Echinopsis sp.
(ek-in-OP-sis)

This Cactus was tagged Echinopsis at Planting Fields. They forgot to include which of 128 species it is. Echinopsis is a genus of Cactus that is native to South America. They range in size from tree-like to small thimble sized types. It is also known as the ‘Sea Urchin’ or 'Easter Lily' Cactus.


This is a Japanese Iris that I shot on July 1st.

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A surprise yesterday morning.

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So what does a Nopal cactus stem do before it dies? Well of course...it grows an arm.

I don't know if this stem (cladode in cactus speak) is really going to die, but it isn't looking good. This is the cactus that I was unsure about and I've still got my eye on him. He's beginning to resemble Nick Nolte...the mug shot look.

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~Saguaro Cactus Blossom~
Arizona state flower
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From late April to June hundreds of
these heavenly scented flowers
on the *top of the mighty Saguaro cactus
bloom just several at a time.
*important to note: photo taken early evening. . .

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I had two prospects for the plant of the week, and both of them held out on me by NOT blooming on the weekend. However, the Mammillaria beneckei finally opened up two flowers on Monday morning and has opened one more each day since. Seems as though the bloom lasts only ONE day - opens at the crack of dawn and closes before the afternoon ends.

Mammillaria beneckei

There are more buds coming, so I think I will need to water more with Bloom Booster to get the greatest effect. Mine has never done it, but I know it can, even in this climate.

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I've had this plant for about three years now - sourced from MesaGarden. It's one of the few that adapted quickly and started growing and blooming. Other plants that I got in the same batch are still struggling to just get established. . . .

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In El Paso they fret over wintering plants. So they build them a greenhouse or two. And you would do well to follow suit, so you too can have happy and healthy cactus this time of year. And hothouse tomatoes too. From the El Paso Times.

(H)e's getting a jump-start by growing some (tomatoes) from seed in a greenhouse at the demonstration garden at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center, off Interstate 10 East and Americas....

Peter Beste, who has a large cactus garden in the Northeast, uses a greenhouse for cactus from South America.

We just got a desert tortoise, sort of a rescue. I hope our red-foots like her.

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Hiking trails are abundant throughout the hills and

mountains of Phoenix. We have seen the

Chollas and the mighty Saguaros but today a new adventure

Are those deer I see!. . .

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I couldn't post anything but this as the Plant of the Week. This is one of my own babies grown from seed that I got from Glenhirst Cactus Nursery in the UK in 2003, which was my first real attempt at growing cactus from seed. Many mistakes were made, and of the 145 species that I got seed packets for, only 27 plants have survived.

The Echinofossulocactus ochoterenaus is is one of the surviviors, and at just under five years old it has thrown out its first blooms. I think they are just beautiful!

Echinofossulocactus ochoterenaus

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The Jackson Hole Star Tribune has an article about a local gardener and her extensive cactus collection. . ..

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Fascinated by the desert we take time to explore. . ..

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The Ruth Bancroft Garden has a new entry garden. Ruth Bancroft answers your questions about her gardens in the Contra Costa Times:

Q: We like the look of your new garden alongside the gate on Bancroft Road, and we would like to do something similar in front of our house. Can you offer some tips?

A: Our entry garden is officially called the Lloyd Davis Entry Garden, after the late Lloyd Davis of Orinda, from whom many of the specimen plants came that were used in creating it. It features an array of cacti and succulents with a covering of gravel spread on the ground between them. This gravel is called "¾-inch Lodi" and came from Mt. Diablo Landscape Center in Concord.

You'll have to read the rest of the article to find out her advice for replicating this garden at your home. I don't want to spoil the surprise ending.

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Is it best to propagate cacti by using cuttings? (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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The Las Vegas Review Journal (What's with the 2 names, shouldn't it be a review or a journal, but both? really?) posts cactus class listings. And I repost them. That's just the kind of blogger that I am.

UNLV Garden Lecture Series: Look what University of Nevada, Las Vegas and associates have lined up for you to make your dream come true... on the UNLV campus....

How about some cactus and succulents in your landscape? These lectures continue again on March 29-30 with some of the most notable experts on cactus and succulents at the same location. For more information, call Paula Garrett at UNLV at 895-1421.

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I was trying to select an appropriate plant for this week, and when I walked around the garden I didn't find many in bloom. I have posted photos of my Mammillaria albilanata grown from seed, but today this is one that I got from a box store. It bloomed sparingly last year but seems to have come into its own this season.

Mammillaria albilanata

Can't say the same for one that I received in 2005 from a specialist nursery - it doesn't seem to have adjusted to the change of climate yet but I haven't lost faith in it. . . .

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A reporter from the Vancouver Sun visits Barcelona and the Gaudi buildings in he area, and also, just on the side, sees a cactus garden in passing. Who knew there were cacti in Spain?

A 15-minute hike away is the Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) Cathedral, long a symbol of the city. Architect Gaudi created the dramatic façade at the end of the 19th century, which was intended to have 12 irregular towers representing the apostles. A project is currently underway to complete the landmark, but it will likely take a few decades....

The nearby cactus garden, which grows some 200 varieties of succulents, is a pocket of peace.

There are other sights to see in the city, such as Europe's largest aquarium.

Now that's what I call a vacation. Of course, I would have taken pictures, while this Canadian reporter did not. Really, now, who can visit the Sagrada Familia and not take pictures? It's practically heresy. Well, here's on for you that I found on wikipedia, by Shawn Lipowski.

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Rechsteineria leucotricha
A caudiciform plant in the gesneriaceae family, which includes many flowering bulbs like gloxinia. Caudex can get to 8" across. Red blooms form a crown on top of the leaves that protrude up on gentle stems.

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Q: Hello
I am trying to find out what is the problem with my 6 foot cactus. Started to turn black on the top 4 days ago and is growing down. I had another cactus in the same pot, but died like 2 years ago and started to die the same way. I live in New York and is beeing very cold the last 2 weeks. I also watered the cactus on april 19 and because I was out of the country I watered an extra half of cup. I usually watered every 2 months with no problem. I hope the pictures can talk by themself.
Please give any advise because I don't want to cut it if is no necesary.
Thank you so much.
Carmiña

A: Carmina,
Sorry to be the one to bring you the bad news, but the tip of the cactus needs to be cut off. It is rotting from the top. Cut well below the infected part, look at the tissue and make sure there's no sign of infection (brown/yellow/orange) and then spray the tip with household peroxide every day for 3-4 days. In a month or 2 after it's healed I recommend repotting in fresh well-draining cactus soil. Do not reuse the pot without sterilizing.

We usually water cacti every 3-4 weeks, drenching the soil and letting it drain completely away, never letting it sit in water. It is OK to let it go up to 2 months without watering on occasion.
Good Luck,
Peter

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The Philadelphia Garden Show has stories to tell. The Philly Inquirer shares with us the yearly trek of Nona Begonia.

Sylvia Lin, 79, already has her white hair brushed and pulled into her signature bun. I know without asking that she's been up for at least a half hour and didn't go to bed until well after midnight. I know without even saying "Good morning" that she's revving in high gear, ready to pack up three carloads of succulents, cacti and begonias for the drive from Ambler to Center City.

It has been this way on this weekend of the Philadelphia Flower Show every year for the last 30 or so. I am part of a small tag team that gets "Nona Begonia" to the show.

Now I wanted to go to Philadelphia last year, but it was a little farther out of the way from California than I would have expected.

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In Phoenix, the Desert Botanical Garden is opening a new Cactus and Succulent Garden, years in the making. The Salt lake Tribune is all over it.

The new Sybil B. Harrington Cactus and Succulent Galleries at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix will open in April, the first major milestone in a $16 million endowment campaign.

Now, what I'd like to know is, how much does it cost to fly to Costa Rica, since we've reserved a condo for a week there next January.

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