Help With Identification of Two Plants

Discussion in 'Cacti and Succulents' started by SucculentRoseCactus, Oct 22, 2007.

  1. SucculentRoseCactus

    SucculentRoseCactus Member

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    Hello. Thank you all in advance for your time and help.

    My family and I were given cuttings of a type of cactus-succulent plant and we want to know what it is. We also have a plant we've had for many years in a toilet bowl that we recently transplanted into the ground. We want to what what kind of plant this is as well.
    As they say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here are a few pictures of each plant.

    http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m251/RoseBrideSama/018.jpg
    http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m251/RoseBrideSama/040.jpg
    http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m251/RoseBrideSama/028.jpg
    http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m251/RoseBrideSama/021.jpg

    If anyone has even the slightest clue what these plants are I would appreciate it.

    Thank you. SucculentRoseCactus.
     
  2. markinwestmich

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    Well, both appear to be members of the Euphorbia family. Closely related to Monadenium, but not. Since Euphorbias are a very large and highly variable family, they might be difficult to identify. I'll keep looking around.
     
  3. SucculentRoseCactus

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    I've found out what one is. The green one is the Opuntia Subulata; Austrocylindropuntia Subulata.
    The other is still a mystery.
     
  4. Lila Pereszke

    Lila Pereszke Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    The other looks like a Tephrocactus articulatus f. inermis
     
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    The last two photos ....021 and ....028 may be the Tephrocactus articulatus. The first two photos...018 and ...040 do not appear to be the Opuntia subulata. Although O. subulata has a similar stem appearance, it tends to grow more upright and is highly branched, almost like a bush. Whereas this one (.018 and .040) has very little branching and tends to grow as a single stem.

    I think you are close. It may be in the Opuntia family. I have a Monadenium richei that has similar looking stems, and several of the Euphorbias have similar appearing stems, as well, and is why my first thought was to look in this direction. I had totally forgot about looking in the Opuntia family.
     
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    Thank you all for your help! Lila Pereszke you hit the nail on the head, thank you!
     
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    http://www.rivenrock.com/osubulata.htm

    A photo of a mature O. subulata....very branched, like a prickly shrub. Not at all like photos that SucculentRoseCactus supplied us. Keep in mind that SucculentRoseCactus supplied us with photos of a mature plant. Do not get this confused with a juvinile form of O. subulata.
     
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    To me the first 2 photos look like a Tephrocactus of some sort and the second 2 photos look like some species of Opuntia subulata. Although my sublata has longer and and thicker spines than yours.
     

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