The beginning of a small project ! Trichocereus Life Cycle

Many Trichocereus and other interesting columnar cacti in my collection are in the the very early stages of flower production. Over the next few weeks I plan to document the flowering cycle of Trichocereus Pachanoi and Peruvianus species plants, from the very beginning tiny flower buds to the massive open developed flowers, to pollination (cross), and finally all going well the development of the seed pods and resulting seeds.

Here are a few pics to get me motivated before I begin tomorrow

Trichocereus SP

Trichocereus SP

    

First Update of the growing season:

It is still officially winter here in Sydney, spring starts in a little under 2 weeks, but is has been warmer than expected especially during the day. Recent days are between 19 – 27 deg which equates to about 21 – 30 in the grow room.

First pictures of the season; this one took my eye whilst watering so I decided to take a few shots. It has developed a nice orange colour and lustre on skin.

Astrophytum Myriostigma Cv Kohyo "Orange"

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