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Post by mickthecactus on May 9, 2021 13:13:25 GMT
That cactus is beautiful!
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Post by bixaorellana on May 9, 2021 14:23:54 GMT
Thanks so much, Mick. I'm not sure of its proper name, but my best guess is Epiphyllum hookeri / E.hookeri strictum.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 10, 2021 11:15:33 GMT
Agave utahensis v nevadensis
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Post by bixaorellana on May 10, 2021 18:17:00 GMT
Wow ~ that is a beauty! How big will it get?
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Post by mickthecactus on May 10, 2021 18:29:51 GMT
I'm not sure. I know it needs a repot.
All the utahensis varieties are desirable.
Edit - looks like about 1.5 ft wide. Mine is about ten inches.
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Post by onlyMark on May 10, 2021 19:07:12 GMT
Mine is about ten inches. I've got twelve inches, but I don't use it as a rule.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 10, 2021 19:19:43 GMT
Oh, 1.5 is good. It means you won't ever have to get rid of it because it's too big. Do you have Aloe ferox? I have two -- one I got when it was fairly mature & another I got when it was about an inch tall. The baby one is now almost a foot tall. It retains that strictly lined-up candelabra shape of an immature plant, but is just now barely starting the process of fanning out its leaves. The other one is an absolute monster. It is shy of afternoon sun, very wide, and its spines are more vicious than any of my Agaves. It has definitely received the last repotting it will ever get from me & I'm thinking of giving it away. Hold the phone! After I wrote all that above, I went looking for a picture of the immature habit to show you. First I found this, which is all about how A.ferox is better than A.vera for healing. Okay, good to know, but ...... Continuing in the quest for a photo, I came across this picture, which sure does look like the plant I have, but which is identified as A.aculeata. *sigh*
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Post by mickthecactus on May 10, 2021 20:09:45 GMT
I had ferox at my old house but it eventually got too big to move back into the greenhouse and I had to wrap it and leave it out. It got through the first winter but the next one was vicious and it didn't make it.
I have aculeata - it's a spiny beauty.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 10, 2021 22:32:59 GMT
I saw an internet picture of an A.ferox in nature which had developed a trunk. Big!
I'll take pictures of my two vicious Aloes and you can tell me if they're ferox or aculeata, if you would, please.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 11, 2021 14:06:30 GMT
This is aculeata. You can tell that from the prominent white base of the spines.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 11, 2021 15:29:58 GMT
I swear it looks even more vicious than my spiny beasts. (of which I'll get pictures, I swear)
But those formidable spines are part of what makes it so beautiful. That one looks as though it doesn't like super strong sunlight either.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 11, 2021 15:34:51 GMT
Not a problem in this country! It’s just coming out of a very dull winter sleep.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 11, 2021 16:22:57 GMT
I checked it out. It’s a full sun Aloe for you,
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Post by bixaorellana on May 12, 2021 20:52:28 GMT
Thanks so much, Mick. As for full sun, the sun in Oaxaca is known for the way it picas -- stings or pricks the skin this time of year. That goes for plants as well as humans. The angle of the sun in early Spring here makes the rays much more intense. And thanks for the picture, which proves that I don't have aculeata. It's a beautiful plant! Here are my Aloe ferox. First, the baby, which you can see is just at the point of starting to spread its leaves ~
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Post by mickthecactus on May 12, 2021 21:01:13 GMT
Definitely ferox.
It was an American site that confirmed aculeata can take full sun and based in Arizona.
Stricta rubra would be stunning but handling it is a nightmare,
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Post by bixaorellana on May 12, 2021 21:06:51 GMT
My A.stricta is 32" across & I have it more or less in the center of the patio because I think it's such a show piece. In some ways it is easier to handle than other Agaves & definitely easier than that Aloe ferox. That's because stricta's leaves don't damage so easily when handling it. The main problem with it is pretty strange. Many visitors are drawn to it -- they somehow want to sort of pat it, which is very unwise.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 12, 2021 21:09:22 GMT
I’ve grown it but wouldn’t grow it again.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 12, 2021 23:14:26 GMT
Too big? I partly grow it for the envy aspect -- everyone seems to want it.
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Post by lugg on May 13, 2021 17:26:52 GMT
They are all really lovely.
The pot plant I posted about a while back is still going strong and looking very healthy at the moment - quite proud of myself.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 13, 2021 17:38:50 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on May 15, 2021 17:20:19 GMT
I suspect many here might not realise this is a cactus. Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus albiflorus
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Post by mickthecactus on May 16, 2021 16:03:57 GMT
Mammillaria tezontle
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Post by bixaorellana on May 16, 2021 16:22:59 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on May 16, 2021 16:31:41 GMT
Thanks bixa but I seem to need a password to get into it.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 16, 2021 18:08:31 GMT
Did you scroll down the link, Mick? I didn't try to download the pdf, but the rest of the information on the page, including illustrations, is pretty interesting.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 16, 2021 20:28:57 GMT
I hadn't scrolled down but have now. Some great articles although I can barely read them on the Kindle so need to fire up the computer!
How did you find it?
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Post by bixaorellana on May 16, 2021 22:08:49 GMT
Mick, I wanted to see some of the similar Mammillarias, some of which are native to Oaxaca. I think I just googled "mammillaria tezontle" & that was one of the things that came up.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 17, 2021 16:51:13 GMT
Huernia guttata
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Post by kerouac2 on May 17, 2021 17:55:12 GMT
It's interesting how often a lot of these plants prefer to keep their flowers at the bottom instead of the top.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 17, 2021 18:30:46 GMT
Yes indeed, in that family many do but not all as you will see in due course.
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