Death Valley Shack Nursery

It has been a little more than 4 months since I wrote the first blog about the seedlings. The photos below are what they look like today. The Notos are a little bigger, but the Gymnos are the same size. 

Notocactus haselbergii

Gymnocalycium tillianum

I planted three different seeds, Echinocereus rigidissimus, Epithelantha bokei, and Mammilaria pilcayensis on the 26th.  The seeds were purchased from Mesa Gardens back in February that have been on ice since then and I'll see what the outcome is, hope its good.
I just placed another order today for Coryphantha pallida, Escobaria vivipara var. bisheeana, Mammillaria senilis, and Pediocactus simpsonii var. nigrispinus. The Pediocactus seed is a variety collected from Jefferson County here in Oregon. 

Funny Looking Little Plants

Now this is exciting.....The photographs below are two cacti species that I started from seed around the first of November. I purchased "Gymnocalycium tillanum" from Mesa Gardens in Belen, New Mexico. The other seeds came from the Notocactus haselbergii here at Death Valley Shack. I had written an entry March 4, 2011 that the Notocactus was blooming and there were a few seeds on it that I would try and grow. That is them in the picture below. To me the cactus seedlings look like little alien or sea creatures.

Notocactus haselbergii

Gymnocalycium tillianium

It was not as difficult as I thought it would be, but the out come was not as high as I thought either. I'll have to do some tweaking on the next group which I'm planting up in the next couple of days.