cacti

A guy that works at Linder's garden center who I met on a cacti forum emailed me that a new shipment of exotic cacti came in Friday so here's what all I got on Saturday, talk about greedy! :D Two new Adromischus for my ever growing collection: Adromischus clavifolius (this is not what this...

I'm still working on a lighting plan for my new highland Nep chamber which will have 3 lit shelves and I'm trying to keep the power consumption below 400W for lighting the unit. More than this kicks off my power in the summer when I turn on the A/C in the living room cos I usually have plenty of...

I've been out of Neps for a couple years but after starting with Lithops and Cacti I've gotten the plants back in the blood! So this is the highland Nep/Orchid & CP chamber I want to setup, I will have 3 times the floor space of my old highland chamber with this design and mounted mini orchids...

There is a strange, ancient cacti called Pereskiopsis (not Pereskia though they look quite similar) which is a fast growing single stem tropical type plant with 4" lancolate leaves. Grafting onto this is said to be the fastest way to go from seedling to flowering adult in even the slowest...

I'm wondering if any of you are growing small succulents under lights? If you grow them indoors, what kind of lamps do you use, do you set it for 12/12 or other? Some plants I've got are colored obviously from intense light and not genetics (some are obviously genetics) but I wanted to know if...

I've just potted up my first cacti specimens (ouch!) - all Gymnocalyciums but I think I'll only keep the purple/black striped G. mihanovichii for the long term it meets my criterion of alien looking & colorful. I order most plants off ebay and just about every cactus from every seller is sent...

I'm starting a little cacti shelf and I was wondering what would be the best all around cactus soil mix I could make up that should work fine for just about every thing? I sprouted Trichocereus seed in about 60-70% peat & 30-40% perlite but I hear that small pumice "is better" for growing...

I'm setting up a shelf for just smallish Cacti & succulents and as I'm limited to a 36" x 18" x 18" space (which will include the light fixture taking up 2-4" of vertical space) I only want the weirdest of the weird. I'm seeking advice as to some of the weirdest smallish cacti you guys know...

Hey guys, I got a late x-mas present of...drum roll please...4 WHOPPING POUNDS OF ALL-PURPOSE PLANT FOOD! All right! Anyway, i was wondering if i could safely use it on some of my plants. It's 5-5-5-7 NPKCa, and has a whole bunch of Bacilius and Ecto/Endo Mycorrhizae spores. I wanted to...

I got bored today, so I built another shelf to put plants on. I also took a bunch of pictures of my plants (none of the new shelf yet). N. truncata. The label says Pasian, so I guess it's Pasian The truncata's pitcher. I held the ruler about an inch too high, so it's really about 7 inches...

I went and ordered seed of every species of Trichocerus that I could find: T. bridgesii, T. peruvianus, T. pachanoi, T. macrogonus, T. candida or candicans and several others I can't recall off the top of my head. A number of them have germinated now, all producing what looks like a 1/2" long...

Hey guys, I've got an internship at the local university, and I've been assigned to identify a greenhouse full of plants. Despite being botanists, they don't have a clue as to the identification of most of the plants; most of the labels are so old that they have faded. So, I've managed to...

Well i had wanted a Astrophytum Ornatum V. Mirbelii for several months now and everytime i saw one i liked i either didnt have the money for it at that time or someone scooped it up befour i could purchase it. Finaly found 2 and also a Astrophytum Onzuka that was just breath taking and show'd...

I'm looking to find some info maybe a website for those little 6 pack of cacti that come in a plastic greenhouse at walmart during the summer. If anyone knows where I can find something like that please let me know.

Hi All, I'm looking to trade for; any Sarracenia purpurea with locality data. I will trade very generously for plants or seed, but only interested in S. purpurea with locality data. Not interested in any other plants at this time. What I have: Drosera hilaris (2 mature plants): D. cistiflora...

Just thought I'd share my Christmas Cactus with you guys. Is it really a form of Cacti? I really hope I don't mess it up and make the buds fall off!

I don't know I just found them in the yard when my parents bought the house. o_o My friend said that the small one was dead because it turned Yellow/White. Thanks for differentiating. :-))

:-D Thanks hubby for the new cactus, its very cool.. Hubby got me this golden yellow crest cactus the other day, he said he found it in the halloween 50% off ile of the store it was in this cute little mummy planter. Its going to be repotted tomarrow. Heres some pics of it, right after he brung...

Thanks to seedjar i have some new succulents and cacti, these are cuttings and pups. There all doing great Joe and i greatly apreciate you sending them to me.. Group shot.. cacti pups now producing there own pups/clumping. and this cute tiny tiny cacti is growing taller. :-D these are...

I had the most wonderful day out on Saturday, GP_Princess Jen and I went on a run to Traverse City a nice big town about 35 mins away from us, got up there to do some shopping for some plant supplies we needed, pots, orchid mix, tiny rocks and other things, just a fun day out the 2 of us...