Ortegocactus macdougallii

[Geoff]

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[Geoff]

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[mickthecactus]

How many times have I had this and lost it?

[reality_velo]

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!

[Geoff]

I have tried growing this outdoors in California several times... no way... cannot deal with our winters.

[mickthecactus]

Yes, I've had that orange/rust colour. So far I've been unable to keep it going in a greenhouse.

[Geoff]

obviously some people have it figured out... nice specimens in the shows... and plant readily available for very cheap usually.

[mickthecactus]

I think it's our damp atmosphere that does for it.

[mickthecactus]

How on earth can this be Cochemiea now?