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...
Hi Robert, I have also had MANY ario's flowering much later I think it is to do with the extra light/heat much later into the year than normal ? Some species...
I have had similar experience to Phil, but I am in USA, zone 7b. I always seem to have the oddball plants, but I like to experiemnt so I guess I'll always get...
Hey Alex, Some fine plants and flowers, interesting to see your retusus pectinatus in flower, i have 3 grafted plants all in bud i just hope there is enough...
Fantastik ariocarpus, great plants !! thanks for sharing your photos Laurent _____ De : living_rocks@yahoogroups.com [mailto:living_rocks@yahoogroups.com] De ...
Hi Alex, Great pictures! Thanks for sharing :) Dan ... Get your email and see which of your friends are online - Right on the new Yahoo.com [Non-text portions...
Hi Andy; I hope you get plenty of sun!! I only have 2 pectinatus, the second one was grafted but the stock rotted, luckily I saw it on time and I was able to...
Hi to all..... I've just uploaded some of my arios pics and other plants of my collection, some Astrophytum caput medusae are flowering now, hope you like...