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Post by balc2 on May 17, 2024 5:09:50 GMT
Looks great, Eli! 👌 I took some pics of the ones I have but can't put them on here from my phone 🙁 Later on in the day I will see if I can remember to do it from my computer. |
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Post by balc2 on May 17, 2024 21:00:09 GMT
A couple of shots of my Easter Cactus flowering 
A couple of Epiphyllum Orchid Cacti in kitchen
Mistletoe Cactus (Rhipsalis pilocarpa) in kitchen  |
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Post by jellibeans on May 17, 2024 23:28:17 GMT
Great pics Eli . I'm still living in hope that the cuttings I took from our eldest's Mistletoe Cactus will show some positive signs of life/growth. I took them 18mths ago and they don't look any different. I probably didn't do it right as I just went about it in the same way I do all my cuttings, cactus might need a different procedure.....at least they're still a shade of green and haven't gone brown and shrivelled up.  |
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Post by Eli on May 18, 2024 2:39:41 GMT
balc2 Nice to see hour photos, the Easter cactus is a lovely colour, and I'm pleased to know the Rhipsalis pilocarpa seems to be doing well.
However it is not a 'mistletoe cactus' since it has red berries. I believe the English name for it is 'wickerware cactus' or something like that.
Cacti can take ages to root and start growing jellibeans but 18 months seems a long time for nothing to happen. I hope they get a move on this summer for you.
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Post by balc2 on May 18, 2024 5:17:59 GMT
Thanks for the info, Eli. I don't know where I got the name 'Mistletoe cactus' from but I've looked it up again and you are right, it is called 'Wickerware Cactus'. For some strange reason I can't see my pictures in the post on my computer! I had to check to see if they had uploaded correctly on my phone! |
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Post by Eli on May 18, 2024 6:56:55 GMT
Your pictures come out nice and clear on my laptop balc2 
'Mistletoe cactus' is Rhipsalis baccifera. It has almost inconspicuous flowers and then lots of bright white berries, looking like real mistletoe, except that they're all along the length of the stems instead of in clucters.
I've got one I'm going to take cuttings of in the summer so if you'd like to try it let me know.
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Post by balc2 on May 19, 2024 20:29:12 GMT
My photos are still not visible on my desktop computer but I can see them perfectly on my phone! 
Thanks so much for your kind offer, Eli, but I don't think I will take you up on it. I have a problem with space in the kitchen both with the windowsill itself as well as the shelf below it! Only the cacti seem unfazed by the very strong sunshine & very high temps there during the summer. I've already moved most of the overwinter plants back out onto the balcony but I have a few more I need to move by the end of the month. Just this afternoon the sunshine made the temps in the kitchen shoot up to 28C! It was still 28C at 7pm!
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Post by Eli on May 26, 2024 7:12:41 GMT
Echeveria pulidonis - it's difficult to get a good photo because the yellow colour always looks too strong and the detail doesn't show up.
Mammillaria heliosa, the same with the flower colour here, it won't come out very clear 
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Post by Cherry on May 26, 2024 9:57:47 GMT
They look like specialized ones Eli and I can’t help noticing the prickles on the Mammilaria. They look vicious, yet the flowers look really pretty. |
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Post by Eli on May 26, 2024 14:19:59 GMT
They're just ordinary ones Cherry I bought them in a local garden centre.
The Mammillaria is only about an inch tall so not vicious in any way, I could pick it up with my hand when I repotted it
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Post by balc2 on May 26, 2024 20:15:01 GMT
Great looking Cacti, Eli! All my Cacti (6!) look perfectly fine & I'm hoping that more of them will flower this year. Last year I had 2 flower, one of which flowered for the first time as well! |
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Post by Eli on Jun 5, 2024 21:21:32 GMT
Flowering succulents (not very spectacular sorry but I think they're fascinating  )
Sedeveria letizia
Peperomia dolabriformis 
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Post by balc2 on Jun 6, 2024 5:03:22 GMT
They are great, Eli. It's often their foliage or form the reason we grow many plants, it's not always for spectacular flowers. We all have our likes, as well as dislikes, when it comes to what we grow. I grow a few Cacti and Succulents and some that are grown just for their foliage. Some people prefer plants for their berries or autumn colour leaves, some, like me, like one type of plant above most others. So you don't need to apologise for liking to grow a determined class of plants. |
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Post by Eli on Jun 10, 2024 19:04:51 GMT
This is a small cutting I had a few years ago. It has hardly grown at all but this year it has flowers.
The stems are pendulous and I believe it to be Disocactus speciosus.
 
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Post by balc2 on Jun 11, 2024 5:09:41 GMT
It looks great, Eli! I was reading up about it and it seems to be a slow grower that needs lots of sunlight and warmth to grow properly. |
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