cacti

Ok, Familiar stuff first: My minibog shows excellent progress. :) From late spring or early summer: Now: Now, for the new stuff: An outdoors growrack. N. ventricosa - it's showing some sunburn in certain areas. Sarracenia seedlings, plastic bag removed: N...

Things To Trade Well, here we go: Nepenthes albomarginata 'Gunung Jerai'. Every seed seen in this pack is for trade. Tons of Proboscidea parviflora seeds. Some of them may carry genes for a rather strange trait: a three-pronged pod. Is it normal, and caused by the environment?.....or may...

So. Did some shopping to prepare for getting some nep seeds in. Here's what I got: 2 bags Long-fibered Sphagum 2 bags 'desert sand mix' (alabaster stone chips, volcanic lava rock, west desert sand, West coast fir bark) 1 bag charcoal. 2 12 x 18 trays + 2 plastic covers 2 150 watt equivalent...

:-D More new cacti kids added to the ever growing family.. and my newest succulent which was knocked over at the store under a pile of other cacti and pots..:censor: I wanted to get pics of them outside in the sun but we havent had sun now for 5 days its been NASTY NASTY NASTY...

So, My VFT has experienced its first 50 deg. F night and it's already slowing in growth somewhat. Although, it's still happily soaking up sun and it has the deep reds to show it :D But, I believe I can confirm that there are 3 (3!) separate rhizomes in the pot. It's quite the deal for what I...

Inspired by Cuda, when I was in Lowes today, I got these: Plaid Cactus (You can see two flower buds :3) And Peanut Cactus (Lots of little ones) So all I need to do is to let them get very dry and then just water them, right?

Just joined the comm. but I have been reading the threads for a while now. I live in North Texas (Dallas/Denton), I am working on my Ph.D in chemistry. Other interest include but not limited to native fish, trop. fish, turtles, cacti, camping/hiking. Hopefully I can contribute what little...

Heres few more of my cacti additions and one is a succulent. First up Notocactus Magnificus "Big Birtha" well thats what hubby calls it.. LOL!! Theres some dirt and perlite in the crevices i need to clean off tomarrow, repotting her was a pain in the rear got lots pookies from her due to her...

i am canadian, 27 years of age and have just recently taken a curiosity to cp`s. my girlfriend loves plants and we are well over 60 plants ( 02-11-08 we are up to 80 now!!!) in a 4 1/2 appartment, cp`s included. it started with a friend of ours who had the idea of putting vft`s in an aquarium to...

Hello everyone, first of let me say its great to be back after a 2 week break :boogie: . Now the question to be addressed in this thread is, What Cacti's look for in substrate? im talking like what kind of ph, sand, perlite, etc etc. What kind of substrate seedlings need? What kind of wattage am...

Hi cacti lovers!!!:-) My astrophytum opened its flower bud (for the 3rd time this summer!) Here are some pictures that dont need any comments: And here are some pics from my trip to Mexico and cacti in their natural habitat: some gymnocalycium: the biggest cactus in the world Saguaro...

I'm thinking about trading a large N. veitchii 'Bareo Highland' that has outgrown my house's winter lighting. It's about 20" across and leaves are 10"+, not counting tendrils, and has a new basal shoot. It's just begun pitchering since it takes a while for it to get going after spending the...

I'm thinking about trading my big N. maxima 'Broad Peristome' x 'Celebes Striped' because it has outgrown the limits of my house's winter lighting. It has four growths and is ~27" tall, with all four growths being in that range. Leaves run ~10", not counting tendrils. It originated as a...

Hey guys! Well, today i went to the Cal State Fullerton Cactus and Succulent Show and Sale. Quite a mouthful, but nontheless very neat. I never knew how many succulents and cacti existed! and the variation was amazing. I only brought $40 and wish i would've brought $200! i was completely...

Ok, So I have talked to a few people on the chatbox and some have cacti, so just to pour salt and viniger in the wound, here are my flowering cacti :-D Some eye candy :-O These besties are 2" and 1/2 across maneatingmoo, those are my beauties :-D

Hello TF members!, I joined a few months ago but never got to post anything since something was wrong with the heartdrive of our computer until we replaced it.I live in NC Piedmont Region Zone 8.(I think).I'm 10 years old but I put my mom's age since on most other forums you have to be at least...

here are some pics of my cacti and succulents. They're all pretty small right now and I haven't had any of the ones shown very long. If you know the id's on any of them you can help me out by telling me. I know some of them but most are unidentified. Also sorry for the terrible pictures. guess i...

Hello - I'm new here, just thought I'd say my welcome's before asking a question. :-) a year or so ago a friend gave me a cactus and it has become my favorite in my entire cacti garden (I have about 8 others). Trouble is I have no idea what kind of cactus it is and I'd like to give either...

Greetings from Southern California! My name is Julia and I am a student at UCLA. I grow slipper orchids, paphiopedilums and phragmipediums, cacti, and up until last summer had a fairly substantial collection of pings, cephs, and N. ampullaria. Unfortunately, I entrusted them to a friend while I...

Hi, I'm a new member from Wichita Kansas. My name is Max and I'm 17 years old. I bought a few Carnivorous Plants from Lowes a few months ago and now I'm hooked (addictive personality I guess). The plants I'm growing are... A Highland Nepenthes Truncata A Nepenthes Ventrata or Ventricosa not...