Some pictures

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sun May 18, 2014 5:22 pm

C.Cooperi,still fighting back from being nuked 2 winters ago.

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T.Martianus saw least least 18F but is coming back.

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Dead Sequoia

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T.Tesan

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T.Bulgaria...serious kink in the trunk.

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E.Princeps

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Castor beans

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A few in the ground-usually 2 feet by now.

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Thai giant moving now

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Can you see the trunk on this Gloriosa?

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Going to have 3 heads.

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Had to cut out some rot on this guy.

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Thx for looking!

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lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon May 19, 2014 10:31 am

Tesan and princeps look so fine, good job protecting.

Gloriosa will look great with 3 heads on a trunk.

Not a bud emerging on the Sequoia? damn.

Love to see the desert garden ... man, has it matured beautifully over the years.

Thanks for great photos!
Enjoy your coming heatwave.
Barb

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Mon May 19, 2014 3:09 pm

Sequoia is really dead? I didn't believe it. If true, so sorry.

Cacti flowers! I have never gotten a cactus to flower.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Mon May 19, 2014 3:41 pm

Thanks Barb

It just has that "death" feeling to it...I could see it in my mind while I was in Arizona,
I knew it was in trouble,what could I do?....it was fun watching it grow,I think 6' this year easy...if only.

If I would have known the cactus would flourish the way they have,I would have made the whole
center section cactus with more cold hardy Yucca and Opuntia to the outside & more tender stuff under the dome.
The flowers are a great bonus and to some extent the show is bigger every year....this year a couple seem to be resting
while some that have rarely bloomed are set for their best show ever-cactus are fun!

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Mon May 19, 2014 6:13 pm

W and I saw cacti blooming in south Texas in March.
My best plan? Move there!

I'll keep hoping for Sequoia. Here on the Oregon coast, I'm seeing some plants I thought dead coming back to life in the past week.

Zabola · Post by **Zabola** » Mon May 19, 2014 11:43 pm

Nice Trachies, your yard sure catches a lot of looks in the neighbourhood.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Wed May 21, 2014 5:41 am

Thx you guys,heres a little treat from yesterday-didn't expect to see this...

Tree Opuntia is blooming-these stayed on and flowered from az.

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lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed May 21, 2014 12:21 pm

Wow, that's a nice one.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Thu May 22, 2014 10:15 am

Those buds are about 2 months old...

My Cereus P monstrose had 2 blooms as well but they
did not survive,it has one more coming now so,hopefully I
will get to see this bloom-may be the last time for a while
because of its size but it is off a mature branch..we'll see.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu May 22, 2014 3:02 pm

It'll be neat to see what, if anything, develops from cross pollination between these from AZ and your others.

Barb

chadec · Post by **chadec** » Sat May 24, 2014 9:19 am

Hate that about your sequoia. Everything else looks really good, loving the cactus flowers. My tricho really showed off this yr too, currently on its second round of flowers.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sun May 25, 2014 5:18 am

Thats cool!

Mine flowered in Az and back here(very kind of it!)the one in the cactus bed has to have grown half a foot already.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun May 25, 2014 5:25 am

Love your tree opuntia, nice to see it in bloom.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sun May 25, 2014 3:56 pm

Had to cut it down some as the rot continued to spread after cutting some out.