cactus

They were all so purdy that I couldn't help myself. Surprisingly affordable too, even the bigger ones, which is always nice.

I posted about my grafted bois before here (I wish there was a way to share instance-agnostic links, maybe some day...), but I have an update - one of them decided recently that having another cactus forcibly implanted on top of it is not nearly enough, and he started sprouting all over the place! What a little overachiever, eh?

The first pic is unedited, and here's the version I played with a bit, what do you think, is it too much?

Here's a few more, should be clear by looking at them, but unedited version first, edited one after:

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I think I might have gone overboard with the Aztekiums (first pic), but other ones look kinda nice to me. Still a lot to learn though, one day I might be able to show how pretty these are in real life!

I haven't even had it for two months and it does this.

Bought it 2019, flowering now for the first time.
No idea what variety it is.
Each flower is open only 1 or 2 nights.
There were seven flowers in total.

Bought it 2019, flowering now for the first time.
No idea what variety it is.
Each flower is open only 1 or 2 nights.
There were seven flowers in total.

I'm looking for good information on how to care for them and identify them as they weren't labelled. I guess that it's not as simple a giving them very little water?

If anyone knows a good website or book, I'd be grateful.

Edit: Typo

New flowers keep opening almost every hour - glad at least these bois seem to be loving the scorching Tokyo weather, because I sure as hell am not :)

Aaaaaanyway, here's more:

This pic is of a big boy that looks a bit like a lophophora underneath the flower, and here's one of an amazing grafted ball of fun I got last year (rootstock is slightly sun bleached, but quite healthy otherwise):

Looking forward to more and bigger flowers soon!

Edit: one of my gymno triplets also started to bloom some time between 3 hours ago and now! I was hoping all flowers would open up together, but it's still pretty :)

The original graft started puping at the end of last August and are now at about 10” & 8” respectively.

These were the first cacti my wife and I grafted ourselves at a workshop last year in August. Both took, and are growing FAST - love how healthy they are!

For reference, here's a pic from last year (doggo for scale). Unbelievable how much bigger they are in less than a year!

It was very hot, very crowded and yet still worth it - finally got not just one, but both known species of Aztekium without going bankrupt - I wanted one for a long while, but they tend to be stupid expensive in Japan.

Love the two cute jellybeans too - Conophytum burgeri. Hell, love all of them, that's why I bought too many yet again :)

Here are a few closeup shots:

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/16645819

2 buds hiding under the flower ☺️

First bigger shopping trip this season, and I bought way too many again.

I'm kinda tired now, so just a quick brag before I properly id them :)

Here's some more shots:

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/20923434

Was grown from seed.
Last time I posted about it: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/5241154

And yes, the bumpy one is putting out a pup!

It's been a while since I've grown cacti, if anyone has tips for growing in AZ/Phoenix area, lmk

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/18233414

Today's haul from a small succulent show in Tokyo. From the left, Adromischus marianiae var. herrei, a hybrid Orthonna (cremnophila X herrei), Myrtillocactus geometrizans also known as "Boobie cactus" (no, really!) and a pwetty wittle Pseudolithos cubiformis.

Love every single of'em already!

Here's another angle: https://i.postimg.cc/Ghgz2cSW/Succulents-May2.jpg

I got this one from cactus affinity couple years back and it has been doing really well. I had to chop it a little over two months ago because it was getting too big & needed a repotting. It finally pupped last week and is great

Sown last feb (15th). 4 varieties (clockwise starting in top right quadrant): Huizache, Cardona, Coloradas, and Texania.

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.