Please ID this cutting

[Quill]

Hey all,

so I went for a walk the other day and came across a large tree-like cactus in some guy's front yard. He was raking leaves out front so I started talking to him, about how I admired his cactus etc and I asked if i could get a cutting and he obliged.

I was hoping to get it IDed by some of you knowledgeable guys.

technical difficulties pics to come soon

Any ideas?

Edited January 18, 2010 by Quilliam

[Chiral]

lol...whats the bet it's a cereus peruvians..

[bℓσωηG]

yep lol , cereus for sure

[Quill]

are you cereus? (just a little cacti humour for ya)

[bℓσωηG]

 

http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=23027&view=&hl=cereus&fromsearch=1 was it anything like this? they are a common first time id for alot of us

[~shameless~]

Nah im betting it was a big fat opuntia ,secondary bet would be euphorbia

Edited January 18, 2010 by Mr G House aka shameless

[Quill]

yeah had a look at blowng's link, yeah looks pretty much like that, slightly diff tho, i'll work it out.

I did take some cutting off a mad opuntia recently tho.

anyway here's the unidentified cutting;

yeah sorry bout the quality

Edited January 19, 2010 by Quilliam

[bℓσωηG]

hehe... cereusly a cereus

[Quill]

is it c. peruvians?

[bℓσωηG]

not really sure check link tho maybe helpful http://www.columnar-cacti.org/cereus/index.html

[mac]

C. peruvians are fairly common around Australia i have a Monstrose with long spines like the one in your pic

Did you see any fruit on the plant ?

Edited January 20, 2010 by mac

[paradox]

Did you see any fruit on the plant ?

 

nom nom peruvian apple

[Quill]

nah no fruit but there were recently wilted flowers still attached

[mac]

nah no fruit but there were recently wilted flowers still attached

 

Its cereus for sure

If you get a chance to go back past there in the next few weeks see if thet have any fruits on them that should confirm if its Cereus peruvianus (peruvian apple)

Edited January 21, 2010 by mac

[Quill]

been past a few times, still no apples. It's on my favourite walking route, there are some seriously established cacti near where i live