11 January 2009
Fraileas, two months on
Posted by Stuart under: Cacti .
I’ve posted twice recently about the speed of development of young Frailea seedlings; well, I thought it might be interesting to post photos of what they can be expected to look like a couple of months after germination.
On the left is a pot full of Frailea angelesiae, sown in October 2008. I’ve done far better with these this time round, due in no small part to the fact that my current artificial light doesn’t cook small plants like the last one did.
You can see the distinctive tubercles developing already; some Fraileas do look like miniature adults at a very early age.
Even more substantial are these Frailea asterioides, although they look a lot less like the finished article at the moment.
These were sown at the same time as the others, in October, and have fairly romped away. I would imagine both these pots of seedlings will be more than ready to be put out in the greenhouse for a full growing season come March/April time.