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[Alpoehi]

It's spring with sunshine every day but frosty every night. I purchased a 2nd grow light to keep my cacti inside for a while.
The only thing that' s inspiring for the moment is a 70 cm bridgesii cutting I bought rooted late January and a couple of weeks later it started growing!

[Sicshroom]

3 years ago today I planted 400 plus cactus seeds that were gifted to me by a very wonderful member here. Today I found that one of my grafts who recently started showing signs of being mature has 2 flower buds that will open in the next few days. I now have 2 flowering grafts :) my other plants are hard grown so no where near as big but I still have 4 surviving yotes from the first 100 lophophora seeds gifted to me. Those 4 plus 6 others are my on roots collection and most of my cacti I have raised from seed. It is beautiful too measure my life in they're growth

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[psilyguy808]

It's been super rainy for the last few weeks, but the plants are doing ok

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[YoshiTrainer]

A few pics from around the yard.

Top row: avocado, cherimoya, mango
Bottom: lychee, green sapote



Top row: gotu kola, borage, paw paw
Bottom: epiphylum, fig

[Skywatcher]

Nice assortment Yoshi !

I am becoming convinced you live in a perfect climate controlled geodesic dome...............

I like the color on the orchid cactus. I might have to offer you an orchid cactus cutting trade.....

[YoshiTrainer]

Thank you Sky!

Happy to send you some epi cuttings!

[psilyguy808]

Some of today's flowers, some Afghan Izmir Galania poppies and some salvia flowers

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[Sicshroom]

Anyone here know of the pink lady's slipper orchid? This is my baby, I transplanted it last year from a forest in my area to this pot keeping the sandy loam and pine shats. I also found the opuntia in the same area. They both over wintered well and the orchid has what looks like 2 new little ones growing from its roots!

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[HrVanker]

Anyone here know of the pink lady's slipper orchid? This is my baby, I transplanted it last year from a forest in my area to this pot keeping the sandy loam and pine shats. I also found the opuntia in the same area. They both over wintered well and the orchid has what looks like 2 new little ones growing from its roots!

I don't know much about them, but would be interested, if any divisions pop up. Do you know if they have any sort of fragrance?

Some Googling leads me to believe that it's likely Cypripedium acaule. The species seems pretty well adapted from N to S out East. There's some care guides if you search for the scientific name on Google, and even some videos on YouTube that look promising.

I'd love to stay updated on this beauty!

[Sicshroom]

I'll definitely keep you in mind. I'm looking to transplant them to my next house after my youngest is born in June. We need more space and owning is cheaper then buying in my area.

[Skywatcher]

I did some reading on the Pink Lady Slipper orchids. They are not native to my area, most likely because they have a symbiotic relationship with a rhizomorphic fungus, which they need to germinate seeds and feed the plant.

Hopefully you have success as they are a very interesting and pretty orchid.

I would say your best success will be to learn about its fungus partner, and feed and encourage that as well.

 

https://www.fs.fed.u...um_acaule.shtml

[HrVanker]

I did some reading on the Pink Lady Slipper orchids. They are not native to my area, most likely because they have a symbiotic relationship with a rhizomorphic fungus, which they need to germinate seeds and feed the plant.
Hopefully you have success as they are a very interesting and pretty orchid.
I would say your best success will be to learn about its fungus partner, and feed and encourage that as well.

https://www.fs.fed.u...um_acaule.shtml

Most orchids form rhizo relationships as seedlings, due to lack of food for the embryo (talk about bad parenting). So when orchids are bred for seed, you need special agar to germinate them. I currently have a seed pod maturing, and will definitely find a place for a thread about the project.

Some types of orchids will also put off new bulbs/pseudobulbs (haven't really gotten into those species yet myself), some of which can [I think] be divided into new plants.

[Sicshroom]

Great info guys! And one thing that I've gathered from the fungi these guys need to germinate is that the attach to the outside of and into the root system. I believe that where I took the sandy loam and pine shats from the area as well as the cactus that I successfully for a good amount of the fungi in the soil. I was able to get a seed pod as well but I don't know what kind of agar to put the seeds to for them to germinate so I would love to follow in your foot steps when you start posting you work.

[HrVanker]

Great info guys! And one thing that I've gathered from the fungi these guys need to germinate is that the attach to the outside of and into the root system. I believe that where I took the sandy loam and pine shats from the area as well as the cactus that I successfully for a good amount of the fungi in the soil. I was able to get a seed pod as well but I don't know what kind of agar to put the seeds to for them to germinate so I would love to follow in your foot steps when you start posting you work.

Look for p668 orchid medium/agar. IIRC, there is a version that doesn't require re-plating, provided you pour the agar deep enough. If I'm correct on that, it's the "germination and replate" variety. But I haven't tried it yet. I believe they also recommend using coconut water in lieu of regular water, I forget exactly why, but they seem to swear by it.

Some people with grocery-store/greenhouse orchids (including me) try/tried sprinkling the seeds in their pots, but I've never seen them come back to say that it worked. If you think that you got a good amount of soil, and the fungus is still there, it might be worth trying to sprinkle the seeds on/in the soil. If the pod is cracked, that's probably your best bet anyway. It's possible to get good germ plates using cracked/non-sterile pods, but it seems like a bitch to do.

[YoshiTrainer]

Gotta love cacti blooms!



This other picture is from an Amla tree in bloom.

[LoneRanger]

I have to edit the photos to get them to upload in the correct orientation. Kind of a pita but worth it.

 

T scop grafts:

 

 

Altman's TPM getting funky:

 

T peru "Lurin":

 

Succulents:

[Sicshroom]

Great info guys! And one thing that I've gathered from the fungi these guys need to germinate is that the attach to the outside of and into the root system. I believe that where I took the sandy loam and pine shats from the area as well as the cactus that I successfully for a good amount of the fungi in the soil. I was able to get a seed pod as well but I don't know what kind of agar to put the seeds to for them to germinate so I would love to follow in your foot steps when you start posting you work.

Look for p668 orchid medium/agar. IIRC, there is a version that doesn't require re-plating, provided you pour the agar deep enough. If I'm correct on that, it's the "germination and replate" variety. But I haven't tried it yet. I believe they also recommend using coconut water in lieu of regular water, I forget exactly why, but they seem to swear by it.
Some people with grocery-store/greenhouse orchids (including me) try/tried sprinkling the seeds in their pots, but I've never seen them come back to say that it worked. If you think that you got a good amount of soil, and the fungus is still there, it might be worth trying to sprinkle the seeds on/in the soil. If the pod is cracked, that's probably your best bet anyway. It's possible to get good germ plates using cracked/non-sterile pods, but it seems like a bitch to do.

The pod is definitely dried our it was fresh on the original plant when I got it and when winter took out the plant I cut the pod and brought it inside to dry. I will definitely look up this agar. I'm very lucky to have areas where Amanita muscaria var guessowii grow wild and I would love to get them both growing on my property. The Amanita starts as a wood decomposer but transitions to mycorrhizal after it forms relationships with trees. Luckily they both love pine forests and we have an abundance of them around

[YoshiTrainer]

Peniocereus serpetinus (reina de la noche)

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[DetritusTheEgo]

I've started to move my collection onto the covered patio after a winter of dormancy. Each day I am weening them outside gradually so they do not get any sunburn. I need to string up my shade cloth soon but today was overcast so they got to go out for a few hours into the sun.

 

When doing this I noticed that four cacti in my collection have something I did not see last season. Does anyone know what this might be? I assume cacti #2 and #3 are the same issue as it looks very similar. None of my other cuts that I've gotten from this mother, nor the mother, have this issue currently and these cuts have grown on their own for a few seasons. I have another cut of cacti #1 from the same vendor that does not have this issue as well.

 

I don't know if cacti #4 actually has an issue but I haven't seen spots like this on any of my other trichocereus cacti. I have inspected these and do not see any insects but am planning on keeping an eye on these closely in the upcoming weeks.

 

Cacti #1

 

Cacti #2

 

Cacti #3

 

Cacti #4

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[psilyguy808]

I've started to move my collection onto the covered patio after a winter of dormancy. Each day I am weening them outside gradually so they do not get any sunburn. I need to string up my shade cloth soon but today was overcast so they got to go out for a few hours into the sun.

When doing this I noticed that four cacti in my collection have something I did not see last season. Does anyone know what this might be? I assume cacti #2 and #3 are the same issue as it looks very similar. None of my other cuts that I've gotten from this mother, nor the mother, have this issue currently and these cuts have grown on their own for a few seasons. I have another cut of cacti #1 from the same vendor that does not have this issue as well.

I don't know if cacti #4 actually has an issue but I haven't seen spots like this on any of my other trichocereus cacti. I have inspected these and do not see any insects but am planning on keeping an eye on these closely in the upcoming weeks.

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#2 looks like thrips possibly, maybe nute deficiency. The orange rust color could be fungal, too wet or humid. If you are on Facebook I highly recommend joining the Trichocereus Disease and Virology group. If you want I can post your pics there and see what the experts say and report back.

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