I actually have 8 cacti (left), but from browsing I have been able to identify two. I just finished losing a bunch from letting them get too cold, =/ I had them for a loong time too......(for my age at least) Here are the links to the images- http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5369/pict0004cj8.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2812/pict0005by4.jpg http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3070/pict0006xy7.jpg http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/8897/pict0007aj5.jpg http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/7226/pict0008vl1.jpg http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/1193/pict0009nx6.jpg http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5159/pict0010ip9.jpg http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9665/pict0011rt2.jpg The first one I think is some kind Aloe. Aloe Ferox is my best guess... although google images returns a couple different looking plants for those keywords. Mammillaria elongata (a variant) is apparently the brainy looking one. http://www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/potd/mammillaria_elongata_crest2.jpg http://www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/potd/2005/09/mammillaria_elongata_crest.php I think the two rounder ones are a type of Sclerocactus, but I have no idea really. Gymnocalycium mihanovichii is the one with the red bit grafted on it, according to another post in this forum. But aside from that I have not a clue as to what is what. Can anyone offer some help? I have been able to grow the Aloe, the Mammillaria and the barrel looking one for a long time, (7-9 years, admittedly not very well), and just recently the cold got to them all (I had others, not similar at all excepting one that was exactly like the tall bluish one) excepting these ones (although you can see they arent doing too well. The Aloe's stem broke, it is actually 90degrees from what it normally is, although it seems to be living off it's water stores in it's "leaves". The Mammillaria actually did really well considering, but I had to remove some scared/rotten tissue, and then the barrel looking one is actually coming back to life, I thought it had died years ago when it got knocked over and had it's root base destroyed. It never rotted though, so I kept it, and now it's growing little ones off the side again! =D). As of now I am mostly concerned with knowing their preferred temperature ranges, and whether they prefer to have a small pot with roots needing to grow in on themselves, or a larger pot that lets the roots space out. As all my new plants are now, they can be easily removed since the roots hold all the dirt, and I am wondering if moving to a much larger pot would be smarter, or if I should hold off and go to an intermediate one instead.
1. Aloe sp. (could be A. ferox) 2. Mammillaria elongata f. cristata 3. Hm... :) 4. Pilosocereus azureus 5. Notocactus ottonis 6. Ferocactus hamatacanthus 7. Gymnocalycium mihanovichii 8. Cereus peruvianus 'Floridianus'
thank you kindly, =) I had so much trouble getting the little info that I had, searching for dichotomous keys and such, =/ =] thanks again.
the Notocactus (parodia) ottonis has a dried strawflower hot-glued to the meristem, you should remove it.
thats hot glue! =O what on earth, jeez, i thought that was just some hard sap or something,.... thanks...
