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4636
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...
Chris
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Oct 18, 2006
12:28 am
4637
Very unlikely chris, since they are essentially the same plant, but like you said, yoiu never know! Good growing! Wenchun ... From:...
Fan, Wen-Chun
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Oct 18, 2006
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4638
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...
Manuel Nevarez
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Oct 18, 2006
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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...
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Oct 19, 2006
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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...
Iftikhar ahmad
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Oct 19, 2006
2:31 pm
4641
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...
levnik_99
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Oct 21, 2006
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4642
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...
Chris
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Oct 21, 2006
1:35 pm
4643
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...
nurserymon
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Oct 22, 2006
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4644
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...
flithops
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Oct 23, 2006
10:16 pm
4645
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....
Chris
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Oct 24, 2006
1:28 am
4646
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...
Fan, Wen-Chun
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Oct 24, 2006
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... 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...
levnik_99
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Oct 24, 2006
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4648
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! ...
Fabrica de Insecticid...
fergdl43
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Oct 24, 2006
1:29 pm
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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...
flithops
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Oct 24, 2006
9:45 pm
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Wen-Chun, What is Avermectin? I assume it is a miteacide. Where do you get it? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Randy Johnson
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Oct 25, 2006
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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,...
Fan, Wen-Chun
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Oct 25, 2006
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4652
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 Maijer
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Oct 27, 2006
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4653
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...
Bjørn
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Oct 27, 2006
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By the way; you can see photos of those flowering Ariocarpuses of mine in the "n American endangered species" folder in the photosection at ...
Bjørn
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Oct 27, 2006
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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...
Phil White
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Oct 27, 2006
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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...
Chris
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Oct 29, 2006
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Dear group I add some pictures of my collection in cactus_collection_xchange group.Please check & comments ? Regards Iftikhar Ahmad...
Iftikhar Ahmad
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Oct 30, 2006
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4658 Alejandro
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Oct 30, 2006
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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...
nurserymon
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Oct 30, 2006
6:37 pm
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Fantastik ariocarpus, great plants !! thanks for sharing your photos Laurent _____ De : living_rocks@yahoogroups.com [mailto:living_rocks@yahoogroups.com] De ...
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Oct 30, 2006
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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...
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Oct 31, 2006
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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...
alexgonzalezrivera
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Oct 31, 2006
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4663
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...
drakkosoul
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Nov 5, 2006
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4664
Lucky you! Maybe when the prices come down I will have some also. Do you know if they are self-fertile? Bill NE TX USA...
tortleguy2
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Nov 6, 2006
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Hi, well, I've tried to self-pollinate them three times without succes, so, by now the answer is no jejeje greetings ... other ... flowering...
drakkosoul
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