Just a cactus

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Jun 09, 2013 11:24 am

More cactus.
http://unkowndestination.blogspot.com/2 ... iends.html

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:35 am

I could use all those rocks and stones you got! Looking like real rocky desert. I love it

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:42 am

Great plants. What is the I.D. of the second one?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:40 am

Paul Ont wrote:Great plants. What is the I.D. of the second one?

Echinocactus polycephalus

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:49 pm

great looking cactus Aaron!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 6:10 am

TimMAz6 wrote:great looking cactus Aaron!

Thanks.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 7:07 am

That Echinocereus triglochidiatus is really cool,
did it ever have spines on it,did it lose them?

Really awesome specimens!

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 1:28 am

It is var. inermis, I presume?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 11:43 am

marceli wrote:It is var. inermis, I presume?

Yes, the spineless trig.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 11:45 am

hardyjim wrote:That Echinocereus triglochidiatus is really cool,
did it ever have spines on it,did it lose them?

Really awesome specimens!

Thanks, it var inermis. spineless and very hardy.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:08 pm

http://unkowndestination.blogspot.com/2 ... there.html

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:10 pm

marceli wrote:I could use all those rocks and stones you got! Looking like real rocky desert. I love it

Thank You.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:23 pm

great color Aaron!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 6:16 am

Sclerocactus bites the dust, after -14f
http://unkowndestination.blogspot.com/

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 6:54 am

Checked your unknown destination! Oh, boy! A huge progress has been achieved there! I love your place!! Very nice and wild!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 2:58 pm

Aaron, maybe it'll come back?
What's the lowest temp it's seen before this winter?

And now Igor is getting the cold...yup, always somebody getting hit with it.

Barb

chadec · Post by **chadec** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 4:49 pm

Poor little guy, hate to see that Aaron. Found one of mine looking like roadkill Monday, was kinda hoping it would stand up in spring. But I know that I am in denial and that it is just a mush pile too.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:06 pm

igor.glukhovtsev wrote:Checked your unknown destination! Oh, boy! A huge progress has been achieved there! I love your place!! Very nice and wild!

Thank you.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:15 pm

lucky1 wrote:Aaron, maybe it'll come back?
What's the lowest temp it's seen before this winter?

Barb

Ya...I don't think it will come back. The warmer it gets the more of a mush pile it becomes. That's ok, I had it for many years.

It has seen winters as cold as -12f or colder. Could have been weak from ants, disease, or old age. It's twin brother is also looking sad, but the other 2 look fine so far.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:18 pm

chadec wrote:Poor little guy, hate to see that Aaron. Found one of mine looking like roadkill Monday, was kinda hoping it would stand up in spring. But I know that I am in denial and that it is just a mush pile too.

For me it always seems like plants are doing good until the weather warms and then mush begins.

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Wed Jan 15, 2014 7:20 am

Aaron, don't feel too badly. Sclerocactus turn to mush here during their first winter! If that doesn't kill them the next summer will, they can handle so much heat but, like Pediocactus, if you get hot, humid, days and nights (esp. nights above 20C), they'll boil and suffocate themselves to death. Lovely plants, Sclerocactus, but I've sworn off them... for now...

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 3:46 pm

too bad for your loss Aaron! -14F with a load of wind will do it!

Henoh_Croatia · Post by **Henoh_Croatia** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 1:25 am

DesertZone wrote:

Opuntia fragilis? Is there any dirt where they grow. I have trouble keeping alive O.fragilis this Summer. We had extreme wet weather and they just turn to mush.

edit: this is an old picture when things look much better.

chadec · Post by **chadec** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 9:42 pm

Aaron, any update on your echinocactus? I just recieved a 5 headed clump and can't wait to plant it. All I have read it is pretty hardy if kept dry?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 11:47 pm

chadec wrote:Aaron, any update on your echinocactus? I just recieved a 5 headed clump and can't wait to plant it. All I have read it is pretty hardy if kept dry?

Nice! Hardy if kept very dry. Mine is doing just fine, covered in the winter, on a mound and in a good gravel mix. You might need to watch for summer rains as well. I would like to find another one day, but because they are protected and no one grows them from seed, they very hard to get at a good price.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 11:50 pm

last fall 2014

chadec · Post by **chadec** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 7:55 am

At a good price is right. Your's are looking great, mine has spines so long you can't see the cacti. When I build my new edition to the rock garden it will be about a 3' tall burme which will display cacti and agave on both sides. Should provide better drainage. Something I stole from PDN.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 7:36 pm

Share a few pics after you get it planted. I would love to see it.

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