Succulent care tips for beginners and advanced growers
The answer… yes! In this video I show you how I cross-pollinated two Astrophytums I had in flower at the same time. But since they’re different species, I wasn’t sure what the results would be. It didn’t take long before the A. myriostigma ‘Bishop’s Cap’ produced a fruit and split open.
Continue… “Will they cross? Pollination Attempt: Astrophytums myriostigma and asterias”
Of course I did it again! While I didn’t go too crazy, I found some fantastic plants that needed to come home with me. I also saw so many other cool plants and chatted with the amazing society members who were selling plants, pottery, and more.
Continue… “Another great succulent haul! From the May 2025 Houston Cactus and Succulent Society Sale”
This is a fun little 2 month seedling update – nice to see so much progress! We have Thelocactus setispinus, Parodias, Gymnocalycium mihanovichii, Echinopsis mirabilis, and Dorstenia bahiensis.
Continue… “2 month seedling update: Dorstenia bahiensis and various cacti”
Cereus peruvanius flowers usually open late at night and are almost finished by the morning. I’m surprised to see these both open this a.m.!
Continue… “Good morning! Cereus peruvanius flowers usually open late at night…”
We had some nice flowers on this big Cereus peruvianus ‘Peruvian Apple cactus’ last fall, and now we’re getting more this spring! Watch how fast the buds grow over 10 days. The flowers are massive!
Continue… “Cactus Flower Bloom Watch! Cereus peruvianus ‘Peruvian Apple cactus’”
Here’s a 2 month update on the Astrophytum asterias I started back on February 8th 2024 in the video ‘Sterilizing soil and starting Astrophytum asterias seeds – Microwave and plastic bag methods.’
This is the first time watering them since I started them. I’m keeping them bagged for at least another month to help them build stronger roots and defenses against fungal gnats and soil pathogens like mildew.
Continue… “2 Month progress and first water since starting Astrophytum asterias seedlings (200+ germinated!)”
I’m repotting these 1-year old Mammillaria gaumeri cactus seedlings under the careful supervision of Melvin, an orange cat who showed up in our lives last fall. They needed more room to grow than the seed tray could offer.
Continue… “Repotting 1-year old Mammillaria gaumeri cactus seedlings…with an orange cat”
I said I was going to do it (sometime this year) and I DID IT! Booby cactus propagation – finally! Myrtillocactus geometrizans ‘Fukurokuryuzinboku’ is a Japanese cultivar commonly known as Booby or Titty cactus due to its form.
Continue… “Booby cactus propagation – finally! Myrtillocactus geometrizans ‘Fukurokuryuzinboku’”
A Moon Cactus is actually Gymnocalycium mihanovichii grafted to dragonfruit stock, Hylocereus undatus! Sometimes the grafted cactus loses its will to live and stops uptaking the energy from the base.
Continue… “What’s happening to my Moon Cactus?”
Here is a 2-week update on all the progress that we’ve seen so far from these seedlings. started back on February 7th 2023 in this video. We started: Faucaria felina, F. cradockensis, F. tigrina, Gymnocalycium ochoterenae v tenuispinum, Mammillaria gaumeri, and Copiapoa maritima.
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