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Boundary condition
 
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 Great thing is too, Loph blooms are self-fertile. Do caespitosas ever bloom from the pups, or is it always the mother plant that flowers? “There is a way of manipulating matter and energy so as to produce what modern scientists call 'a field of force'. The field acts on the observer and puts him in a privileged position vis-à-vis the universe. From this position he has access to the realities which are ordinarily hidden from us by time and space, matter and energy. This is what we call the Great Work." ― Jacques Bergier, quoting Fulcanelli
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Boundary condition
Posts: 8617 Joined: 30-Aug-2008 Last visit: 07-Nov-2024 Location: square root of minus one
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Asher7 wrote:@downwards, on the fourth group pic bottom left, is that cactus that is swinging to the right and up growing off that cut base? It's hard for me to tell if it's growing off it or from back and behind it separate. If it is indeed growing off it that is an incredible balancing act and show of strength to not fall off. Pretty cool. Yes that stem is growing from the cutting. It was held up mostly by root strength but if you look closely there's a stick as well. Now I've repotted it it'll be staked until the roots have bedded in properly again. Full story is, that stem was already growing from a section of horizontal stem of which the small section is the cutting. The whole stem didn't grow from that little cutting (although it could quite easily have done). During the winter I lazily propped the cutting in a pot with in which another cactus was already growing. When spring came the cutting rooted itself into place surprising rapidly (about 3 weeks) and was quite difficult to dig out. The pot in the photo also contains another specimen with two stems growing from it. They are lighter green, without as much bluish tinge as the leaning stem. “There is a way of manipulating matter and energy so as to produce what modern scientists call 'a field of force'. The field acts on the observer and puts him in a privileged position vis-à-vis the universe. From this position he has access to the realities which are ordinarily hidden from us by time and space, matter and energy. This is what we call the Great Work." ― Jacques Bergier, quoting Fulcanelli
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Boundary condition
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Lophs blooming... Mine did it again - a bloom popped out of nowhere, despite my having checked for buds last night. Either that or my memory is getting absolutely terrible - but I don't remember forgetting anything   And it happened again that the flower had gone to bed by the time I found it so all I have is a picture of a bud closed up flower. downwardsfromzero attached the following image(s):  Image1651.jpg (598kb) downloaded 161 time(s). “There is a way of manipulating matter and energy so as to produce what modern scientists call 'a field of force'. The field acts on the observer and puts him in a privileged position vis-à-vis the universe. From this position he has access to the realities which are ordinarily hidden from us by time and space, matter and energy. This is what we call the Great Work." ― Jacques Bergier, quoting Fulcanelli
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Boundary condition
Posts: 8617 Joined: 30-Aug-2008 Last visit: 07-Nov-2024 Location: square root of minus one
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Today's bounty - two different Turbinicarpus species or forms. They like the sunshine, so given the 60mm of rain we've had here over the last 24 hours, again it's pictures of largely closed flowers. A yellow one and a pink one. downwardsfromzero attached the following image(s): IMG_7503.JPG (3,054kb) downloaded 155 time(s). IMG_7500.JPG (2,908kb) downloaded 155 time(s). “There is a way of manipulating matter and energy so as to produce what modern scientists call 'a field of force'. The field acts on the observer and puts him in a privileged position vis-à-vis the universe. From this position he has access to the realities which are ordinarily hidden from us by time and space, matter and energy. This is what we call the Great Work." ― Jacques Bergier, quoting Fulcanelli
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Another view, now with the 2nd bud on the "polaskii" [= Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus v. schwarzii (Shurly) Glass & Foster] opening. Hoping for sun tomorrow to get them blooms open wide! downwardsfromzero attached the following image(s): IMG_7506.JPG (3,089kb) downloaded 147 time(s). “There is a way of manipulating matter and energy so as to produce what modern scientists call 'a field of force'. The field acts on the observer and puts him in a privileged position vis-à-vis the universe. From this position he has access to the realities which are ordinarily hidden from us by time and space, matter and energy. This is what we call the Great Work." ― Jacques Bergier, quoting Fulcanelli
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Finally got a glimpse of my gymnocalycium baldianum open its flowers. Its been pretty weird because it doesn't open until late in the afternoon or at dusk and at first it would only half open and then I would go back out to check it and it would close up. D.REYx420 attached the following image(s): WP_20170705_004.jpg (481kb) downloaded 141 time(s). WP_20170705_005.jpg (545kb) downloaded 137 time(s)."we are not human being's having spiritual experiences, we are spiritual being's having human experience's." (Teilhard de Chardin (1975?)
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The gymno opened again for a second time a little while ago but today I had a few of my 'rose quartz' flowers open for me. D.REYx420 attached the following image(s): WP_20170706_006.jpg (550kb) downloaded 126 time(s). WP_20170709_001.jpg (1,016kb) downloaded 124 time(s). WP_20170709_004.jpg (487kb) downloaded 127 time(s). WP_20170709_005.jpg (545kb) downloaded 126 time(s)."we are not human being's having spiritual experiences, we are spiritual being's having human experience's." (Teilhard de Chardin (1975?)
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Here comes the flower of the, at the time almost opened, Lophophora williamsii var. texana, mentioned in this post. tseuq tseuq attached the following image(s): 1.jpg (378kb) downloaded 119 time(s).Everything's sooo peyote-ful..
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downwardsfromzero wrote:Great thing is too, Loph blooms are self-fertile. Do caespitosas ever bloom from the pups, or is it always the mother plant that flowers? ^ I have seen pics of them blooming from the pups. This is my first bloom from this guy, dreamboat...  urtica is a fictional character. nothing written by this fictional character has anything to do with reality. if urtica was real, and performing any activities that are restricted by certain governmental forces, these activities would be performed in Heaven where nothing is true & everything is permitted.
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Do the flowers on peyote last any longer than the ones on trichs?
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IME, they open 2 days in a row (close by night). « I love the smell of boiling MHRB in the morning »
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Not a cacti but there is no succulent forum on here so ill just sneak this into here  This is my kanna first blooming after a year of massive growth. Ulim attached the following image(s): czq2P56.jpg (1,863kb) downloaded 83 time(s).
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Mammillaria of some kind I found at the local garden center flowering so I had to get it  D.REYx420 attached the following image(s): WP_20170714_003.jpg (547kb) downloaded 76 time(s). WP_20170714_004.jpg (627kb) downloaded 78 time(s)."we are not human being's having spiritual experiences, we are spiritual being's having human experience's." (Teilhard de Chardin (1975?)
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The Dominos' echinopsis flowered again D.REYx420 attached the following image(s): WP_20170718_006.jpg (652kb) downloaded 69 time(s). WP_20170718_008.jpg (453kb) downloaded 66 time(s). WP_20170718_012.jpg (439kb) downloaded 67 time(s)."we are not human being's having spiritual experiences, we are spiritual being's having human experience's." (Teilhard de Chardin (1975?)
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I have a massive backlog of cactus photo's for this thread - it'll have to be a montage eventually. Here's one of yesterday's Gymnocalyciums (capillaense). Got to be the candidate for worst smelling flower that doesn't smell of rotting flesh, though. Also a Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus var. flaviflorus (at least, I think so. It wasn't labelled and the seller, despite being a world renowned cactus expert, wasn't entirely sure.) downwardsfromzero attached the following image(s): IMG_7711.JPG (2,158kb) downloaded 52 time(s). IMG_7715.JPG (2,231kb) downloaded 52 time(s). “There is a way of manipulating matter and energy so as to produce what modern scientists call 'a field of force'. The field acts on the observer and puts him in a privileged position vis-à-vis the universe. From this position he has access to the realities which are ordinarily hidden from us by time and space, matter and energy. This is what we call the Great Work." ― Jacques Bergier, quoting Fulcanelli
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Nice I also had a gymno flower yesterday but I didn't see it all the way open. It was labeled baldanium but it looks different and the flower was not red like my other one that I am pretty sure that is a baldanium. D.REYx420 attached the following image(s): WP_20170723_001.jpg (1,534kb) downloaded 45 time(s). WP_20170723_002.jpg (2,236kb) downloaded 44 time(s)."we are not human being's having spiritual experiences, we are spiritual being's having human experience's." (Teilhard de Chardin (1975?)
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First set of pictures(flower still closed) are in the morning, around 9:00am The second set of pics were taken around around 3:30pm The peyotes opened and bloomed within a short amount of time - I'll probably cross pollinate them. AcaciaConfusedYah attached the following image(s): 20170724_100326.jpg (4,546kb) downloaded 37 time(s). 20170724_100333.jpg (6,260kb) downloaded 36 time(s). 20170724_153229.jpg (6,519kb) downloaded 35 time(s). 20170724_153251.jpg (4,184kb) downloaded 35 time(s).Sometimes it's good for a change. Other times it isn't.
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^^^Love those huge Echinopsis blooms, btw! And seeing Lophs prepare to bloom always makes me smile too. They look like they could be planted a bit deeper though - is there a reason for that, ACY? “There is a way of manipulating matter and energy so as to produce what modern scientists call 'a field of force'. The field acts on the observer and puts him in a privileged position vis-à-vis the universe. From this position he has access to the realities which are ordinarily hidden from us by time and space, matter and energy. This is what we call the Great Work." ― Jacques Bergier, quoting Fulcanelli
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downwardsfromzero - thanks for the compliment! the depth was a result of rain and soil erosion. we get a lot of rain here, but These two have deep taproots that are pretty far down into the pot. When I do re-pot them, I will probably get them a little deeper.  Wanna see a few pics of their babies? The babies are about 3 years old now with taproots like carrots! (I just repotted them) AcaciaConfusedYah attached the following image(s): 20170717_145536.jpg (4,906kb) downloaded 33 time(s). 20170717_145525.jpg (4,664kb) downloaded 32 time(s). 20170717_145529.jpg (4,372kb) downloaded 30 time(s).Sometimes it's good for a change. Other times it isn't.
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