Photos of some of my cacti

[spong]

If anyone wants the names or closeups of any of them, just ask

[spong]

And some closeups of some of my favourites.

Edited February 23, 2010 by spong

[GingaNinja]

awesome collection spong

[tripsis]

Indeed, very nice. Is that a terscheckii graft?

[spong]

Thanks guys

The one on the tall pach? That's a browningia hertlingiana, I really love the blue colour they get.

[karode13]

Hey spong!

Looking lovely as always.

[Alice]

Nice collection, I enjoy the variety. All very healthy looking.

Are you into bonsai? Thought I spotted some starters in pic 4, ficus, gingko, and perhaps an elm cutting and a couple of shimpaku cuttings?

[spong]

Yeah I used to be really into bonsai, it's more my Dad now, most of those cuttings there were his. I'll put up a few pictures of the bonsai too

They're not the best photos, it was a gloomy dim day when I took them.

Edited February 23, 2010 by spong

[Alice]

Cool, thanks for the pics. Nice trident in the last image.

[Quill]

Wow nice stuff. Love the aztekium, trichos, euphorbia obesa?, and fruitage. Thanks for sharing.

beautiful collection

[bluejay700777]

Hey Spong great collection there mate.

What kind of Echinopsis is that by the Echinocereus Pectinatus? I have been given some of these plants and the young pups look identical to yours but I am unsure of what type they may be.

Cheers

[bℓσωηG]

good selection ! what is the one with funky spines? to the left of this pic? im dumfounded http://img59.imageshack.us/i/p2302101116.jpg/

[spong]

Do you mean the lobivia arachnacantha? They look a bit like young pups on some types of echinopsis.

[spong]

good selection ! what is the one with funky spines? to the left of this pic? im dumfounded http://img59.imageshack.us/i/p2302101116.jpg/

 

That's a euphorbia valida :)Here's a photo from a little while ago.

[bℓσωηG]

That's a euphorbia valida :)Here's a photo from a little while ago.

 

nice , so theyre actually flowers not spines , i thought they were funny looking spines lol, euphorbias are cool i dig the stripes...

[bluejay700777]

I'm not sure :s The one to the right of the pec in the middle.

[spong]

Yeah they're stems the flowers grow on that dry out and go hard once the flowers die, they look really good when they're older and surrounded by the stems.

Bluejay, I'm actually not sure about that one, it was just one I'd been growing since I was a kid and never knew the name or where I got it, I took some cuttings off it and I'm now trying to get it healthier so it'll flower and I can figure out what it is.

[bluejay700777]

Ah so we are in the same boat The closest idea of have is oxygona but I am such an amateur.

[Chiral]

ahhh a fellow bonsai enthusiast...lovely stuff.

[Pacha]

Very nice collection, thanks for sharing!

[spong]

I've been doing a bit of googling, perhaps it could be Echinopsis calochlora?

[bluejay700777]

Yours may be. Mine doesn't seem to have the lumpish (can't think of the right word) growth on the larger ones but rather thinner ridges. I'll post some pics up of the larger ones.

and a couple of the pups I planted.

Edited March 1, 2010 by bluejay700777

[bℓσωηG]

I've been doing a bit of googling, perhaps it could be Echinopsis calochlora?

 

pretty hard to tell until they flower ,and there are alot of echinopsis hybrids out there , to get them to flower earlier keep taking off the pups to keep it solitary growth

[bluejay700777]

Cheers for the advice. Will do.

[Teotzlcoatl]

Is that a grafted "True Blue" peruvianus I see up there?