Coryphantha tripugionacantha

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Now this cacti's name is a real mouthful...Coryphantha tripugionacantha.

But it is also a magnificent cacti species.

C. tripugionacantha link

Of the thirty seeds started recently, almost all of them have germinated.

And a closer look at one of these newly sprouted cacti seedlings.

In hindsight, I probably didn't need to sprout these seeds with the paper towel method, but because they were older seeds, I wanted to try to keep track of them, if I had to.

Hopefully I'll have some success growing these seedlings out to mature plants.

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[seedjar]

Wow, cuties! And in five or ten years, they might look like the picture linked. XD
Thanks for sharing - very nice macro shot.
~Joe

 

[swords]

Are you getting your seed from the folks at Mesa or is there a good succulent seed dealer up there?

 

[dvg]

Thanks Joe, they do take a while from seed, but there is just something about a plant that you were able to grow from seed, that makes that plant a little extra special.

Swords I order seed from a few different places.

Check out this link for a few places to order Cacti and Succulent seeds from:

http://www.terraforums.com/forums/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=102

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[seedjar]

I know exactly what you mean. I have about 75 years to go before my Saguaro seedlings make their first branch. XD
~Joe

 

[dvg]

I have about 75 years to go before my Saguaro seedlings make their first branch. XD
~Joe

In the now immortalized words of that late, great raconteur Wison Mizner, "Life is a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the toughest."


...good luck with that...

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A couple pics of some Coryphantha tripugionacantha seedlings in two pots.

Pot #1

I was surprised how viable this four year old seed turned out to be with 100% germination and robust young seedlings.

Pot #2

These seedlings were germinated in paper towels and all had sprouted within six days time.

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A Coryphantha tripugionacantha seedling showing some of it's spines...

...they almost look like insect antennae or even like they have hoar frost on them...they don't.

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An update on how these seedlings are coming along.

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