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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 5, 2021 15:44:03 GMT
Stapelia hirsuta ssp gariepensis
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Post by tod2 on Jul 5, 2021 15:54:05 GMT
What a strange looking flower....reminds me of something. Mick, are you getting a flower-a-day in your greenhouse?
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 5, 2021 18:00:19 GMT
Mega wow!!! That is a rare beauty, Mick. Does it have foliage similar to S.gigantea? Not enough showing for me to tell. Really spectacular!
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 5, 2021 18:13:17 GMT
Yes very similar.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 6, 2021 8:54:26 GMT
Huernia rubra FN310
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 9, 2021 12:27:54 GMT
Copiapoa barquitensis
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 9, 2021 17:55:25 GMT
The Huernia is lovely, of course, but oooooo that cactus! Nice clump -- how old is it?
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 9, 2021 18:33:18 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 11, 2021 10:14:58 GMT
Echeveria Paul Bunyan
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 11, 2021 10:15:59 GMT
Crassula barklyi
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 11, 2021 10:17:02 GMT
Agave species
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Post by tod2 on Jul 11, 2021 12:58:36 GMT
The Agave looks so menacing with it's "C'mere let me stab you" leaves.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 13, 2021 18:16:01 GMT
Sorry -- thought I'd commented on those weird & wonderful succulents, Mick. C.barklyi is out of this world! Euphorbia aeruginosa in the foreground with Bulbine frutescens behind it, both bracketed by Aloe ferox on the left & Agave attenuata on the right ~
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 13, 2021 18:28:41 GMT
That’s a lovely Bulbine.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 13, 2021 19:34:20 GMT
Thanks, Mick. I can't take any credit except for finding a spot it likes. It grows like mad in my climate.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 22, 2021 16:04:41 GMT
Homalocephala texensis
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 22, 2021 16:35:19 GMT
Ohhh ~ nostalgia! Those grew all over the place where I lived in Texas -- in the extreme southeastern corner of the state where it meets Mexico on the Gulf of Mexico. It was always called "horse crippler" there. Mick, you would have thought yourself in paradise during Spring in that area. The number of wild large cacti putting out colorful flowers was astounding. pee ess ~ I was going to ask you how to tell Homalocephala from Ferocactus, but figured I'd better do a little research first. I see I'm not the only one with this question: cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5849
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 22, 2021 17:18:22 GMT
I recognise a few names on that forum.
This has passed between Homalocephala and Echinocactus for years and has passed back to Homocephala again for now. Personally I have no problem distinguishing this from Ferocactus (said he, showing off).
This plant is about 40 years old, in an 8" pan and has only flowered twice. It should really be flatter but our light isn't strong enough to encourage it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 22, 2021 18:00:24 GMT
Yeah, I'll bet more than a few of those names are familiar to you. Show off all you want -- you are the person I immediately turn to with questions about succulents. You did not, however, elucidate on how exactly you can distinguish the two families. Mick, where I lived in Texas, not only was it possible to see H. texensis growing in situ, but many people including me kept them in pots. I don't know if this is pertinent to your flat vs. round comment, but I've always been struck by how certain biznagas (Mexican term for all round cacti)* will pull themselves down into the pot and others will not. If memory serves, H. texensis was happy to remain round in a pot as opposed to naturally flattening more in the ground. * not to be confused with: blog.visitacostadelsol.com/en/story-of-the-biznaga-a-symbol-of-malaga
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 23, 2021 8:37:38 GMT
I do have difficulty distinguishing big habit Echinocactus from Feros though.
Yes I am sure they are flatter in the ground. All those horses treading on them.
The flattest pot cactus I know is Ferocactus macrodiscus- a real beauty.
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Post by onlyMark on Jul 23, 2021 13:07:42 GMT
I do have difficulty distinguishing big habit Echinocactus from Feros though. A common problem for all of us.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 23, 2021 15:01:20 GMT
I have to caress the thorns to feel the difference.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 23, 2021 16:31:53 GMT
am sure they are flatter in the ground. All those horses treading on them. Har har!The flattest pot cactus I know is Ferocactus macrodiscus- a real beauty. I think that is what I have -- just went out & looked at it carefully. It is definitely the one that likes to pull itself down into the pot. This is a cactus I got at my local market. It had been unkindly ripped from its native soil & was lying on the ground with what was left of its roots exposed.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 23, 2021 17:57:03 GMT
That is bad, really bad.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 23, 2021 18:28:49 GMT
But it's good now, Mick. I got it several years ago, potted it up and watched over it like mad. It's a big healthy brute now.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 23, 2021 18:43:46 GMT
It’s bad that plants are removed from the wild. Totally unacceptable now.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 23, 2021 18:45:59 GMT
Absolutely. You would die a thousand deaths if you saw the living adornments sold in markets here at Christmas time. Zillions of different kinds of bromeliads ripped from trees along with acres of Spanish moss.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 23, 2021 18:53:50 GMT
When they’re gone, they’re gone. Incidentally I’m stripping out a tired front bed to turn into another cactus and succulent bed. Watch this space.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 23, 2021 20:46:54 GMT
Let them go free!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 23, 2021 22:11:55 GMT
Incidentally I’m stripping out a tired front bed to turn into another cactus and succulent bed. Watch this space. Please remember to take "before" pictures!
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