Cacti Collecting!

[dirtmonkey]

Got this in the mail a few days ago:

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A. asterias 'Super Kabuto' on Myrtillocactus?

 

[Driller64]

A. asterias 'Super Kabuto' on Myrtillocactus?

Yep I'm hoping to hybridize it with another Astrophytum, which will either obtained by purchasing one or grafting a seedling.

 

[dirtmonkey]

Cool, good luck - there are some crazy looking ones out there now.

 

[Driller64]

I received seeds of this Astrophytum myriostigma cultivar: http://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/AS...tum/Astrophytum_myriostigma_multicostatum.htm

I'm going to graft a seedling or two of it onto Pereskiopsis or Selenicereus cause I recently received a S. grandiflorus plant in the mail. And then I'm going to hybridize it with the A. asterias and and no doubt create some sort of horrific genetic mess in the process

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[Driller64]

I'm gonna try to get seeds or a seedling of this species: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_longaeva for Bonsai purposes. The reason for it is if you read about this species, it will be alive long after I'm gone

 

[Medusa]

Long overdue...a pic of one side of our greenhouse.

 

[Driller64]

Long overdue...a pic of one side of our greenhouse.

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I can identify a few things in there, M. geometrizans, some sort of Dioscorea, maybe some Selenicereus, and a A. subulata. But very impressive collection! Where do you get them?

 

[just1moreT]

Here is pic of my plant room a lot of young stuff most of it grown from seed since September last year.some of the bigger caudex plants I bought small

 

[Chainsaw Reptiles]

My Side Hobbys That Isnt T's Is Reptiles And Horse Riding Competeing (Etc) And Cacti! Hehe Where Cacti Are Okay With T's I Wanna Setup A Desert Theme For A Desert Scorpion or Something

 

[Medusa]

I can identify a few things in there, M. geometrizans, some sort of Dioscorea, maybe some Selenicereus, and a A. subulata. But very impressive collection! Where do you get them?

Various places: some nurseries out here in WA and OR, and one back in MI. Others online from places in Cali mostly. (Some of those are on eBay.)

I also have a greenhouse window in my office, a plant rack under lights in an unheated bedroom, and my hubby is putting together another 4-shelf propagating rack with lights as we speak. [emoji6] (He's the vegetable guy.)

 

[Driller64]

Decided to resuscitate this thread because reasons. Over 15,000 thread views, wow!

I've been getting into conifers recently and I just received a pretty cool fir cultivar in the mail today. I also have a few spruce cultivars in my yard I have planted. I may post pictures of those soon.

 

[Pipa]

nice pictures

 

[The Snark]

A friend from childhood was a succulent and cacti fanatic. He finally got a job here:
http://www.huntington.org/WebAssets/Templates/content.aspx?id=494