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Qui troverete interviste ad amici coltivatori o contributi scritti da loro stessi per “Il fiore tra le spine”. Ho creato questa categoria per allargare i confini di questo sito al punto di vista di altri appassionati.

In viaggio nello stato messicano del Querétaro a caccia del rarissimo Strombocactus corregidorae

Elvia e Moreno sono compagni di vita ma anche compagni di viaggio. Condividono la passione per cactus e succulente e viaggiano molto in Messico e nelle Americhe per osservare le succulente in habitat. In questo graditissimo contributo ci raccontano la loro esperienza nello stato messicano di Querétaro, a caccia di una pianta particolarissima e rara: Strombocactus corregidorae, una specie descritta solo in tempi relativamente recenti e difficilmente ammirabile nelle collezioni degli appassionati. (…)

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Seminare in germinatoio e ottenere piante wild? Con pazienza e passione i risultati arrivano

Storia di una passione fulminante che porta a risultati notevoli in pochi anni. Leopoldo Romano vive in Sicilia, coltiva cactus dal 2013 e si è specializzato nella semina, soprattutto di specie particolari e ricercate. Nel suo contributo, Leopoldo illustra il suo metodo di semina in germinatoio, senza tralasciare nulla e senza inutili misteri (qui invece la procedura per la semina a luce naturale). La condivisione delle esperienze, evidentemente, è un valore importante anche per lui!

Per chi volesse avvicinarsi alla semina in germinatoio per la prima volta o per chi volesse perfezionare questa tecnica di riproduzione di cactus e succulente, l’intervento che segue, a firma dello stesso Leopoldo, si rivelerà certamente illuminante e ricco di ottimi consigli consolidati sulla base di una pratica costante.

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Per gli amanti delle spine, una panoramica sull’acanthodes: il più variabile tra i Ferocactus

Il “nickname” che si è scelto (“Ferokat”), ci fa capire subito che Francesco Soldi è uno che va dritto al punto. Francesco è un coltivatore esperto, un appassionato di cactus che da anni si è concentrato su un determinato genere: Ferocactus. Li coltiva, li riproduce attraverso la semina, li studia e li descrive con accuratezza e invidiabile competenza.

Insieme alla moglie Helga, Francesco viaggia spesso in Messico e Stati Uniti per osservare le piante in habitat. Nell’interessante intervento che segue, “Ferokat” ci regala una panoramica eccezionale sulla specie acanthodes, con la descrizione delle varie sottospecie. Le bellissime foto che trovate in questa pagina sono ovviamente di Francesco ed Helga: un’occasione unica per osservare gli acanthodes in natura! 

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Sperimentare sempre e annotare tutto: ecco come si smontano le convinzioni errate sui cactus

David Rubbo incarna perfettamente la figura del coltivatore curioso e coraggioso. Sperimenta in continuazione, non si accontenta dei “si dice” e trae conclusioni solo da ciò che ha testato personalmente. E non ama le vie di mezzo: o una cosa funziona come deve o ricomincia daccapo.

Nell’intervista che segue, la cui lettura consiglio a tutti i cactofili, David ci mostra una prospettiva del tutto inedita riguardo all’approccio alla coltivazione, a base di curiosità, coraggio e continua voglia di superare i limiti di ciò che si è appreso sino ad ora.

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«Una pianta coltivata ‘Wild’ mi racconta storie su mondi lontani e mi trasmette emozioni vere»

Bolognese, cinquantadue anni e una passione sincera per le succulente, oltre che per tutto ciò che è Natura, nata in tenera età. In questa intervista, Andrea Cattabriga – che ho il privilegio di conoscere di persona – si apre mostrando una sensibilità e una profondità di pensiero davvero speciali (e non solo riguardo ai temi relativi a questa nostra nicchia…). Non per niente, Cattabriga è considerato uno dei massimi esperti in cactaceae e succulente in Italia.

L’intervista che segue è un punto fermo nell’esposizione del concetto di coltivazione wild, una lettura imprescindibile per chiunque voglia conoscere meglio cactacee e succulente e, soprattutto, voglia andare oltre alla normale coltivazione di queste piante, cercando invece di ottenere il massimo, sia in fatto di resa estetica che di robustezza e salute degli esemplari.

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