerHenderson
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For people, scenery and plants visit Yemen
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November 03, 2014, 07:27:38 PM »
It's on the web the latest issue of
Xerophilia
www.xerophilia.ro
It's simply marvellous
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Yemen, what a country ... Haraz mountains, Socotra, Sana'a, Hadramaut, the empty quarter.... a country of stunning, mind altering beauty...and the friendliest of people.
Maggi Young
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November 03, 2014, 07:32:44 PM »
Now don't hold back, Frazer, if you think it's good, just tell us!
( and IT IS good !)
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Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!
Editor: International Rock Gardener e-magazine
penstemon
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November 03, 2014, 11:36:27 PM »
Pterocactus tuberosus, in flower.
Since the above-ground parts of the pterocactus are annual, this year I'm trying to root them, which is supposed to work ...
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Maggi Young
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November 04, 2014, 09:03:39 AM »
I'm sure I'm being very dim here ( it wouldn't be the first time) but what is the advantage of rooting annual parts of a plant ? Will they live long enough to produce perennial underground parts? Or is that the challenge?
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Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!
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penstemon
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November 04, 2014, 03:50:02 PM »
No, I know that sounds very strange. The authors of
Cactus de Patagonia
say it can be done, and so I cut the stems when they were still green, and stuck them in a pot.
My understanding is that this is one way pterocacti propagate themselves; if the annual stems fall to the ground during the growing season, they root.
When the plants go dormant, from cold, the stems wither and fall away.
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Bob
west of Denver, Colorado, elevation 1705.6 meters, annual precipitation ~30cm, minimum low temperature...cold...
penstemon
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November 04, 2014, 09:21:15 PM »
Business end of
Pterocactus tuberosus
.
Every time I show pictures of pterocacti it dooms them, so we'll see.
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Bob
west of Denver, Colorado, elevation 1705.6 meters, annual precipitation ~30cm, minimum low temperature...cold...
penstemon
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November 04, 2014, 11:58:04 PM »
Just in case anyone thought cacti (not counting Sclerocactus) were difficult to grow from seed, here's a picture of about 600 echinocereus, and escobaria seedlings. In B.E.F. Growers' Pots, of course.
I don't have a greenhouse so these are grown "the hard way", germinated under lights and then grown outdoors for as long as possible. (The seedlings could probably stand -25C in pots but I didn't want to risk it, so I brought them indoors, where they receive afternoon sun.) They grow very slowly with this method. I gave about half of the first flush of seedlings (sown winter 2012) to Denver Botanic Gardens, so I may have germinated about a thousand altogether.
Not sure what to do with all of these.....
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