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Posted by bixaorellana on Mar 21, 2012, 7:24am

The precious darlings!

Even though I already have the immensely cool name of Bixa orellana, I'm deeply tempted to change it to Haworthia tesellata.

The Cheiridopsis is very peculiaris indeed. Is that a little flower bud on it?

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I just found this & it seems to be excellent, compact information for growing succulents. Mick, if you get a chance, it would be great if you could look it over & say whether it's worthy or not. :-*

http://www.succulent-plant.com/cultivation.html

Posted by mickthecactus on Mar 21, 2012, 9:05am

You could call yourself Tess Elata..............

Yes, a flower bud on the Cheiridopsis. I shall repot that at the weekend to make it look better. It's still in the seed pot from 3 years ago.....

I'll have a look over that site later Tess.

Posted by bixaorellana on Mar 21, 2012, 4:20pm

If I must be Tess, I want to be Tess of the Elatas.

Posted by mickthecactus on Mar 21, 2012, 4:26pm

Mar 21, 2012, 4:20pm, bixaorellana wrote:

If I must be Tess, I want to be Tess of the Elatas.

Ah yes, the D'Urbervilles has already gone..............

Posted by mickthecactus on Mar 21, 2012, 4:28pm

Mar 21, 2012, 7:24am, bixaorellana wrote:

http://www.succulent-plant.com/cultivation.html

it's all pretty sound although I don't agree with everything (as you might guess) particularly adding limestone for some plants.

Posted by kimby on Apr 4, 2012, 10:31pm

My sister's jade tree, taken from the 2nd floor window. It's about 6 feet tall and in full bloom, and is just one of several in her San Francisco area yard.

Posted by mickthecactus on Apr 5, 2012, 1:34pm

It's a beauty that's for sure.

Posted by bixaorellana on Apr 5, 2012, 10:33pm

Belated thanks to Mick for the feedback on the link.

Kimby, that jade is absolutely gorgeous!

Posted by mickthecactus on Apr 13, 2012, 12:33pm

What happens when you water a cactus.

Before-

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After-

Posted by bixaorellana on Apr 15, 2012, 2:16pm

That's dramatic!

Mick, was that cactus deliberately deprived of water for a resting period? Also, when resting a cactus, how do you decide when it's time to start watering it again?

Posted by mickthecactus on Apr 15, 2012, 7:27pm

Yes, in winter from about September to March my cacti receive no water otherwise they wouold rot. Plus the resting period encourages them to flower.

I start basically when I can see them showing signs of growth although in this case I'm not sure there were any. It was just that weather then in March was ideal for their first drink.

Posted by mickthecactus on Apr 17, 2012, 12:56pm

Some early bloomers -

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Posted by mickthecactus on Apr 19, 2012, 12:25pm

And some more -

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(Sshh, the last one comes from Cuba.............)

Posted by bixaorellana on Apr 21, 2012, 7:07am

Commie.

This is a really superb bunch of pictures and cacti, Mick. Wow. It's a bit of a thrill to see we have some of the same things. That 3rd pic in #671, with the pale blue cactus I'm too lazy to go find the name of right now -- love that photo.

What's the tufty one just below the three bishop's caps please? And the white fingery one on the far left in the 3rd pic of #672? I have the feeling some that nice person gave me some of that, except mine is still a baby.

Posted by mickthecactus on Apr 23, 2012, 9:37am

Now you've asked Bixa. The tufty one is Lophophora williamsii - peyote.........
(sshh again....)

672 - Avonia papyracaea

Posted by mickthecactus on Apr 24, 2012, 12:24pm

This is my recently repotted Aloe polyphylla. That's a 2 gallon can behind it for scale-

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3 Aloe polyphylla seedlings -

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Beautiful Aloe reynoldsii flower-

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Lovely leafprints on aloe peglerae-

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Posted by mickthecactus on Apr 24, 2012, 12:39pm

Ferocactus texensis aka The Horse Crippler-

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Mine is still rather small although it might inconvenience the odd pony..........

Posted by bez on Jun 2, 2012, 6:15am

I need some help.
Is this a Huernia concinna as it is labelled ?

Posted by bixaorellana on Jun 2, 2012, 2:30pm

Yay ~~ another succulent fan! Welcome, Bez.

I went & looked up H. concinna & can see why you were dubious about the label on your plant. However this picture from Dave's Garden closely resembles your flower: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/289575/

Some descriptions called the flower "sulphur yellow" and others described it as white. One source said "It is unusual in that it has no fragrance." That could be the defining clue. (but the photo next to that description looks nothing like the description. :-/

http://www.anniesmagicgarden.com/product.php?productid=17775).

Then there's this: http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonimage/id85601/, which closely resembles your flower.

Where's Mick?

And Mick, I failed to even comment, much less wax eloquent over your most recent spate of pictures, wherein you once again agitated my A. polyphylla lust. That was almost eclipsed, though, by the covetousness provoked by the A. peglerae ~~ oooooooo!

Those horse cripplers grew all over where I lived in south Texas. I really like them. There's a similarly magnificent Ferocactus here that gets quite large.

Forgot to mention about the little cactus from Cuba -- I had a very similar, possibly identical one & some old guys here told me the fruit of it was candied & eaten.

Posted by bez on Jun 2, 2012, 7:00pm

Thank you for the help.
Let's wait for Mick's opinion.
Meanwhile today's Huernia guttata /a bit different from Mick's/ :

Posted by kerouac2 on Jun 3, 2012, 4:32am

After visiting this thread, last night I dreamed that I had a lovely cactus that I discovered completely shriveled and dead in its pot, and I felt that it was terribly unfair. I wonder what this means.

Posted by onlymark on Jun 3, 2012, 5:01am

It means you were thirsty.

Posted by bez on Jun 3, 2012, 5:41pm

Another huernia :