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January 2013 - Genus of the Month - Espostoa
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Re: January 2013 - Genus of the Month - Espostoa
84 of you have looked at it, but perhaps no one else except me (and Graham Charles, of course) grow them?!
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Re: January 2013 - Genus of the Month - Espostoa
Re Plant of the Month
Re Bill's note above - please note that my user name is Sheila. There is a Sheila C who uses the forum, but I suspect she would be puzzled to receive messages about Plants of the Month. A little confusing as my surname also begins with a C.
If you have any suggestions for a Plant of the Month you would like to write you are welcome to contact me. I would always be interested and there are plenty of genera that haven't been covered yet.
Sheila
Re Bill's note above - please note that my user name is Sheila. There is a Sheila C who uses the forum, but I suspect she would be puzzled to receive messages about Plants of the Month. A little confusing as my surname also begins with a C.
If you have any suggestions for a Plant of the Month you would like to write you are welcome to contact me. I would always be interested and there are plenty of genera that haven't been covered yet.
Sheila
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Re: January 2013 - Genus of the Month - Espostoa
I was rather worried by Bill,s message.
I grew quite a few Espotoa but had to part with them when I moved to Shropshire as I had nowhere to put them,I only have Espostoa Nana which I grew from seed in 1979.
Sheila C.
I grew quite a few Espotoa but had to part with them when I moved to Shropshire as I had nowhere to put them,I only have Espostoa Nana which I grew from seed in 1979.
Sheila C.
Re: January 2013 - Genus of the Month - Espostoa
Sorry ladies.
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Re: January 2013 - Genus of the Month - Espostoa
Looking at the statistics, not quite as popular as Haworthias or Gasterias, then?!
Tony Roberts
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Kent
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Re: January 2013 - Genus of the Month - Espostoa
Well I am with you Tony I have quite a few and am hoping that with the new greenhouse space this coming year I can get them bedded out and see if I can get them to grow a bit !!
I have quite a few for well over 10 years that are still only about 12 inched tall, they do not grow very fast in pots for menot sure why.
Would you say they can take more water in the summers I wounder if they are just too constrained / dry in pots to grow well
I have quite a few for well over 10 years that are still only about 12 inched tall, they do not grow very fast in pots for menot sure why.
Would you say they can take more water in the summers I wounder if they are just too constrained / dry in pots to grow well
Martin
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Secretary Oxford Branch
'Thelocactus' National Plant Collection
Northern Hampshire
Secretary Oxford Branch
'Thelocactus' National Plant Collection
Re: January 2013 - Genus of the Month - Espostoa
Hi all
Some photos of Espostoa melanostele in nature (Lurin valley Peru)
Some photos of Espostoa melanostele in nature (Lurin valley Peru)
Re: January 2013 - Genus of the Month - Espostoa
And this Espostoa lanata with a double cephalium in flower this summer in my glasshouse
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Re: January 2013 - Genus of the Month - Espostoa
Thanks, Richaud, that is just what I hoped we might see - it complements the Plant of the Month article beautifully. Cephalium and flower - we don't see those in England very often!RICHAUD wrote:And this Espostoa lanata with a double cephalium in flower this summer in my glasshouse
Best wishes,
Tony Roberts
Treasurer, Haworthia Society
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Kent
(Gasteria, Mammillaria, small Opuntia, Cleistocactus and Sempervivum are my current special interests)
Treasurer, Haworthia Society
Chairman, Tephrocactus Study Group
Moderator, BCSS Forum
Kent
(Gasteria, Mammillaria, small Opuntia, Cleistocactus and Sempervivum are my current special interests)