Hi everyone:How do I get onto the S.A. Cacti site? have not seen any info yet. Perhaps I'm not using the "system" properly. Thanks, Coleman in New Zealand...
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John Gamesby NewEarth
john.gamesby@xxxxxxxx...
Sep 4, 1999 9:17 pm
Hi Coleman & Cathie, You are on the list it is just that the people on the list will not use it. So there is hardly any traffic. It would appear everyone on...
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david cairns
rocketman@xxxxxxxxx.x...
Sep 4, 1999 9:43 pm
hi from christchurch nz to coleman and cathie like john says not alot of trafic on this list but the people are great when we need help my fav cacti is...
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Jorgen Grahn
jorgen.grahn@xxxxxxxx...
Sep 5, 1999 9:06 am
I've sown Fraileas twice: Frailea sp AH155 in the spring of '98, and Frailea cataphractoides and Frailea mammifera HU345 this year. Ther're supposed to be easy...
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John Gamesby NewEarth
john.gamesby@xxxxxxxx...
Sep 5, 1999 2:26 pm
... Oh no can we live with another Parodia grower :-) Hot as hell here and only three weeks ago I was complaining that winter had come early. Still I think I...
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Willy A Verheulpen
waverheu@xxx.xx.xxx
Sep 6, 1999 7:14 am
... [[From: "John Gamesby NewEarth" <john.gamesby@...> [[ [[ [[> and a note for willy some parodia seemed to have found their way into the...
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beezer1@xxxx.xx.xx
Sep 6, 1999 8:26 am
Hi everyone:I'm about to sow some copiapoa & uebelmannia seeds for the first time. Anyone has had success with these seeds, I certainly would like to hear...
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Coleman & Cathie
beezer1@xxxx.xx.xxx
Sep 6, 1999 9:13 am
... up.What are your S.A. specialities? Also, what is "LOL" Thanks, Coleman...
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masko
masko@xxxxx.xxx
Sep 6, 1999 12:19 am
I am from Belgrade, Yugoslavia. I'm on this list a few months, but not only on this one. That's the way to learn a lot, because I'm far away from expert. I...
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Victor Bass
wir@xxxxx.xxx
Sep 6, 1999 5:05 am
Hi Vesna, I'm here during several months like you and I've got many interesting information and could find some friends too (including real experts!). Hope to...
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Willy A Verheulpen
waverheu@...
Sep 6, 1999 1:40 pm
... Hello Vesna & Viktor, ..... [[In my countrie (don't want mix hobby and politic) there is no C&S nursery ! [[I can't buy any book of cacti here, because...
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scoutdog@xxxxxxx.xxx
Sep 6, 1999 2:03 pm
Dear List Members, I am looking for seeds or cuttings of the Yellow Pitaya (Selenicereus megalanthus). It is a South American climbing epiphytic cacti that...
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Jorgen Grahn
jorgen.grahn@xxxxxxxx...
Sep 6, 1999 8:33 pm
... This time of year?? Oh, NZ, sorry :-) I've sown Copiapoa twice and Uebelmannia once. That limited experience suggests that Copiapoa is easy from seed -...
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Jorgen Grahn
jorgen.grahn@xxxxxxxx...
Sep 6, 1999 9:10 pm
On Mon Sep 6 02:19:40 1999, Vesna Milosavljevic wrote: ... True, being on cacti_etc and lists like this one is I think the best way to learn. Better than by...
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John Gamesby NewEarth
john.gamesby@xxxxxxxx...
Sep 6, 1999 9:47 pm
I have to confess here that my success rate with Frailea from seed is either 100% or a big fat 0. For some unknown reason I find frailea seed is either fertile...
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Paul Laney
pclaney@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 7, 1999 3:23 pm
Jorgen, Next week I will write to Karl Heinz Preste, who knows everything about Frailea's. With that letter I will forward your questions. When he respons, I...
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Vladimir Fuflyigin
vnf@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 10, 1999 5:51 am
Hello, everybody! I am growing cacti in my apartment on windowsill with south-eastern exposure (Boston, US). Some time ago I started using incandescent grow...
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masko
masko@...
Sep 9, 1999 4:32 pm
Willy, don't worry, you are always helpful (remember Parodia camargensis var.camblayana) ! Regards from, Vesna (YU)...
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masko
masko@xxxxx.xxx
Sep 9, 1999 4:38 pm
I have just one Parodia (camargensis), but capital one. What's the problem ?...
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Willy Verheulpen
waverheu@xxx.xx.xxx
Sep 9, 1999 7:43 pm
... ha ha I think John is afraid of Parodia growers :-) maybe the are used to much to say what they think ... ha ha Willy ... Willy Verheulpen --...
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John Gamesby NewEarth
john.gamesby@xxxxxxxx...
Sep 10, 1999 6:44 pm
Willy, The problem is I cannot grow the damned things. I gave up on them many moons ago :-( Seems like I got them to flower once then they died. So I only grow...
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JAMESICUS@xxx.xxx
Sep 11, 1999 7:08 am
This year (in January) I sowed a small amount of seed from three species: U. pectinifera, U. gummifera and U.flavispina. Unfortunately, the dividers and ...
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luciorss@...
Sep 11, 1999 5:45 pm
... germination ... I have two plants of U. pectinifera that have not yet flowered. Which is the normal average size of these plants when they flower for the...
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JAMESICUS@xxx.xxx
Sep 11, 1999 5:11 pm
In a message dated 9/11/99 9:41:05 AM US Mountain Standard Time, Lucio Russo ... Well, Lucio, let me first state that I have only cultivated plants of this ...
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Willy Verheulpen
waverheu@xxx.xx.xxx
Sep 11, 1999 4:16 pm
... I'm truly amazed here John ... If you can grow Eriosyce & Islaya & Sulcos you can grow Parodia ... ! :-) Have you ever tried to grow them in a stony soil...
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JAMESICUS@xxx.xxx
Sep 11, 1999 8:24 pm
In response to a query from Lucio Russo I previously wrote: <snip>I have had them flower in 8 cm (3.25") square plastic pots, but by then they had pretty well...
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JAMESICUS@xxx.xxx
Sep 11, 1999 8:32 pm
... U. ... and ... germination ... (2 ... and ... Today I posted three pictures - overall view and close-ups - illustrating the above. ...
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laroze alain
allaroze@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 11, 1999 8:34 pm
I am back from ELK. I bought my first .....Parodia....(P. nivosa) hello Willy, sorry John...;-) I bought one Eriosyce laui, too... Alain, in hot (Weather)...
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Willy Verheulpen
waverheu@xxx.xx.xxx
Sep 11, 1999 8:44 pm
... ha ha ... it spreads .. slowly but surely ... LOL! Bonne chance Alain ... keep it in almost mineral soil with many rocks/stones/crushed_bricks add some...
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JAMESICUS@...
Sep 12, 1999 5:26 pm
I posted the essence of the following message on cacti_etc so if you subscribe to that list please forgive the repetition. Many people are now using...
