Winter´s coming soon. . .

God afternoon Dear cacti friends,

it is getting cold in my area, tomorrow we should have frost, -3°C.
So the day before yesterday I bring all the plants inside the greenhouse.

If you don´t mind, I show you a few pictures from the crowded greenhous.
Not only mammillaria. . .


The last day´s of indian summer in Köln,
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This mammillaria stay outside from april till now
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A few of them and some other´s in the background, with "Lotte", bird - spotting. . .
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Kate see if everything is ok. . .
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Now all the plant´s stay inside the greenhouse, cozy but not to warm. . .
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There is still a little space for a new plant. . .
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This mammillaria also have been in the "outdoor dining" since april,
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Hope it was´nt that boring for you. . .


Best regards

K.W.

Hi K.W.


A very nice lot of Mammillarias. Especially the dichotomous types, my favourites. How lucky you are with all that space. Derek.

Hi KW
Beautiful !!!!! - never boring - send some more.
Regards, Mercia

delandmo wrote:

Hi K.W.


A very nice lot of Mammillarias. Especially the dichotomous types, my favourites. How lucky you are with all that space. Derek.

Good morning Derek,

thank´s a lot!

Quote :

. . . Especially the dichotomous types, my favourites. . .

Yes I like them too.
I´ve got Ferocactus and Sulcorebutia dichotomous types, which are not so oftem.
But I do not search for them.

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. . . with all that space.

There is never enough space. . . never!!!!


Best regards

K.W.

Mercia wrote:

Hi KW
Beautiful !!!!! - never boring - send some more.
Regards, Mercia

Good morning again Mercia,

thank You very much!!!
I´am not sure that this is the write forum for my insufficient pictures. . .


Greetings to South Africa where the Haworthia grow. I have some Haworthia, but in this forum I can hardly show???
And Lithops too . . . and Gasteria, and Conophytum. . .


K.W.

Hi KW
Love to hear there is somebody in the other part of the world that have an interest in South African flora. Love to see your harw..., gast..., cono... and litho..... It growing wild not far from where i live. Send me an e-mail with photos: mercia@telkomsa.net
I still struggle to upload my mammillaria photos to the forum.
Hear from you soon.
Regard, Mercia

Good afternoon Mercia @all,

I hope nobody does´nt mind if I show a few more pics. . .


Some of my Haworthia
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Conophytum
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Lithops
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Adromischus
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Pleiospillos
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Mammillaria
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Best regards

K.W.

Hi KW,
It AMAZING, i can't believe it!!!!!
South African flora on your door step indeed!!!! You can be proud of your collection.
Just a matter of interest. I'm Afrikaans speaking and Lithops common name in Afrikaans, is 'bees kloutjie' 'bees' means 'cow' and 'kloutjie' means 'paw' - it looks like the paw of a cow - Conophytum common name is 'baba boudjies', 'baba' means 'baby' and 'boudjies' means 'buttocks' - it looks like a baby's buttocks.
Sorry Mamms forum, i know it is not our topic, but i have no other choice to comment on KW's beautiful pictures of my homeland flora.

Don't worry K.W. and Mercia, there isn't a problem. Maybe it might have bene better to post this in "Other Collections" but I'm sure than many of us on the forum grown other plant sthan Mammillarias.
The original founder of this Forum, Hugo de Cock, is into Conophytums now in a big way, and other South African succulent, Haworthias and the like.
I think if I grew other than cacti (not just Mamms), I would grow Haworthias, it is just a lack of space that inhibits me. While their flowers are nowhere near as good as a bowlfull of flowering Conophytums, their shapes and textures, which after all, is what you see for most of the year, are wunderful.

Mercia wrote:

Hi KW,
It AMAZING, i can't believe it!!!!!
South African flora on your door step indeed!!!! You can be proud of your collection.
Just a matter of interest. I'm Afrikaans speaking and Lithops common name in Afrikaans, is 'bees kloutjie' 'bees' means 'cow' and 'kloutjie' means 'paw' - it looks like the paw of a cow - Conophytum common name is 'baba boudjies', 'baba' means 'baby' and 'boudjies' means 'buttocks' - it looks like a baby's buttocks.
Sorry Mamms forum, i know it is not our topic, but i have no other choice to comment on KW's beautiful pictures of my homeland flora.

Good morning Mercia,

thank You very much for those information!
I love this plant´s very much, I would like to see them in South Africa. . .
Your homeland flora is so unique and wonderful, You could be happy to have it around.

Best wishes

K.W.



P.S. Pictures for You

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Chris43 wrote:

Don't worry K.W. and Mercia, there isn't a problem. Maybe it might have bene better to post this in "Other Collections" but I'm sure than many of us on the forum grown other plant sthan Mammillarias.
The original founder of this Forum, Hugo de Cock, is into Conophytums now in a big way, and other South African succulent, Haworthias and the like.
I think if I grew other than cacti (not just Mamms), I would grow Haworthias, it is just a lack of space that inhibits me. While their flowers are nowhere near as good as a bowlfull of flowering Conophytums, their shapes and textures, which after all, is what you see for most of the year, are wunderful.

Good morning Chris,

thank´s a lot!

So, if no one does´nt mind, I show a few pictures of my collection in a new thread in "Other Collections".
Is that o.k.?


Best regards

K.W.

Hi KW

Your photography is such as beautiful than you lithops itself.
I will watch out the space in 'Other Collections'.

Regards, Mercia