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Araucaria Appreciation Thread

Good evening, John. I hope you had a pleasant weekend.
Since you are the plant expert here... do you know anything about cactus? If so I need your advice :LOL:
 
Good Monday afternoon/evening, RM and Paul! (*8*) :kiss:

Paul, I probably know the most about cactuses/cacti that do well in Florida, but I will try to answer any question. Generally, they need lots of sun, and be sparing with the water. Depending on the cactus, I'd either give it a good amount of water and let the soil dry completely before watering it again, or I'd give it very small amounts of water, and be infrequent about watering it. And yes, many of them have very beautiful and showy flowers.
 
Hello Johnnie , have a pleasant new week my friend
 
Good morning John.
Thank you for the advice, that's exactly what I imagined. The thing is, I have one like this
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but with 2 bulbs instead of one. Now the bigger bulb is getting soft and dying. My question is: should I pull this one out? I want to save the second bulb.
By the way, I have this cactus indoors with lots of light and I rarely water it. Maybe it died of another cause? Or slhould it be in direct sunlight?

Wow, I bought the cactus because it was easy to keep... :lol:
 
Good Tuesday morning, Frankie and Paul! (*8*) :kiss:

Paul, I'm not sure I can answer your question about your cactus, since I can't see it, and don't know if I could answer it even if I did. I had a small indoor cactus many years ago that died on me, so I've pretty much given up on potted cactuses.

As for telling you how to save your cactus, I guess you could try to save the second lobe or bulb. I'd make sure that it is in contact with the soil in the pot. It might be a matter of trying to get it to root if the larger bulb is dying You could try to remove the first bulb, though I can't tell you whether it would make any difference. It may need stronger sunlight than it's getting. If you want to spend the money, you could buy a continuous spectrum light fixture and light bulb for plants, and set your cactus under it. Though I suppose it's your call whether you want to do that to try to save a cactus that might die anyway. And then again, it could be a watering issue. Some people think that since cactuses grow in dry conditions, they make the mistake of giving it NO water. And yes, there is the opposite problem of overwatering it.

Sorry I couldn't give you a better answer than that.

One thing you might try. If you have a lot of reflected light in your apartment, it sounds like it would be a good place to try African violets.
 
Good evening, John. Thank you for the advice. Long story short, I ripped off the dead part, threw it away and kept the second bulb. I hope it works. It should have enough light as it is, but I can try placing it outdoors for a few days and see what happens.
 
Good Wednesday night/Thursday morning, Christian and Paul! (*8*) :kiss:

Christian, I'd love for those frisky boys to come over and play at my place! :drool:*|**|**|*:bj::fellate::69::sex::hump::3way:

Paul, good luck on saving your cactus. Hope it works out.
 
Hello Johnnie , I hope that you have a pleasant Friday later buddy
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(*8*) TGIF and Cinco de Mayo.
Here in the dessert cactus grow everywhere. In fact, it along with palm trees, they are the only things that do not die on me. But I do not have them indoors. They do not need much water, lots of sun is good.
 
Good Sunday morning, Frankie and Gary! (*8*) :kiss:

Frankie, I once had a "friend with benefits" that always called me buddy. The way he used it, I took it to be a term of endearment.

Gary, I can see how your plant growing options will be limited in the desert, with the persistent drought and extreme heat. I understand that in addition, many desert soils are highly alkaline, and have high salt and mineral contents. I can see that cactuses would be well-adapted, but I would think even the palm varieties you have will also be limited. What kind of palms do you have, date palms and Washingtonias, perhaps?

Speaking of gardening, last night I saw something I had never seen before. I was looking out my window at my white crinum lily buds. And the five buds just popped open over the span of a couple of minutes. I didn't realize that they did that. Sometimes you never know what you'll see until you observe.
 
Good evening, John. I like looking at my plants and observing the little changes, you were really lucky to see them open in real time
 
Hello Johnnie , it must be cool to be called buddy by a fella that you have intimacy with
Witnessing that synchronised blooming of your flowers must have been magical

I hope that you have a nice Sunday Evening
Have a pleasant Monday as well buddy
 
(*8*) Good afternoon, John.

I have Mexican Fan palms. Here is a picture of the great horny owl that was renting a room in one of mine. Date palms also do well here.
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Good evening, John. I hope you're having a good day (*8*)

Gary, my grandma had one like that. The palm, not the owl :lol:
 
So is there any difference between the Mexican fan palm that Gary has and the ones that grow 50 or 60 feet tall in Southern California?
 
Good Monday evening Gary, Andrew, Paul, and Matthew! (*8*) :kiss:

Gary, that's a great picture of the great horned owl in your palm tree! BTW, owls are "horned," JUBBERS are "horny!" :rotflmao:

Matthew, I believe Gary's Mexican fan palm is the Washingtonia robusta, which is tall and is planted in Southern California and Florida. It has thorns on the branches like a Washingtonia, but the leaves are dull and grayish, and they hang down ribbon-like. I was under the impression that Washingtonia leaves were glossy and stiffer. If I saw a picture of the whole tree, it might be clearer to me. There is also a tree called Sabal mexicana, or Mexican Sabal palm, a close relative of the Sabal palmetto of the SE United States, which is also a fan palm.

There are two varieties of Washingtonia which are frequently planted in Southern California, the Mexican fan palm, and the California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera). The Mexican fan palm is frequently planted in Florida, but the California fan palm is rare. I visited the Los Angeles Arboretum several years ago, and noticed that they curiously planted one Mexican fan palm and one California fan palm together, in a repeated pattern around the garden. Apparently it was done was back in the 1930s or so, and now they've all grown very tall.

Paul, it wouldn't surprise me that your grandmother had a Mexican fan palm in Spain. Many palms will grow in a large number of tropical and subtropical climates.
 
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