14 March 2008
Various images from today
Posted by Stuart under: Cacti; Other Succulents; Propagation .
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Top row, left to right:
Ariocarpus trigonus - a recently-germinated seedling freshly grafted onto a Pereskiopsis stock.
Astrophytum caput-medusae - two plants I’ve acquired recently. They’re tubercle grafts, and both plants have two “heads”. I’m intending to propagate from them by sacrificing a couple of tubercles for further grafting.
Ectotropis alpina - seedlings showing their first pair of true leaves starting to emerge.
Bottom row, left to right:
Maihueniopsis minuta - showing a number of new joints forming.
Turbinicarpus valdezianus -two plants wanting to open their flowers but finding there’s not enough sunshine to encourage them. I’m hoping to produce seed from these two.
Vlokia ater - like the turbs, this is waiting to open its flowers. The pink petals are starting to show through, so hopefully it won’t be too long.
3 Comments so far...
Ashleigh Says:
14 March 2008 at 11:53 pm.
The shot’s look great, certainly getting used to the camera 
Stuart Says:
15 March 2008 at 10:09 am.
Yes, slowly but surely - thanks for your help with it. I took all of those on completely manual settings without the tripod, which is quite encouraging 
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