my friend dropped this off a month ago, and I have NO clue what it is! Other than a rather bad case of scales (i think), can anyone help me with the id / maintenance of this guy? He's also grown an offset (again, not sure) at the bottom, and continues to sprout up top. I'm worried that the alcohol & water treatment I am using to treat the scales are harming it, more than helping.
Austrocylindropuntia subulata. Alcohol should not damage the cactus. I often use 50% ethanol or isopropanol to treat plants, the tougher cacti even withstand pure alcohol.
i got a bunch of them i have one cutting thats about 6 months old and i still havn't put it in ground it just sits on my tv and it has a bunch of long white pups and sum roots it amazing it still alive
Ah, so it IS a cactus, cool! Glad to hear that the alcohol isnt harming it..... doesn't seem like it is helping much, either though. How long should i keep up the treatments before an improvement is seen? king- are those pups, or tentacles??
they look like teticles lol it just amazed me that its still alive it is real humid here thats probly why its still alive
