Sold one of these today, folk like it when they flower And this rescued Gymnocalycium flowered for the first time today
Both If they don't sell this season I pot them on for next. There's a fine line between selling them and them getting too big to move These are some that get re classified as "Specimen Cacti" They fetch up to about £40, which I don't think is too bad looking at what some growers charge for them
I tried growing cacti from seed years and years ago. Only about 5 from the whole seed pack germinated and, although it was supposed to be a cacti mix, they were all the same. I gave them as little gifts to gardening friends. That was in the 70's !!
They often seem to be similar seeds in the mixed ones but I have had a few gems from them Devil's Fingers was in one packet and I got a huge spikey Opuntia that I still haven't identified. The seem to have a lot of Echinocactus platyacanthus seeds in them, which is ok if you want a cactus that's bigger than you and weighs as much as a Hippopotamus This is a Devil's Finger (Echinocereus pentalophus) I got lots of seed from this one and have a tray of baby ones now
That does look a lot more like him !! That one in the picture, though, is a nice looking, attractive cactus. Cousin It is still the ugly step-child of his family !!
Tee hee Tetters had a very close look at the flowers on both (she does that ) and came up with a match
This is Clive... He's one of the moving cacti (Austrocylindropuntia vestita). He uprooted himself during a week long timelapse video I made of them Had to re pot him and put a temporary stake until he re roots himself.
No sign of either of them this morning Crassula "Buddha's Temple" is in flower... And the Echinopsis crassicalis is on a build up to detonation
