28 February 2009
More springtime activity
Posted by Stuart under: Cacti .
Here are some more things getting their act together for spring.
My home-grown seedling of Ecinocereus viridiflorus is now in its fourth year, due to a rather shaky start in life, owing to my then extremely poor seed-raising skills.
Still, it’s turned out well, and this year it looks as though its first wave of flowering will consist of two blooms. Last year it managed a second flush later in the summer as well.
Cintia knizei’s single flower bud (below left) coninues to develop well, while it’s nice to see Haworthia cooperi var. cooperi (below centre) and Cumulopuntia boliviana “pentlandii” (below right) putting on some new vegetative growth. Click the images to see bigger versions - apologies for poor photos; the light’s been rubbish today!
