
The Cactus ID Thread
#41
Posted 26 March 2012 - 07:27 PM
But i do have a cacti i need to ID. Had this puppy for over two years. It was a small 8" cutting and started rooting before i got it into soil. I was told it was a cuz of T Pachanoi. Maybe active, very low if it is. Can anyone of the experts tell me exactly what i have. I like it very much and will be cut from it's root stock and replanted this growing season.
Any thoughts are welcomed !
#42
Posted 26 March 2012 - 08:41 PM
thanks dooda....
#43
Posted 26 March 2012 - 10:10 PM
#44
Posted 27 March 2012 - 03:26 AM
#45
Posted 27 March 2012 - 11:19 AM
@ silverhair i think since noone else has anything to say i will go with either or ..........lets do this....
Edited by tizoc4u, 27 March 2012 - 04:58 PM.
#46
Posted 28 March 2012 - 01:05 AM
I got a little confused . Too meny brews and a few puffs !

I'm quite the light weight these years !
Sucks Tiz has to deal with that kind of negitivity . Electric cattle fences work pretty well. Pluse you can find good cheap psrts and build your own solar system ! Solar Electric fence that is ! Shock the shit out dem bastards !:amazed::special::dead:
Yes the common garden verity has short spines. But from what i read some true coultivers have the longer spines the true gean pool. Like i said i have no real clue of whet it really is. It's i nice looking cactus. I like how dark green it is and the flesh ribs how deep
Also that top view shot looks cool !:cacti:
#47
Posted 01 April 2012 - 08:42 AM
I grew this one from a mixed pack of seeds from the grocery store about 4 years ago I think it may be big enough for a name? ....
https://mycotopia.ne...44&d=1333287292
https://mycotopia.ne...45&d=1333287295
OOps a little big sorry ..
https://mycotopia.ne...46&d=1333287297
https://mycotopia.ne...47&d=1333287298
https://mycotopia.ne...48&d=1333287299
I had another one just like this one but I lost it .... have no idea where it went lol
#48
Posted 01 April 2012 - 09:48 AM
:kewl:
Edited by Arathu, 01 April 2012 - 09:49 AM.
Oh yeah
#49
Posted 01 April 2012 - 09:49 AM
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#50
Posted 01 April 2012 - 09:59 AM
#51
Posted 01 April 2012 - 10:20 AM
This is a young cactus so it is just starting to show it is getting taller not rounder so I thought I would start to id it this year
I like that other site too didnt know spines protect the cactus from sun cool and helps them collect moisture kinda thought this too collecting due a tiny bit of rain toward the roots to use the little bit of moisture to keep the cactus alive durring dry times
during wet times they will grow make use of the bounty of water and washed nutes during flood times
#52
Posted 01 April 2012 - 10:43 AM
Another thing I see is the denser the weave of spines are over the cactus, the more it filters direct sun upon the plant's body. It is exactly why I used a piece of screen and also an opaque plastic lid to partially shade my babies from the lights. We have much to learn and GAIA/Mother will teach if we listen.
Oh this is good stuff here!
#53
Posted 01 April 2012 - 10:49 AM
I have been looking myself too through thousands of pictures getting frustrated babies look different than adults sometimes which makes it harder
I think it is a tall cactus but it maybe just a round one stretching for the light too
#54
Posted 01 April 2012 - 12:07 PM
#55
Posted 01 April 2012 - 12:29 PM
thank you for the imput tho :)
#56
Posted 01 April 2012 - 02:23 PM
I have a few baby giant sagauro going ATM. Yours kinda looks like mine. I'll post a pic when i get home ! Only thing is , the ones i have were germinated last summer and are about an inch tall already. The giant sagauro takes 15 years to flower i beleive. Also for the arms to form. Or it might be 15' tall i forget. I'll have to get my facts straight !
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#57
Posted 01 April 2012 - 02:37 PM
Hay wild,
I have a few baby giant sagauro going ATM. Yours kinda looks like mine. I'll post a pic when i get home ! Only thing is , the ones i have were germinated last summer and are about an inch tall already. The giant sagauro takes 15 years to flower i beleive. Also for the arms to form. Or it might be 15' tall i forget. I'll have to get my facts straight !
Sagauro can take longer than that to flower, and they grow arms only to re-balance the weight. You can trick them by re-orienting them slightly at an angle, and they will produce an arm to offset the weight balance.
Skywatcher
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#58
Posted 01 April 2012 - 03:31 PM
So we will go with 3years old and i have a foggy brain lol
and it is just over an inch tall
that's a guess cause i cannot find my measure stick thingy lol
3 years one inch tall
#59
Posted 01 April 2012 - 06:16 PM
Here are those pix. First three are the Giant Saguaro. As said before, germinated last June.
The others are from a variety seed pack of south western US and south America.
The fat ones are barrel cacti. I had about twenty or so seed in that pack.
A Very small percentage germinated. I did not save the packaging so i don't know the genus or proper names !
#60
Posted 01 April 2012 - 06:33 PM
I forget where i read the info. I do remember them saying that it takes the 15 years before it would flower, so i'm sure it could take longer. Also i do stand behind that 15 years before it will produce arms. Not sure if there are subspecies of them, but i have seen photos of them with arms at the same segment. There were like five or six arms at the same heigth.Sagauro can take longer than that to flower, and they grow arms only to re-balance the weight. You can trick them by re-orienting them slightly at an angle, and they will produce an arm to offset the weight balance.
Skywatcher
I'll have to dig up them pic's. I just seen them a few days ago.
I know there is a potted sagauro about one foot tall for sale on EBay. But they wont ship , the buyer needs to pick it up at their place of buisness due to the weight !
Sorry for getting a little off topic !
Edited by doodaa man, 01 April 2012 - 06:52 PM.