1 January 2009
Seeds to be sown, part 3
Posted by Stuart under: Cacti; Other Succulents; Propagation .
Now we reach the final furlong – the odds and sods that are still hanging around feeling neglected, but which still need to be planted!
From Succseed:
- Lemaireocereus griseus MN306 (Ascension, 10m, Curacao)
- Gymnocalycium marsoneri WR159 (Campo Quijano, Salta, Argentina)
Mammillaria Society 2008 seed distribution:
- Escobaria sandbergii
- Mammillaria mystax FO250
- Mammillaria mathildae
- Mammillaria schiedeana giselae MU677
- Mammillaria canelensis ROG648
- Mammillaria lasiacantha WM941
- Mammillaria marksiana ROG515
- Coryphantha glandulifera KKR20
- Mammillaria duoformis xuchiadensis R1677
- Mammillaria sp. temoris ROG645
- Coryphantha hintonii geofreyii KKR813
- Mammillaria sp. red flowers ROG641
- Mammillaria yoloxis ML359
From Doug & Vivi Rowland:
- Ariocarpus trigonus
- Ariocarpus agavoides
- Lobivia mistiensis
- Lobivia varians
- Lobivia planiceps
- Lobivia zecheri
- Lobivia maximiliana
- Lobivia wrightiana
- Titanopsis calcarea
- Lobivia lateritia
- Lobivia larae
- Lobivia intermedia
- Lobivia crassicaulis
- Lobivia glauca paucicostata
- Lobivia horrida
- Lobivia ferox
- Lobivia famatimensis
- Mammillaria beiselii
- Mammillaria cadereytensis
- Mammillaria tayloriorum
- Mammillaria angularis
- Mammillaria arida
- Mammillaria pilcayensis
- Mammillaria giselae
Own seed
- Setiechinopsis mirabilis
- Escobaria minima
- Melocactus sp.
- Vlokia ater
And that’s the lot. Phew. The mammillarias and lobivias from the Rowlands were bought initially as bulk purchases to try and gain experience with easy species. Having gained a little more confidence I may end up donating them to the BCSS forum seed pool as I don’t have a great deal of interest in raising umpteen lobivia species for their own sake, apart perhaps from Lobivia ferox, or whatever it is now that it’s been swallowed up by the ravenous genus Echinopsis.
2 Comments so far...
Julie Says:
4 January 2009 at 4:56 am.
You are inspiring me to plant a huge load of spineless opuntia for my yard (for eating purposes). Thanks!!!
Stuart Says:
4 January 2009 at 4:16 pm.
Thanks Julie! Glad to know that I’ve been a source of encouragement.
If you want to grow them from seed, try Opuntia humifusa, Opuntia compressa as it’s more commonly known. It’s dead easy from seed – although the seeds will sit around for a while before they decide to germinate.