cacti ID's

scorpion111 · Subject: cacti ID's 2/14/2009, 2:33 pm

well, my mums friend from moffat came up for a visit and she knows I like wierd plants, so she brought some cacti... haven't a clue what species they are, I'd like to know at least what genera they are in and whatnot so I can find out where they're from and care for the properly. so, if anyone knows what these species are or if anyone has cared for ones like these, any help is appreciated... I know the basics, no watering in winter, repotting in summer etc..

anyway, cactus No. 1;

I have a feeling this one is from Cleistocactus or Helianthoceneus

cactus No 2.; (I'm quite curious about this one, mainly because it has a milky oozing substance coming from the base of a few spines which itches and burns for a few hours if you touch it, and because it is growing some company in winter. I also think it might be from Echinocereus)

and cactus No. 3;

any ideas?

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Bayss · Subject: Re: cacti ID's 2/14/2009, 3:01 pm

No clue what they are, but really nice...the second is downright cool!

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scorpion111 · Subject: Re: cacti ID's 2/14/2009, 3:08 pm

thanks.

and yeah, the second one is cool.. the milky stuff that comes out of it kills crickets. : D

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_scorpio_ · Subject: Re: cacti ID's 2/14/2009, 3:18 pm

i have a larger version of the second one... that white stuff hurts like hell!
i have loads of cacti but i didnt know there were different ways of caring for them...

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scorpion111 · Subject: Re: cacti ID's 2/14/2009, 3:20 pm

yeah, thats what I thought when I got them..

but, after being on a few sites, I think they are all from different places, so the care must vary a little bit...

I think the second one is from brazil scratch

botany is so goddamn confusing sometimes..

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scorpion111 · Subject: Re: cacti ID's 2/14/2009, 5:36 pm

not to hijack my own thread, but I forgot I got this too;

bonsai tree! : D

it probably won't live long though, it;s not a properly raised bonsai, it's just a seedling tree thats had half of it lopped off.

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***Connie*** · Subject: Re: cacti ID's 2/15/2009, 2:52 am

all my bonsai's died. Ive had two and each time they died!
I cared so well for them!

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scorpion111 · Subject: Re: cacti ID's 2/15/2009, 5:04 am

if you got it at a garden centre, chances are it's just a tree taken from the wild thats been chopped in half and put in a wee pot. these ones don't live long... shame. Sad

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***Connie*** · Subject: Re: cacti ID's 2/15/2009, 9:34 am

it was from Bonsai southampton. a place that grows them from babies etc.
Ive been the the ladies hosue and OMG her garden if FULL of them.
She grows them all from start to end. Mine just died and she replaced it and that one died!

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Bayss · Subject: Re: cacti ID's 2/15/2009, 1:06 pm

Stick to scorpions (pun intended)!

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0.0.9 Babycurus Jacksoni
0.0.6 Uroctonus Mordax
0.0.1 Pandinus cf. Miliataris
Blaberus Bolivenus Roach Colony

scorpion111 · Subject: Re: cacti ID's 2/15/2009, 1:19 pm

well, I finally got these all ID'ed.

No.1 is Cleistocactus winteri but it might be a hybrid...
no.2 isn't even a cactus, it's another type of succelent, Euphorbia enopla. It is poisionous if ingested. What a Face

No.3 is Polaskia chichipe

Smile

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