Yellow tips
One person on ebay had trouble selling these premium columns. Buyers
complained that they looked yellow. So he covered them with 70% shade
cloth to let them turn dark green again. Then people bid them up to 2
and 3 times the previous selling price. Silly rabbits. |
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Slow but steady
Raising cacti from seeds is difficult for amateurs unless you have a
serious commitment to the requirements of time and materials. |
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Peruvianus is a beautiful plant. But there
are so many varieties! |
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Expose Crooks!
Never be afraid to leave negative feedback on eBay. Sellers who
victimize buyers with garbage should be exposed! Warn others... |
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Free info on propagation
Logs, chunks, tips and other tips & techniques about how to multiply
your cacti. |
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Flower collage 640 pixel width
Print it yourself. You're welcome for the free gift. |
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Want BIGGER?
1024 pixel width version
Can be converted to 200 dpi and printed as a high resolution tif. If
you have Photoshop, a color printer, and know what you are
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Miracle Flower
Section at left was stored in a dark room yet had the energy to flower.
One at right was in shade but also flowered after being cut. |
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New Mexico
A friend near Taos is growing San Pedro with great success—from seed! |
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Why you should not grow San Pedro in a flower
pot
One plant in 15 years became a house sized forest. |
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Ever see a crested San Pedro?
Click to see the monster! |
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Ed has this tree size specimen of Cereus
What a monster!
Want to see other Cereus specimens and other "blue cactus"?
http://www.columnar-cacti.org/cereus/index.html
http://www.columnar-cacti.org/azureocereus/index.html |
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Moving
to the mountains. |
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Trichocereus is Greek for "hairy"
See why? This tip is setting out hairy buds that are going to
form flower stalks. This is March, 2004—it is going to flower. |
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