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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 20, 2017 3:39:02 GMT
Oooo ~ 'Ivory Curls' ~ ooo ooo! I am rich in titanotas, which is good because I really love them. Have I showed my A. potatorum before? It's similar to your A. guadalajarana, Mick -- I think they're both gorgeous. Here is some mood music to accompany the last few posts ~
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 24, 2017 7:24:07 GMT
I think you supplied both my titanota and potatorum. I don't have sound on my computer in the office! Here is Pelargonium oblongatum grown from seed and flowering for the first time -
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 24, 2017 12:24:20 GMT
A couple of new Rebutias - Aloe plicatilis (now known as Kumara plicatilis) - Haworthia mutica -
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Post by tod2 on Apr 30, 2017 8:33:04 GMT
A fabulous collection for you both Mick and Bixa! And that wonderful robust mariachi rendition of Guadalajara was terrific!
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 30, 2017 15:32:47 GMT
Just managed to listen to that. It was terrific!
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Post by mickthecactus on May 2, 2017 12:07:13 GMT
A couple of seedlings flowering for the first time - Rebutia pygmaea - Echinocereus pulchellus v sharpii
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Post by mickthecactus on May 2, 2017 12:24:45 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on May 2, 2017 16:15:12 GMT
Belated comments on your wonderful collection of pictures, Mick -- wow! The Pelargonium is otherwordly and beautiful. Where are the leaves and do they look at all pelargoniumish? The A. or K. plicatilis is so elegant in form and color. Is it not an Aloe anymore? I never met a Haworthia I didn't love and that H. mutica is particularly terrific. All of the cactus, whether those in bloom or those happily sunning themselves on the ledge are so robust and attractive.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 3, 2017 10:11:11 GMT
The Pelargonium is a winter growing geophyte. It starts growing in September and drops it's leaves about March/April and then flowers. The leaves are a bit Pelargoniumy. I have a small collection of these geophytes and always on the look out for more. Check this out - pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/PelargoniumSpeciesOnePlicatilis is Kumara now but I wouldn't bet against it returning to Aloe at some stage. The cacti are all miniature Opuntioid types.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 3, 2017 22:23:17 GMT
Oooo ~ thanks for that link. It opened up a whole new world for me. As for the darling dwarf Opuntias ~ if you ever get tired of them, you can at least eat them.
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Post by tod2 on May 4, 2017 11:23:11 GMT
I cant wait to see "my" seedlings..!
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Post by mickthecactus on May 8, 2017 7:50:30 GMT
Oooo ~ thanks for that link. It opened up a whole new world for me. As for the darling dwarf Opuntias ~ if you ever get tired of them, you can at least eat them. This one might be a bit prickly - But this one is a possibility -
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Post by mickthecactus on May 9, 2017 11:54:45 GMT
Aloe fibrosa -
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Post by tod2 on May 9, 2017 16:31:11 GMT
It is spectacular Mick!
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Post by amboseli on May 12, 2017 12:44:00 GMT
Unbelievable how many variations of cacti there are. Here's my Lewisia Cotyledon after a day filled with sunshine and a rainy night.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 12, 2017 15:50:58 GMT
Mick, what's that second little Opuntia, the one below the (?)cholla?
Amboseli, that Lewisia is perfect, as is its portrait.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 12, 2017 18:53:28 GMT
Mick, what's that second little Opuntia, the one below the (?)cholla? Amboseli, that Lewisia is perfect, as is its portrait. Its strobiliformis. Got it from Kew. Do you want the collection data? Theft are all S. American btw.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 12, 2017 23:53:39 GMT
What I want to know at this minute is what Freudian moment caused you to use the word "theft" in a post about getting an Opuntia from Kew.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 13, 2017 8:41:54 GMT
What I want to know at this minute is what Freudian moment caused you to use the word "theft" in a post about getting an Opuntia from Kew. Doh.. blooming auto correct (pet peeve). I did get it honest. Honest. The other one is Tephrocactus weberi also from Kew.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 15, 2017 7:30:20 GMT
In flower now - Pelecyphora strobiliformis - Strombocactus disciformis - Arrojadoa heimenii Stapelia kwebensis - Escobaria hesteri - Rebutia "orange ice" -
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Post by mickthecactus on May 15, 2017 7:37:48 GMT
I cant wait to see "my" seedlings..! Here they are -
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Post by tod2 on May 16, 2017 13:27:06 GMT
Lovely! thanks Mick.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 16, 2017 14:50:31 GMT
Thanks for the IDs above, Mick and also thanks for that wonderful array of cacti in bloom.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 30, 2017 12:35:29 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on May 30, 2017 13:56:00 GMT
Okay, that first gorgeous flower is a jungle cactus (that color!), but you're going to have to identify all the other Star Trek plants for me.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 31, 2017 7:31:34 GMT
The first one came many years ago from a cutting of an Epiphyllum that live in the fireplace of the pub in my Dad's village. Number 2 is Uncarina decaryi seed grown, from Madagascar - Number 3 is the tiny flower of the smallest Aloe, A. descoignsii and number 4 is Sinningia leucotricha.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 31, 2017 7:36:24 GMT
As usual, I am in awe of your knowledge and skill. Thanks, Mick!
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 31, 2017 7:49:31 GMT
Gorgeous sumptuous and glorious...(and that's just Mick!) Your knowledge and your plants are fabulous x
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 1, 2017 7:24:40 GMT
Problem is I know bugger all about so many other things.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 1, 2017 12:34:15 GMT
Yeah. I remember that time I asked your opinion of the Phenomenology of Spirit and you rather floundered in your reply.
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