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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 28, 2019 7:40:33 GMT
The real titanota is a much more blueish plant Bixa. Check out the Agaveville gallery
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 28, 2019 17:36:30 GMT
Hmmm. I'll make some pictures & post them here so you can decide. I thought A.titanota was a Oaxaca native, but maybe not.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 28, 2019 17:44:19 GMT
I can't give you the link bixa but check out the Starr Nursery Agave blog. Greg Starr is the man who renamed them. It's an excellent article.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 28, 2019 17:46:02 GMT
Thanks, Mick! Just looked it up & it seems fabulous. Here is the link for anyone wanting it: starr-nursery.com/blog/
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 28, 2019 17:50:58 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 28, 2019 21:53:44 GMT
Obregonia??! Gnashing teeth in envy! What is the 2nd flower? Here are my pictures. Mick, you need to identify the big blue beauty in the third picture. A kind, generous person gave me that some years ago and it has grown and reproduced immensely since then. I keep separating out the offsets and somewhere in that process I lost the original ID tag. Thanks!
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 29, 2019 8:17:35 GMT
Actually Ariocarpus retusus and second picture Ceropegia sandersonii. Lovely Agaves and that one is Agave gypsophila. I no longer have it as it outgrew it's welcome but I do have Agave gypsophila Ivory Curls-
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 8, 2019 8:54:25 GMT
A little while back a lovely lady in Mexico sent me a cactus cutting. And out of the blue it produced a flower which I missed. This is it the following day. I believe it is Epiphyllum oxypetalum.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 9, 2019 19:13:15 GMT
Lazy bastard of a flower!
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Post by bjd on Sept 10, 2019 5:51:21 GMT
It must be awfully frustrating to wait for one flower to bloom on a cactus and then miss it since it lasts just one day.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 19, 2019 16:51:14 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 19, 2019 16:54:01 GMT
34.5 would be nearer the mark. Who's going to pay that?
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 19, 2019 17:16:34 GMT
Tourists on Ile de la Cité.
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 25, 2019 18:42:01 GMT
Just received a large parcel of Stapeliads from a friend who has stopped growing them. All habitat collected.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 25, 2019 19:24:44 GMT
That is a giant wow! Do you know why your friend has stopped growing them? They couldn't have gone to a better home!
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 25, 2019 21:28:48 GMT
He’s a big grower of SA plants, mainly Crassulas and Conophytums but can’t grow Stapeliads so sends them all to me. There are so many I will be sharing with a friend in N Wales.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 26, 2019 3:32:56 GMT
That is excellent, Mick. I love the idea of plants being dispersed, especially the more uncommon ones.
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 29, 2019 12:03:04 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 29, 2019 13:18:26 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 3, 2019 4:42:39 GMT
It looks like it is holding up its flower for all to admire.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 3, 2019 17:20:13 GMT
Mick darling. I bought a lovely aloe vera last week....how cold can it go? The conservatory gets quite chilly after dark. I think that the sansivera is ok but not sure about the aloe....
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Post by bjd on Oct 4, 2019 5:08:53 GMT
I just had a look, Cheery -- from a high of 30°C to a low of 10° is the range for aloe vera. I bought one recently. It is outside in the sun after it got mealybugs. I sprayed it with black soap and put it out in the rain. The bugs are gone but I will have to put it somewhere in winter so it's not rained on all the time.
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 4, 2019 6:26:08 GMT
As long as it's frost free and the Aloe is dry it will be fine.
I use meths to control mealy bug btw.
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 10, 2019 16:27:13 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 10, 2019 17:41:08 GMT
I love the leaves of that Aloe!
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 10, 2019 18:29:44 GMT
Which one?!
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 10, 2019 21:05:53 GMT
Well, all of them, but I meant the one that is blooming in the picture.
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Post by bjd on Oct 11, 2019 5:41:31 GMT
I was given one of these recently. The florist said it was almost like a succulent because it's easy to care for, needs little water, not a lot of light. I had never heard of it before. It's called a zamioculcas.
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 11, 2019 6:54:34 GMT
Well, all of them, but I meant the one that is blooming in the picture. I thought maybe you meant suprafoliata just behind.
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 15, 2019 15:19:47 GMT
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