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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 20, 2007 16:26:08 GMT 1
Patience is the watchword with these. Rooting will probably improve once night temperatures increase. Don't overwater them at present.
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Post by sweetleaf on Mar 20, 2007 16:28:34 GMT 1
I know, "if in doubt..dont!" ;D Im definitely bearing that in mind.  |
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 22, 2007 9:33:53 GMT 1
Went to Kew yesterday and delivered the Stapeliads. Everything went well but the problem is a new appointment and the guy in charge of Tropical Arid (where I go) has to do everything by the book and I have to complete forms if I donate and forms if I take plants away. Anyway, he was extremely helpful and the best one I have dealt with there by some way. Had a long chat with him and the students over their Stapeliad problem and I have agreed to write cultivation notes for them. He also let me choose cuttings which he and a student took for me and I came away with 20 Aloe cuttings together with all the collection history for each one - some of them collected by pretty famous people in the Cactus and Succulent world. All in all a really excellent day.
Incidentally SL I think I sent you Aloe claviflora which Kew don't have and were pleased to get a seedling from me. It's quite a rare Aloe apparently.
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Post by sweetleaf on Mar 22, 2007 9:41:48 GMT 1
ooh!  I got a rare Aloe before Kew? I shall treasure it even more! Unless you want it back? : |
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 22, 2007 13:07:52 GMT 1
Don't worry. I still have 5 more!
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Post by sweetleaf on Mar 22, 2007 13:09:16 GMT 1
 Oh good!
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 3, 2007 13:29:54 GMT 1
How are the cuttings going SL (can't get used to Sweetie yet)?
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Post by sweetleaf on Apr 3, 2007 13:34:02 GMT 1
They seem ok the watering is less of a problem now, anyway, and most have obvious roots.
Without tempting fate I think I may have a success story to tell ;D
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 3, 2007 13:51:19 GMT 1
Mine are also doing better now that I have stopped poking them. Are you watering them with weak fertilizer though? Cat litter is not noted for its nutritious properties.
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Post by sweetleaf on Apr 3, 2007 14:02:12 GMT 1
Half strength baby bio Mick, up to now Tomato food from now on, cant believe I ran out of that! |
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 3, 2007 14:11:49 GMT 1
Suggest quarter strength. Half might be a bit strong if you are using it at every watering.
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Post by sweetleaf on Apr 3, 2007 14:16:57 GMT 1
No, every other watering Mick, I thought I might be overdoing it at that! ;D I need instruction manuals I think. I might browse next door again later, are there any updates? |
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 3, 2007 14:33:13 GMT 1
Not recently. Quarter strength at every watering will be fine. Use plain water occasionally to flush through.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 11, 2007 13:28:57 GMT 1
I have now taken all the seedlings out of the plastic bags as there is nowhere in the greenhouse that is adequately shady and I don't want them to "boil in the bag". They are now in trays and I water regularly from below with cold boiled water. If they dry out now they will be lost. Fantastic germination this year.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 19, 2007 16:56:46 GMT 1
I have an Epiphyllum. These are really tropical cacti with very glamorous flowers but pretty dull plants. They grow perched on trees and rocks alomg with orchids and bromeliads and have been extensively hybridised for their flowers.
I found this one in a pot in a fireplace in a pub in Cambridge which I was visiting years ago with my dear old Dad. For a change, the stems were interesting but nobody know what the flower was like. I took a cutting and rooted it and the flowers turned out to be pretty spectacular, pink, about 8" long and 5" wide. It is a fair size now and has been in the same pot for about 10 years which is completely falling apart. In October I drag it into the green house and in April I drag it back out again. This year it has a phenomenal number of buds 100+ and will be absolutely spectacular in a few weeks.
I know I have problems posting pictures but we are really going to try on this one.
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Post by sweetleaf on Apr 19, 2007 17:02:04 GMT 1
Oh good! ;D Although, I do think you need a home computer Mick, it would change your life, you could keep an online record of all your Cacti, flowering times, (with pics ) and be able to access it wherever you were.........  |
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Post by Sleepy on Apr 19, 2007 17:03:03 GMT 1
I have an Epiphyllum. These are really tropical cacti with very glamorous flowers but pretty dull plants. They grow perched on trees and rocks alomg with orchids and bromeliads and have been extensively hybridised for their flowers. I found this one in a pot in a fireplace in a pub in Cambridge which I was visiting years ago with my dear old Dad. For a change, the stems were interesting but nobody know what the flower was like. I took a cutting and rooted it and the flowers turned out to be pretty spectacular, pink, about 8" long and 5" wide. It is a fair size now and has been in the same pot for about 10 years which is completely falling apart. In October I drag it into the green house and in April I drag it back out again. This year it has a phenomenal number of buds 100+ and will be absolutely spectacular in a few weeks. I know I have problems posting pictures but we are really going to try on this one. We must see picture. Try using the on-line image uploader. Details in the FAQs. Just make sure that the images are 640 pixels or less wide - details also in FAQs. |
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 19, 2007 17:10:24 GMT 1
So my Tesco value camera won't work then?
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Post by Sleepy on Apr 19, 2007 17:15:59 GMT 1
So my Tesco value camera won't work then? I dunno. Do you suspect it to be broken? If not it proably will work. |
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Post by sweetleaf on Apr 19, 2007 17:22:56 GMT 1
Tesco value cameras have film sleepy they arent digital. |
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Post by Sleepy on Apr 19, 2007 17:28:20 GMT 1
Tesco value cameras have film sleepy they arent digital. Film? What's that? |
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 20, 2007 8:19:13 GMT 1
Ho,ho,ho.
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Post by sweetleaf on Apr 23, 2007 12:41:42 GMT 1
Mick, if you dont have a digital camera I believe tesco`s have a service where they put images on disc, as well as printing photos, that might be your best bet |
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 23, 2007 13:05:03 GMT 1
Thanks SL. I will look into it.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 26, 2007 12:40:47 GMT 1
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