New York Cactus and Succulent Society

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Pachyphytum Oviferum
Flower stem is also tinted just like it's flower 🌸
Beautiful contrast with background green.

Pictures from Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan 🗾
Kamakura is a bit humid area and more greener.

NYCSS July Meeting. Report vol 3-3 'AUCTION'

At the end of the meeting, we had a fun plants auction 🌵.
Members brought in their plants. And the sales goes to our club funds. They go home with newly hunted plants.
Great spirits of 'share & receive '

10 pictures are not enough to show what we had at the auction.

NYCSS July Meeting. report vol. 2-3

Nathan had a talk with slides on the relationship between habitat and cultivation for cactus and succulents, featuring some insights from his and Georgiana's recent trip to the Mexican states of Guanajuato and San Luis Potosi.
Thanks 🙏 .3786

Do you add any companion plants like in their habitat? If so, what plant do you put them together? Or do you like potting them solo?

Thank you for coming to the NYCSS July Meeting ! reports vol. 1-3 'opening'

We had a fun time 😀

While waiting for members to arrive, started to chatting over currently blooming 🌼 succulents.

Thank you for bringing blooming plants for the show case.
And thank you for yummy 😋 pies .3786

Perhaps open up 🌺 tomorrow ?
They drunk so much water 💦 last night
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By the way,
Did anyone say that meteor? Wednesday??

Cactus seedlings are growing so faaast!!! 😳💕
Pic1 07/12/24
Pic2 06/01/24

Beautiful Echeverias.
Delicate, colorful, elegant 🤩
Do you have any?

Happy Monday 😁
Hope you all have a great start of the week ☺️

This one is growing so fast as if you can see it's growth like a time lapse video. 😮🌵

Echeveria Agavoides 'Christmas'
Still have some red tint on her leaves.

Goooooood amount of shower 🌧️☔🌧️☔🌧️
Happy 🌵 Saturday 😁 everyone!!!

Happy Friday 😁 everyone ❣️
Green tomato cactus blooming!!
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She is gorgeous 🤩❤️

Sneak peak of the next NYCSS special members gathering 😉

Next visit will be at that "Astro castle in the sky" 😺

Stay tuned for the report 😁👍

Our next 🌵 club meeting is
on Thursday July 18th, 6 PM,
at 488 Madison Ave Floor 19.

Nathan will give a talk on the relationship between habitat and cultivation for cactus and succulents, featuring some insights from his and Georgiana's recent trip to the Mexican states of Guanajuato and San Luis Potosi.
Thanks 🙏 .3786

We will also discuss building up a "database" of cultivation knowledge.
Aaaaand have our regular plant auction! 🥳

See you soon, everyone!!!

Oh, did you notice?
I changed the 🌵 club announcement background to the NY native opuntia. 😉
The same blooming cactus we use for our logo. Love that logo! 😍 👍 .designs

2 more exciting announcements will follow soon!
Stay tuned 👋😃

About a month or two after the head-chop.
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Head side rooted well.
Bottom side got a lot of new growth.
❤️

It 'IS' flower bud, right? 🤩🥳💕

Golden barrel and Peruvian apple from seeds.
Can they go full sun balcony? 🤔
Definitely make some squirrels 🐿️ barricade.

Any suggestion?

'Cuddly cactus ' 🌵
Cereus Jamacaru growth track
1 month ago : hair increased ? 🧐
--> 1 week ago : new head popped up 😳
--> current: new growth getting taller fast 😲

Are you growing 'cuddly cactus'in your NYC apartment??
Share your 🌵 experience with us! 😀

Fenestrarias, so called 'baby toe'
Somewhat SF looking succulents.
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Growing them from seeds is also a great experience.

Join us! to share your cactus and succulents care tips and experiences with other members. Also learn unique methods from each other ☺️

Pachypodium eberneum
Anthurium wendlingeri

What a serene beauty ❤️
Sorry, Anthurium wendlingeri's gorgeous long leave couldn't fit in a frame 😔
Thank you for the pics 🙏
Looking forward for the tickets 🎟️ to "The Florida Room" tour! 😁

Private greenhouse visit report 😁 part5 🌵

After yummy & sunny 😋 BBQ ,
perfect time thunderstorm ⛈️ ⚡⛈️ brought
Members rush back inside to digest food.
Then locked in by finding German cacti 🌵 related 📚 books in '80s from the host's large library.

After the rain ☔, we walk to his neighborhood 🍦 ice cream shop, 🍨, for the dessert 😋 it was beyond delish 🤩

Again, Thank you so much for letting us visit your place ☺️🙏

Private greenhouse visit report 😁 Part 4

Seeds sawing, pollination, grafting, watering, blooming...
Eye 👀 witnessed experienced cactus and succulents care taker's love and tips.

Join to learn other's and share yours cactus and succulents care.
Experienced, newbies, totally different angle methods, so many unique ways to grow those plants, especially here in this NY 😉 👍

The visit was so fun. So many things we saw.
10 pics at a post, not enough 😂😂😂
Reports to be continued 😎

What are those short straws doing?

Private greenhouse visit report 😁 part 3

NYCSS members had BBQ feast
surrounded by happily well-grown
cactus 🌵 and succulents

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Foods, all delicious 😋
Energy, good vibe 😄

Reports still to be continued 😉 👍

Blooming opuntias 🌵
Pics from my friend who went for hiking 🥾 to Nyack State Park, NY. 💖 Beautiful 😍

Private greenhouse visit report. part2 😁

🌵 baby 🍼 room packed with seed grown succulents. Dreamingly wide varieties 😍

There are well experienced succulents growers within NYCSS members. Join our club to learn from them and share your experiences.

Greenhouse visit report still to be continued
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Private greenhouse visit report part1

NYCSS members visited one of our club member's private greenhouse in Queens last weekend.

Amazing plants collection !!! 🤩 as well as pencils ✏️ ✏️ ✏️ 😲
Backyard filled with various cactus and succulents. Also nice collection of European berries 💖
More plants in entire house 🏠!!!

Thank you for hosting not only our greenhouse visit but also yummy 😋 BBQ backyard lunch.

More pics to share. Reports to be continued 😉

It's my first time seeing opuntias 🌵 blooming 😍
Nice nature trail 😀
Had a quiet walk with only sound of my own foot steps and birds singing.

Pregnant 🌵
Patiently waiting for the harvest 🙏

Aloe vera under the full sun condition.
Looking tough.

Well hidden 💎 green house is about to be revealed 🤯
Stay tuned for the greenhouse visit report!!! 😀

Echinocereus rigidissimus

Friend of mine who works at Izu Shaboten Park sent me these pictures.
How pretty they are.