Latest Blog Posts for The Lophophora Blog

• Snow covered cacti on the balcony
  on Jan 30, 2014 in Acharagma Cacti in the snow Cacti on the balcony Echinocereus Mammillaria Peyote
  Snow covered cacti growing in window boxesAs mentioned in an earlier post I'm experimenting with growing peyote (and other cacti) outdoors on my balcony. A month or so ago I chickened out and moved the window box with peyote and Acharagma to the atti...
• Late-flowering peyote cactus
  on Sep 13, 2013 in Cacti on the balcony Peyote
  We are closing in on autumn in Denmark and the weather report promises heavy precipitation the coming days. Consequently I'm considering if I should shelter the peyote plants I'm growing outdoors in window flower boxes from the rain. Great was my sur...
• Reclaiming my winter-hardy cactus bed - day 2
  on Aug 31, 2013 in Winter hardy cacti Opuntia
  As mentioned in the previous post my wife and I spent a couple of days of our summer vacation reclaiming a winter-hardy cactus bed at our summerhouse, situated at the northern west coast of Denmark. The bed had been neglected for some years and was a...
• Reclaiming my winter-hardy cactus bed - day 1
  on Aug 13, 2013 in Winter hardy cacti Opuntia Yucca
  Several years ago I started growing winter-hardy cacti in open air beds at my summerhouse in the northwestern part of Denmark.Neglected winter-hardy cactus bed almost taken over by grassesI have neglected the beds badly for the past three years and c...
• Peyote plants maimed by birds
  on Aug 2, 2013 in Cacti on the balcony Peyote Pests
  As mentioned in the post "Growing peyote (and other cacti) on the balcony" I'm experimenting with growing peyote cacti in window flower boxes on my balcony. Peyote cactus maimed by a birdThe plants are thriving outdoors basking in the Danish summer s...
• Mummified aphids - an aphid parasitoid at play
  on Jul 29, 2013 in Aphids Pests
  Acyrthosiphon pisum (pea aphid) - courtesy of WikipediaAphids are typically not a problem when growing cacti as they seem to prefer more tender plants, like the growing tips and undersides of e.g. Capsicum plants (a.k.a. chili, chile or chilli pepper...
• Tricotyledon Echinocactus polycephalus seedling
  on Jul 23, 2013 in Opuntia Seedling pictures Echinocactus Tricotyledon
  Tricotyledon Echinocactus polycephalus seedlingAs mentioned in the previous post I started a handful of Echinocactus polycephalus (SNL 91; Las Vegas, Nevada) from seed a few weeks ago. I didn't achieve impressive germination rates and many of the see...
• Growing Echinocactus polycephalus and Echinocactus horizonthalonius from seed
  on Jun 25, 2013 in Cacti on the balcony Seedling pictures Echinocactus Seed starting
  Immaculate Echinocactus polycephalus seedlingBack in 2009 I bought 100 seeds each of Echinocactus polycephalus (SNL 91; Las Vegas, Nevada) and Echinocactus horizonthalonius (SB 409; Shafter, Texas) from Mesa Garden. I sowed some of the seed back then...
• Growing peyote (and other cacti) on the balcony
  on Jun 8, 2013 in Cacti on the balcony Lophophora williamsii Echinocereus Mammillaria Acharagma
  40 peyote cacti growing in a window flower boxFor the last many years I've experimented with growing peyote, Ariocarpus, Leuchtenbergia, and the likes in an unheated coldhouse in Denmark. The coldhouse is situated at my summer house, rather far from...
• Sunburned San Pedro cactus (Trichocereus pachanoi)
  on May 19, 2013 in Cacti on the balcony San Pedro cactus Sunburn
  I keep a few mature Trichocereus plants that are moved out on the balcony come spring. While the Trichocereus peruvianus (Peruvian Torch cactus) and Trichocereus bridgesii plants usually take the transition to being exposed to the elements in stride,...

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