Hello all, maybe not a typical question for this group. but on Ebay there is an Matucana madisinorum v. albiflore offered. Ive never heard of a white flowering...
- Hello Stef, M. madisoniorum v. albiflora is a cultural form appeared in the Mesa- Garden nursery. Regards, Gérard -- In living_rocks@yahoogroups.com, "stef...
Greetings all, I'm pretty much a lurker here, reading all the posts with interest and picking up tips as I read. I have a very few Ariocarpus species about 3-4...
Hi all, I have some plants for trade. All plants are grafted on pereskiopsis. I'm interested in trading for other rare plants (living rock family). I also need...
Dan, I would be very interested in 2 ea. of your L.fricii and L.lutea. I have many Trichocerous pachanoi and peruvianus. They may be larger than you can...
Okay, not a rock question, but I have a very nice sized multi branched Trich Pachnoi and for whatever reason it won't bllom. Any tips on size requirements,...
This has been my experience as well. Where do you live? I am in zone 5, in Eastern Kansas. I believe that the trichs need a true dormancy in order to bloom,...
And they are not self-fertile; BUT the one time I did get a large Tricho to bloom (4' unrooted cuttings from San Diego)- it bloomed profusely, and when I...
Thanks Clint. I am in Eastern NC, 7a. The plant is a seed grown left over from graftng that i just thought I would see how big I could get it. It does live...
Can a multi-headed Ariocarpus fertilize itself?, in other words can one head or bloom fertilize another head or bloom from the same plant? My only confusus...
You can use a very different kind of pollen (even a non cactaceae species) to try to indice self pollination. Some time works. Regards. ... Manuel Nevárez de...
Dear group, I want to grow cactus seeds, Anyone have cacti seeds.regards Iftikhar Ahmad Faisalabad ... All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and...
Dear group, I want to grow cacti seeds ,Anyone have cacti seeds. Regards Iftikhar ... All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done...
Hey Cactus Chris, Thanks again for all those ariocarpus seeds. They have sprouted and are doing very well. They are making their first little arioles. Many...
Hey Harold, Thanks for your message, it sounds like your seedlings are off to a great start. Some seedlings seem more sensitive to light than others, and...
Hi All, i have just added a photo to my 'flowers' file, the pic is of a batch of Ariocarpus scapharostris seedlings, the seed was sown in February 2003, as you...
Hi All, I am having problems with my Lophophora plants. They got some white rusting all over their bodies and this makes them crack and split, not to mention...
Hi, Spider mites do love Lophs (and any soft bodied cactus), but they turn the epidermis brown in my experience. Of course you could a different type of mite....
Those spider mites love aztekiums too! You could try to raise the humidity of your growing area, as I hear this will kills their eggs...or try spraying with...
... not ... other ... I've had mite problems and all sorts of problems with creatures eating my cacti -- esp. the lophophoras. I use Di-Syston, a systemic...
In other cactus group this was called the "chileans disease" and a sistemic fungicide combined with an insecticide for mealy bugs was recommended, good luck! ...
Thank you all for your replies and your help. Yes, it is pretty hot and dry where I keep the plants, so it might be the red spider, but I didn't manage to see...
Hi Randy: I got the stuff in California, I believe it is also known as "Avid". It's a very potent miticide. Its kind of expensive, something like $75 a bottle,...
Hi all, This season my Ariocarpus agavoides are just starting to flower, at least a month later than the past 18 years. The same with a tray of seedlings....
Robert, this year we have experienced the warmest autumn in 150 or 200 years, after a sunny summer; early flowering on some. But schaparostrus late. agavoides...
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