Ortegocactus macdougallii
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 10:40 pm
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Re: Ortegocactus macdougallii
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 8:07 am
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Re: Ortegocactus macdougallii
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 9:29 am
How many times have I had this and lost it?
Re: Ortegocactus macdougallii
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 12:12 pm
I had one of these, a nice little clump i bought at a show. Was beautiful when i bought it, but eventually developed an orange/rust color type fungus or something on the skin. Eventually i killed it 
. I did try and graft a cutting from one of the pups, which is still living, but growing very slowly. We will see where it ends up.
The plants above are beautiful!
. I did try and graft a cutting from one of the pups, which is still living, but growing very slowly. We will see where it ends up. The plants above are beautiful!
Re: Ortegocactus macdougallii
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 8:59 pm
I have tried growing this outdoors in California several times... no way... cannot deal with our winters.
Re: Ortegocactus macdougallii
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 1:24 am
Yes, I've had that orange/rust colour. So far I've been unable to keep it going in a greenhouse.
Re: Ortegocactus macdougallii
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 6:42 am
obviously some people have it figured out... nice specimens in the shows... and plant readily available for very cheap usually.
Re: Ortegocactus macdougallii
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 7:40 am
I think it's our damp atmosphere that does for it.