New growth with Spring.

10 years ago

This is Tephrocactus articulatus var. papyracanthus that about a week ago I found some new growth on and thought it looked really neat. I look at this one nearly every day and this growth seemingly popped up overnight. I'll have to check around and see anything else has some new growth. What new growth have you seen on your plants?

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LH On the Move

10 years ago

Oh! All my cactus are sending up sprouts. Purple optunia and finally my cereus peruvianus cutting has a golf-ball sized sprout!

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Nicholas C.
Original Author
10 years ago
Oh, nice. Should get some pictures of them. Always wanted to find a purple Opuntia around here but it seems like no one carries them. Is yours in full sun?
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LH On the Move
10 years ago
It is, zone 9a. I ordered them on ebay - three pads of regular purple, 5 pads of a long-spiked variety that looks like a sea-urchin, and after just a month they're showing signs of growth. Will post pics this afternoon. Oh! And my velvet optunia is sprouting like crazy. It's like they all heard it was Spring and they sprung!
LH On the Move
10 years ago
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Okay. Now there's a 7-foot long coachwhip snake also enjoying the spring warmth right next to my cacti. Pictures will have to wait!
rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
10 years ago
Few plants with new growth - pups:
LH On the Move
10 years ago
davez7anv
10 years ago
my mammilaria are in bloom and various aloes are shooting.

things don't seem to go dormant, possibly because up here-5000 ft. with very dry, clear air-light intensities are very high even in winter.

cool things and that is a nice snake.
Todd C
10 years ago
You need a mongoose
Nicholas C.
Original Author
10 years ago
Very cool pictures.

Rina that bottom one looks a bit like Huernia as a pup, or maybe it's just my silly phone.

Wow 5k feet. Some times I think we're below sea level here. Though nothing really goes dormant here either, or if so it doesn't seem to for long. I second the mongoose.
LH On the Move
10 years ago
Hmmm, a pet mongoose!
rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
10 years ago
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Nicholas, it does, but it started growing within few weeks after repotting - here is the root ball at the time, with new growth points visible - so I am hoping:) -
Dave, you have so many great looking plants (I could only wish for...), must be that intense sun-light really makes a difference.
Nicholas C.
Original Author
10 years ago
Really like the markings on that one Rina, can see it much better now that I've got it pulled up on the computer.
chuckerfly
10 years ago
Here are some of mine:

Haworthia limifolia v. striata?

There are two more itty-bitty pups on the same plant, one barely visible unless pulling back the lower leaf a bit, just a little left from the one shown:

New growths on all columns (?) from the center top, plus a possible new pup (lower middle part). Still unsure on the exact species, probably a H. reinwardtii v. zebrina as ewwmayo had suggested in my post on it:

This pup has been growing for a while, H. limifolia:

Bonus extra, a new leaf on Sansevieria cylindrica at my mom's:
Nicholas C. thanked chuckerfly
Nicholas C.
Original Author
10 years ago
Donut think I've ever seen a new leaf coming in on a Sansevieria cylindrica. Very unique.