My fav sth americans

This melocactus was dehydrated when i got it i repotted it without disturbing the roots and put it on my heat mat with the next one in late nov kept water up when weather was warm it responded by taking up water and expanding like the next one.

Melocactus Peruvianus this one is my fav had it a long time so sentimental have grown many seedlings of this one. I have lots of types of melo's these are the only ones with cephaliums.

Thanks for the pics, great Melocactus. It looks like the Melocactus peruvianus cephalium is sprinkled with its own seed ...

I have stopped collecting this seed to be honest all three are covered with seed im slack and need to collect it.

I'm in the same boat with my Melo Peru it produces way too many seeds Nice plants btw.

I was looking at my Melo the other day and found a heap of seedling growing of their own accord near the base I never planted them they just fell there.

This is one of my favourite copiapoa.

hey CC that is a nice plant... i do like these cop's do you know what kranziana means? i have rebutia kranziana.

krainzianus for Hans Krainz(1906-1980)swiss horticulturist, 1931-1971 director of the municipal succulent plant collection zurich. Reference etymological dictionary of succulent plant names.There is also turbinicarpus krainzianus.

I just love copiapoa's.

And i love sulcorebutia's just thought i would add that now the rauschii is rotted and two others have met the same fate fortunately i have back ups still not happy though never like losing a plant they all have a story behind them

there are a couple of sulco's there that you are going to have to share with me and i may have 1 or 2 that you dont have... i love them and rebutia too.

Very Nice copees CC. Did you seed raise them? And just wondering do you have a pic that shows the name tags?

Are there any tricks to raising Copiapoa seed? I've never tried them before but have just received 'Copiapos cinerea 'Brown Spines' and C. malletiana seeds to try... never tried even growing Copiapoa before.

A friend raised these from seed he collected from habitat he his in sth america at the moment on cactus expedition. I will try to find a pic with names if not ill take one in the next couple days. Extra drainage less than normal water for copiapoa. And tasv ill get back to you later tonight about mamm seeds have a few you will like.

Some very nice plants there Cactuscook !

No tricks needed for Copiapoa seed TasV. Viability is usually pretty good, but fresh seed is best. Treat them the same as your other Cactus seed with warmth and humidity. They are usually very quick to come up too.
C. malletiana is usually known as C. dealbata these days...but I guess that depends on whose naming system you want to use !

I bought it as dealbata... Desert Tropicals lists dealbata as a synonym of malletiana (see: http://desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Cactaceae/Copiapoa_malletiana.html)... so hard to keep up with the taxonomic nomenclature boffins or even to know which one is which

Edit: it's also refered to as malletiana on the ICON allowable imports list too: http://www.aqis.gov.au/icon32/asp/ex_casecontent.asp?intNodeId=8434932&intCommodityId=566&Types=none&WhichQuery=Go+to+full+text&intSearch=1&LogSessionID=0

CactusCook, yes Copiapoa krainziana is a very cool plant and pretty distinct amongst the Copiapoas. Maybe someday your plant will be like this ! Might be something like 70 years or so from now though....

now thats a great photo its amazing that these plants can survive in such harsh conditions.

Some of my copiapoa.

Love the photo of krainziana in habitat im lucky a good friend has been on cacti expedition in sth america for the last two years these plants were his that he grew from seed he collected last time in chile cant wait to get my hands on some more of these beauties they truly are unique how they survive in habitat. He will be back in adelaide in time for november society show and will have many plants for sale.

Notocactus magnificus

Well now the gymno's i have many love em.

I'm digging that Noto magnificus... how old is that beauty?

The noto would be about ten years if you put them in the ground when about the size of two tennis balls they will grow quiet fast i have heaps of these and put little ones in the garden everywere they are a nice looking plant i think.