Cacti and Sukkulent in Köln, every day new flowers in the greenhouse Part 160

Good morning dear cacti friends,

a few more photos from better day´s, part 4 of the photos from 7.7.2016




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Best wishes    

K.W.

Good morning dear cacti friends,

a short intermezzo - photos from yesterday and today. . .

spring is in the air
first flowers in the greenhouse
"Frau Klein" plays hide and seek



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Best wishes

K.W.



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Very nice, that Blossfeldia. Is it on its own roots?

jfabiao wrote:

Very nice, that Blossfeldia. >>>

 

Quote :

<<< Is it on its own roots?

Yes Sir!


Best wishes

K.W.

Good morning dear cacti friends,

a few more photos from better day´s, part 5 of the photos from 7.7.2016



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autsch!
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Frithia
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Apartment search. . .
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Best wishes and nice weekend,

K.W.



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Lotte under the terrace. . .
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Good morning dear cacti friends,

a few more photos from better day´s, part 6 of the photos from 7.7.2016



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Echinocereus
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Echinopsis
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Haworthia
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Cleistocactus X Parodia Hybr.
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Lophophora
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Best wishes

K.W.




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New greenhouse, on the finishing line. . .
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New favorite place. . .
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Good morning dear cacti friends,

a few more photos from better day´s, part 7 of the photos from 7.7.2016



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Best wishes

K.W.



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the race starts again, who will win. . .
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flowers
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Good evening dear cacti friends,

on the 31st March the cable car season started in Cologne.
The cable car crosses the Rhine from the zoo to the fair and Rheinpark.
As every year, I am one of the first passengers.
Like every year, my plants are not the first to bloom. But I have not poured yet.
Much too little time. . . But the new greenhouse is finally finished.

Very few buds and flowers on April 4, 2017.




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my town
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Experiments with Echinocactus grusonii
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view to the south
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view to the north
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K.W.



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These old Volkswagen are very popular. . .
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Your Mammillaria weingartiana is wonderful. I have a single plant from my 2011 campaign and it's one of the first to flower each year. I've tried numerous times to "trick it" into self-pollinating, but so far with no success.

Good evening dear cacti friends,

today some pictures of today. . . April 11th 2017, chaos on the terrace. . .
My plants look terrible.
The late granting, partly with a moist substrate, has demanded a high toll.
Now much needs to be sorted, cleared, transplanted and cleaned.
That is why I have not yet poured.
Nevertheless there are a few flowers.
And in the beginning photos of the misterious disappearance of semen capsules.



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Best wishes

K.W.

That's strange. Birds? Mice? Ants? It's a bit early for ants here in Portugal, but they can clean fruits in minutes, I've seen them rip apart a fruit and carry away all the seeds from a Frailea in less than 5 minutes!

jfabiao wrote:

That's strange. Birds? Mice? Ants? It's a bit early for ants here in Portugal, but they can clean fruits in minutes, I've seen them rip apart a fruit and carry away all the seeds from a Frailea in less than 5 minutes!

Good evening Jose,

there are the mice. . .
From time to time I can see them.
I do not need the seeds, but I like to give them to friends. Well, yes. . .

Yes, ants can be very effective. They are fascinating organisms.
Ants I have on the terrace also, but not in the greenhouse and not in cactus pots.
They can not build in the pure mineral substrate, too unstable.

Best wishes

K.W.

Maybe the mice get high on Lophophora fruits. Maybe they pick them up to sell them to other mice.