Epiphyllums and other Cacti

Well I've got some more Epiphyllum cuttings which I won in a competition on another forum (more of name pulled out of a hat type thing) so now I also have:

• E. 'Pacesetter'
• E. 'Stern Von Erlau'
• E. 'Pure of Heart'
• E. 'Diego Rivera'
• E. 'Overture'

which is a fantastic haul


and my Lepismium bolivianum has started to bloom as well

 

Oh, well done, A ... ... that is lovely with the little blooms all coming off the leaves (are they leaves?) ... ... I know they are not fronds ...

 

I think they are flattened stems from what I can remember? it is lovely though I can only imagine what it might be like in a few years time when it's had some proper care and attention it will be positively heaving with flowers

 

Their all doing rather well, since potting the cuttings up I've had some close fatalities with E. 'Pegasus' & E. 'london Sunshine' all to do with the mix I was using being too wet and so I've switched to a mix of 4pts Cactus compost, 1pt orchid bark, 1pt Perlite which seems to create a nice free draining open mix and hopefully prevent any more set backs

 

I keep looking as I pass that one I photographed for you to see if it is blooming yet ... the moment it is, I will photograph it ... but must remember to take camera with me which I do not do much these days.

 

Well I've just put in a pre-emptive order (using my birthday money) with a UK nursery for cuttings of some more Epicactus and there real stunners I just hope they have some in stock!

(links are just for photo's)

• Epiphyllum 'Stormy Weather'
• Epiphyllum 'Apache Trail'
• Epiphyllum 'Ruby Pinwheel'
• Epiphyllum 'Castle Carnival'
• Epiphyllum 'Castle Yellow Tassel' (can't find a public image of this one...)

 

Well, my little A, I hope you get what you want for your birthday ... no doubt it is coming up soon, so a very 'feliz aniversario' from me ... xx Are you 21 this year?

 

Yep 21 on 9th

 

Then my sweetheart, I will be the first to wish you a sparkling day ...beijinhos xx

 

Since the forums been down I've added some kind of Hatiori hybrid and a somewhat mature Epiphyllum 'Buttercup' to the collection thanks to friend over at the BCSS forums and I've also gone and added two more epiphyllums to my order,both of which I'm told smell heavenly


Epiphyllum - Dr. Rudi Dorsch by epiforums, on Flickr

and


Epiphyllum CV 'WILLIAM CLARK' FRAGRANT BLOOMING by mattslandscape, on Flickr

 

I haven't updated this in a while so I thought it was about time I did the lady I was going to order the above cuttings didn't have anything in stock I wanted and eventually just ignored my emails so I don't think I'll bother with her again but other then that I've added some more plants to my collection including:

• Epiphyllum floribundum
• epiphyllum 'Königin'
• epiphyllum 'Curtain Call'
• epiphyllum 'Jolly Roger'
• epiphyllum 'London Glory'
• epiphyllum 'Tassel'
• a pink unamed hybrid epiphyllum from Pete
• epiphyllum crenatum var. kimnachii
• Selenicereus anthonyanus
• Rhipsalis cereuscula

as you can see my windowsill is bursting

 

Hi Everyone,
Sorry to butt in but this is my first post! I love Epiphyllums and all Cacti and Succulents in general. These look like some nice sized cuttings, from that well known place, hope you do well with them. I am always looking to add a few more plants, so if anyone fancies a few swaps, etc. As for general gardening, well I enjoy that too with some wild flowers and Herbs, etc... Auriculas, etc

I have just won an Aporocactus and a Kalanchoe at the same place!!
Kind regards
Mel.

 

Cactusface,

Nice collection of Epis.

I had a few wild type species but my greenhouse was too cold over the winter.
I do have a few Rhipsalis still.

 

Sirius,
I've had a few Rhipsalis but am now down to a new R.Paradoxa, hope to get R.monocantha (Nice orange flowers) soon. We used to have a nice R salicornoides that loved the bathroom and grow and flowered very well. I came here via the Garden-swap shop site and Sal73 so if anyone ever fancies a swap or 2, please just shout, but I have lot more true cacti then epies, etc..

 

Oh posts on my thread!

It's getting late in the year now for epi's but I've potted up my last cuttings of the year which I've been saving up for the last month until I could afford to order some coir & perlite (it's too expensive locally so I order in bulk online) so much has happened since I started growing the first cuttings I received I've changed my mix 3 times and I'm now settled on a mix of

• 4lt of Coir
• 1lt of Perlite
• 1lt of Orchid Bark
• 100ml of Bonemeal

and a feed of 12-18-18 orchid fertliser at half strength every other watering in the summer my list of plants has gone from 5 at the beginning of February to 70 as of now! I don't do anything by halves I've now totally run out of growing space and I will really need somewhere to put them this spring when they all get repotted so I'm saving up to get a greenhouse hopefully sometime this winter. some of them will hopefully go into hanging pots to give me a bit more space in the greenhouse and I made great find in town yesterday after I spotted that a small department store type shop had closed down they were flogging the old display units cheap so I've managed to pick a couple to hang plants from!



Now all I have to do is getting them all to live through the winter, wish me luck!