Cacti and succulents

Eli Top Member Posts: 5,140	Cacti and succulents Jun 11, 2024 8:31:45 GMT balc2 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Eli on Jun 11, 2024 8:31:45 GMT Thank you balc2, I've had it a few years and it has hardly grown at all. I think it needs repotting and placed in a sunnier spot. It's got two flowers this year

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Cacti and succulents Jun 12, 2024 5:12:24 GMT via mobile Eli likes this

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Post by balc2 on Jun 12, 2024 5:12:24 GMT

I hope it will do better for you, Eli later in the year after you have repotted it.

For the first time, I think, this year I took some photos of my half a dozen cacti. They all look good and healthy so I'm hoping to get some more flowers this year. I can't put photos on here from my phone but, if I remember, I will put 1 or 2 on from the computer later today.

balc2 Top Member The countdown has begun! Posts: 3,378	Cacti and succulents Jun 16, 2024 15:38:26 GMT grindle, SueA, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by balc2 on Jun 16, 2024 15:38:26 GMT As promised, a few days ago, here are pictures of my Cacti:

Eli Top Member Posts: 5,140	Cacti and succulents Jun 16, 2024 20:01:46 GMT grindle, SueA, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Eli on Jun 16, 2024 20:01:46 GMT They are so fascinating balc2 Some flowering cacti in my greenhouse today :- Hatiora gaertneri Echinocereus (probably a hybrid) Disocactus speciosus And a succulent - Echeveria pulidonis

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Eli, your plants are looking very good!

I have a couple of plants of Hatiora rosea in the kitchen window. I've grown Easter Cacti for over 20 years and have had different colours as well. I used to have white, dark red, yellow and of course, pink. I have a cutting that has only just finished flowering. The mother plant did begin at Easter but the daughter didn't start until mum finished. They are the only flowering size plants I have but I have several small cuttings.

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Cacti and succulents Jun 27, 2024 21:18:10 GMT grindle, SueA, and 2 more like this

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Post by Eli on Jun 27, 2024 21:18:10 GMT

Disocactus ackermanii - lasted two days.
I didn't think it would flower at all this year because it has died back quite a lot (I've been forgetting to water it

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I've taken some cuttings in case it dies completely.

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Eli Top Member Posts: 5,140	Cacti and succulents Jun 30, 2024 7:33:35 GMT grindle, SueA, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Eli on Jun 30, 2024 7:33:35 GMT Epiphyllum laui - this is the second flower, the first one was so heavy the bud fell off before it even opened. That's why there's a wire around it, to hold it up.
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Beautiful flowers on both plants, Eli!

I have many cuttings of a dark red Epi but no flowers, not even a a bud has ever been visible in all the years (4 or 5) I've had them! 😥 Last year I repotted them in succulent compost & they have responded very well - with leaves but no flowers! 😥

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Cacti and succulents Jun 30, 2024 13:27:51 GMT grindle and Eli like this

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Post by balc2 on Jun 30, 2024 13:27:51 GMT

My Epis are growing very strongly this year but no flowers, which I think should be dark red,

The plants of (Rhipsalis pilocarpa) Hairy Fruited Wicker Cactus are growing away VERY strongly as well! They have surprised me greatly this year by throwing out l-on-g stems which eventually "exploded" into lots of smaller branches. They have grown very well since I repotted them into succulent compost last year.

Sorry about the old naming on this picture but it was before you told me, Eli about them being named wrongly. I've since changed the name & the change will appear on the next photos I take.

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Cacti and succulents Jun 30, 2024 19:40:03 GMT balc2 likes this

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Post by Eli on Jun 30, 2024 19:40:03 GMT

They need a cool dry period before they flower balc2. Mine - Disocactus, Epiphyllum and Hatoria have been in the unheated greenhouse and haven't had water since October.
I know you can't keep them like that but maybe if you have a cooler room than the kitchen you could put them there, and keep the compost just damp enough to prevent them from shriveling up.

I am pleased to see your Rhipsalis doing well.

balc2 Top Member The countdown has begun! Posts: 3,378	Cacti and succulents Jul 2, 2024 20:16:38 GMT grindle, SueA, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by balc2 on Jul 2, 2024 20:16:38 GMT Two views of the same (& only) cactus with flowers: The 3 Jade Plants sent to me by Eli: And lastly,but not least, Hairy Fruited Wicker Cactus:

balc2 Top Member The countdown has begun! Posts: 3,378	Cacti and succulents Jul 3, 2024 4:57:25 GMT via mobile Eli likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by balc2 on Jul 3, 2024 4:57:25 GMT I see the third picture didn't upload properly! 🙁 Later in the day I will see if I can upload it again. I hope to see it flower this year after all the strong growth this year!

Eli Top Member Posts: 5,140	Cacti and succulents Jul 12, 2024 2:10:54 GMT grindle, SueA, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Eli on Jul 12, 2024 2:10:54 GMT Sulcorebutia arenacea ... not many flowers this year

balc2 Top Member The countdown has begun! Posts: 3,378	Cacti and succulents Jul 12, 2024 4:36:17 GMT via mobile Eli likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by balc2 on Jul 12, 2024 4:36:17 GMT It's looking very good, Eli!

Eli Top Member Posts: 5,140	Cacti and succulents Jul 12, 2024 12:57:08 GMT grindle and SueA like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Eli on Jul 12, 2024 12:57:08 GMT Echeveria purpusorum ...

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