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Post by balc2 on Jul 13, 2024 5:27:38 GMT
It's looking good Eli!  |
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Post by Eli on Jul 20, 2024 3:38:53 GMT
I suppose this is a succulent plant - it has thick fleshy leaves and is very drought resistant, and I don't know where else I'd put it ...
It is Peperomia quadrangularis and is flowering now - not very spectacular I know but I have several Peperomias and I find them fascinating
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Post by balc2 on Jul 23, 2024 5:21:33 GMT
I think you have chosen the right thread, Eli. Of course you could've put it in the the "Flowers in July" thread even though, as you said, they are not very spectacular! Nevertheless they ARE flowers and I don't think anyone would've objected! |
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Post by Eli on Jul 23, 2024 6:53:47 GMT
Thanks balc2, you are right there.
I nearly put it in 'Indoor Gardening' but didn't think it was worth starting a thread for just this plant, and since it is a succulent plant I put it where I did.
I also found in that section a thread called 'Cacti and Succulents' which must be the one I was looking for when I started the current cactus thread in 2020 ...
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Post by Eli on Aug 1, 2024 21:13:35 GMT
Pachyphytum compactum flowering
Echeveria setosa flowering  
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Post by balc2 on Aug 2, 2024 4:57:49 GMT
Some very nice flowers, Eli! 👏👏 |
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Post by Eli on Aug 15, 2024 19:31:29 GMT
I wonder why one of my photos in an above comment has disappeared. The others are there and they're all from the same source.
This is a collection of new cacti I bought the other day. They were labelled, which is not often the case these days, and when I saw some I haven't got I bought them.
One of my new cacti is called Lophophora williamsii - it can be used as a drug and its posession is illegal in the USA (except for use with the Native American Church in their rituals)
I won't be using it as a drug though because I want it in my collection 
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Post by balc2 on Aug 15, 2024 20:45:34 GMT
Watch out for the Men in Black, Eli ! 
I would have thought it was almost impossible for you to find Cacti that you haven't already got without getting them from a specialist Cacti nursery! Hope they grow very well for you!
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Post by balc2 on Aug 15, 2024 20:57:20 GMT
The Rhipsalis pilocarpa, I'm very pleased to say, are growing away by leaps & bounds! Even the pot of cuttings I took some time last year & which didn't seem to be making any progress are growing like mad as well now. The original plant you gave me died after about two years but the cutting I took from a branch that broke off in the post has been growing very well & so I hope to see some flowers on it this year!
I've taken some photos which I will upload tomorrow so you can see just how well they are doing. I'm quite chuffed now!
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Post by Cherry on Aug 16, 2024 9:00:15 GMT
Beautiful Eli and such a rewarding interest.
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Post by balc2 on Aug 17, 2024 14:14:44 GMT
Here are the pictures I promised, Eli.
  
As you can see they are doing very well. I don't think I have treated them differently than last year.
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Post by Eli on Aug 17, 2024 20:27:41 GMT
Wonderful to see them balc2 and I hope they flower for you soon.
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Post by sthforworks on Aug 20, 2024 9:25:58 GMT
It's an Echinopsis sweetpea and steve , but I don't know the species. There are lots of hybrids in cultivation too.
Gymnocalycium has no hairs or spines on the calyx. Gymno means naked and calycium comes from calyx.
Here's an example :-
 It sounds like you’ve got an Echinopsis hybrid, which can be tricky to pinpoint since there are so many variations. The lack of hairs or spines on the calyx is a good hint, though. Maybe try looking up more Gymnocalycium hybrids to see if any match your plant closely.
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Post by Eli on Aug 21, 2024 10:46:32 GMT
sthforworks my comment was in reply to another, made by Sweetpea several years ago. He's a member no longer with us, and it was him who had the Echinopsis.
It also seems to me that you are confusing the genus Echinopsis with Gymnocalycium. They are two different types of cacti. You can't look up a Gymnocalycium to see if it matches an Echinopsis.
I added the photo of the Gymnocalycium to show Sweetpea the difference between it and Echinopsis.
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Post by Eli on Oct 22, 2024 8:43:36 GMT
My Rhipsalis pilocarpa is coming into bud again, since I brought it into the house from the greenhouse a few weeks ago. It's earlier than ever this year ... I don't know why.
It seems to have died back a bit so there are not as many flowers, but it's always exciting when it happens
And my R. baccifera has some sooty mold on the stems  I'll have to look up what I can do to get rid of it. It's quite unsightly
Other Rhipsalises seem ok, they are all in the house for the winter .
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I'll have to look up what I can do to get rid of it. It's quite unsightly 
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