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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 18, 2020 18:47:07 GMT
Ooo ~ I see you have more buds coming along on that very cool Orbea, Mick. Yeah, they are a treat, Cheery. The same guy who made me a gift of the pitahaya cactus plant is giving me yet another jungle cactus. The flower should be similar to the one I showed on this page &/or to the other white jungle cactus flowers shown previously. The twist with the new one is that in the southern part of Oaxaca the buds of the flowers are eaten! The problem with both the pitahaya and the one I'll be getting is that both are enormous plants. What to do? What to do?
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 19, 2020 15:19:27 GMT
Aloe sakarahensis
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 19, 2020 16:02:26 GMT
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Post by tod2 on Aug 21, 2020 10:38:45 GMT
My mother's Zygo cactus coming into full bloom.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 21, 2020 12:05:14 GMT
That’s a lovely show tod.
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Post by tod2 on Aug 21, 2020 14:42:04 GMT
Thanks Mick - I meant to tell you we are just coming out of "Aloe season" - yours still look wonderful as you head that way.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 21, 2020 16:07:38 GMT
Of course I like the Aloe flowers, Mick, but I really love getting those glimpses of parts of your plant collection.
That is gorgeous, Tod -- an heirloom beyond price!
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 22, 2020 11:44:04 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 22, 2020 16:35:34 GMT
Wow, Mick ~ that is magnificent! Seeing them all together is super impressive. Thanks for showing!
I have that tall green Aloe in the last picture. In fact, just this morning I was admiring how the teeth on the new growth are a lively bright yellow. Can you supply the name, please?
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 22, 2020 17:19:06 GMT
Thanks! More pictures to follow and I’ll check the Aloe name tomorrow.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 23, 2020 10:00:29 GMT
The Aloe is Aloe scorpioides
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 23, 2020 10:03:26 GMT
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Post by tod2 on Aug 23, 2020 12:05:15 GMT
Glorious amount of only the best. this last "claw" looking one reminds me of the storks feet. I had 11 landing this morning for breakfast of old bread crumbled.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 23, 2020 17:08:56 GMT
I've never seen a stork outside of a zoo.
Mick, as Tod said, that is just the best ~ glorious!
Thanks for the ID. Although it's not such a great name here, as we do have to be on the alert for scorpions.
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Post by tod2 on Aug 23, 2020 17:13:24 GMT
Oh Bixa, You remember "Storkie" - Now we have "Whiteleg". A stork with a disability . His one leg hangs down whilst flying in. It's covered in bird urine which I believe is white. Just can't get it out of the way.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 23, 2020 17:23:58 GMT
Poor thing! Do the storks get into your pool?
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Post by tod2 on Aug 23, 2020 17:37:06 GMT
No, not Storkie! Only this loud pest of an Egyptian Goose.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 23, 2020 18:22:53 GMT
The claw is a strange plant, Ceropegia stapelliformis v serpentina. More snake than stork.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 23, 2020 18:26:57 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 23, 2020 18:28:35 GMT
A lot of my plants are out in the garden for summer.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 23, 2020 19:02:06 GMT
How many potted plants do you estimate that you have?
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 24, 2020 2:56:14 GMT
So MUCH great stuff, Mick!
Is the "wasp-waisted" beauty on the far left in the first picture a South American cactus. And is the one next to it Echinopsis pachanoi? What is the interesting "drooper" in front of the Ariocarpus? That's an impressive bunch of Ariocarpus!
Is that some kind of melocactus in picture number 2?
What is that tall fat green plant behind the Jatropha in the last picture? And what what what is that absolutely wonderful thing covered with chicken tracks right next to it?
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Post by tod2 on Aug 24, 2020 8:24:35 GMT
Mick, when you put your plants out for the summer warmth, do you have to protect them from too much rain or is rain not a problem!
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 24, 2020 9:05:27 GMT
They get whatever is going tod and look much better for it.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 24, 2020 17:06:29 GMT
So MUCH great stuff, Mick! Is the "wasp-waisted" beauty on the far left in the first picture a South American cactus. And is the one next to it Echinopsis pachanoi? What is the interesting "drooper" in front of the Ariocarpus? That's an impressive bunch of Ariocarpus! Is that some kind of melocactus in picture number 2? What is that tall fat green plant behind the Jatropha in the last picture? And what what what is that absolutely wonderful thing covered with chicken tracks right next to it? First picture is S American with unpronouneable name of Coleocephalocactus aureus sub species elongata. It has small green flowers that come out of the cephalium. Next to it is Pilosocereus magnificus. The drooper is Pterocactus araucanus that I haven't got the hang of getting to flower yet.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 24, 2020 17:10:30 GMT
Yes, Melocactus in picture 2 and the green plant is Senecio deflersii. Chicken tracks is Ibervillea sonorae
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 25, 2020 10:44:21 GMT
Not the most exciting flower But this is! A night blooming Discocactus. You don't see these very often as they are difficult to grow and this is the first bloom for me
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Post by tod2 on Aug 25, 2020 16:36:13 GMT
Well congratulations daddy Mick with your first born Discocactus. !! A mod name for a plant that's been around probably for ages?!
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 25, 2020 17:20:46 GMT
Exciting, Mick, and such a credit to your skills that it has bloomed at what seems a young age.
Edited to add thank you for all the IDs and further information!
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 26, 2020 21:16:47 GMT
Some of these would obviously be perfect for the "hanging gardens" of Le Havre.
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