cactus

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/11535232

I still can't stop myself from getting succulents. These two just arrived today - a fuzzy-wuzzy Mammillaria plumosa on the left, and a cute spiky potato (Pachypodium densiflorum) on the right.

Not the best time for potting, but I saw them online and couldn't help it :)

Top: pollinated. Bottom, not.

You can tell by color and how plump the top one is behind the flower. Also, unpollinated flowers will fall off. I’m not a botanist so I can’t tell you what the parts of the flower are called.

I read that this cactus was not self-fertile but brushing the flowers together has produced fruit. It doesn’t mean the seed is viable but I will try down the line.

Grown from my own seeds, the only kohyo nudum in a tray full of onzuka, kikko, quadricostatum and not many nudum.

and a recovering Pach Jessica x Pach Yowie in the background

Ordered online, and it looks even better than in the photos! Just extraordinary - instantly became my favorite one in my collection!

Got these before my wife physically dragged me out of the venue to prevent me from buying any more ;)

Group pic above, and here are indiividual shots, filenames are the name of each plant:

The last two photos are both mammilarias - kinda neat how varied they can get within the same genus :)

These were the exhibition pieces, not for sale. Some impressive specimens there, in some cases I didn't even realize some of these can get so big...

The link is to an image gallery - embedding that many photos directly in the post is probably not the best idea.

I'll post my haul from the show later, I'm still on the train home :)

I posted a fruit pic a while back and thought I'd share the whole story (so far)...
Flowers: 2023-07-20
Fruit: 2023-08-31 ish
Seeds: 2023-09-15
Sown: 2023-09-22
Germination: 2023-10-03 ...date of pic. I saw it pop 2 days ago, but didn't get a picture until today.

Just this one segment is like this. The whole rest of the plant, including segments further down the branch are normal.

A lovely Mammillaria parkinsonii on the left, and a super cute Echinofossulocactus on the right, but I'm unsure of the species - maybe some experts here can help?

Anyway, love the way they look - lucky finds, both of them!

Yeah fresh seeds :D

Found them online, and I'm super happy that they're now mine.

Group pic on top, and the bottom row from left to right are a really cute Mammillaria perezdelarosae, a Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus I decided to grow in water after my previous one suddenly and unexpectedly died on me for no discernible reason, and a Pseudolithos migiurtinus that looks like it came from space and I love it :)

This is from Leiden botanical garden. The whole plant is gigantic.

Love the wavy ribbing on this guy - hope he likes his new home!

Hypnotizing 😵‍💫

It never flowered before

Echinocereus viridiflorus: The special thing about this cactus is not only the green flowers, to which it owes its name, but also the fact that it is hardy down to -20°C if you protect it from moisture.

Mine, however, did not recover after only three days of continuous rain during the summer and unfortunately has shuffled off this mortal coil. In memory of this pretty little cactus, I would like to share this photo with you.

mb3 from cactus affinity

Some people say white flowers are boring, but I like them, they are classy! 🤍