johnnyqg Posted June 20, 2012 Please help me ID my new cacti. All were very yellow when I got them but they are greening up now. I bought the first cactus at a nursery in California, it had no label and the owners were unable to identify it: The second cactus was in a box marked free left at the side of the road: This cactus was also in the free box. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Evil Genius Posted June 20, 2012 Hi Johnny, 1+3 are monstrose cereus jamacarus and the second one is probably some kind of Thelocactus. bye Eg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Paisano Posted June 20, 2012 Hi, the 1st and 3rd are cereus puruvianus monstrose or cristate cultivars and the second one im not sure but maybe a type of gymnocalicium. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 johnnyqg Posted June 20, 2012 Thank you for the very fast answers. Here are a few more from the free box: A Cereus? about 5cm in diameter at the widest point A mammillaria? 6 or 7 cm diameter ? about 3 cm diameter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Paisano Posted June 20, 2012 3 looks like m. elongata 2 im not sure 1 is a Pilosocereus pachycladus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 mutant Posted June 20, 2012 post #1 lol i like it we give different opinions about picture 2. not a gymno IMO. it looks a bit like a notocactus, not sure if its a monster or a morphing from damage. which species of noto? no idea, the spines like trichocereoid in fact. look up N.uebelmanianus [both pink and yellow flowered vars exist] pica 1+3 look like cereus monstrosa species, dunno which for sure.. I am growing some from seed [cereus peruvian monster] and I will providing pics soons though... maybe EG is right and 1 = jamacaru and 3=peruvianus post #4 1. Cereus jamacaru or some Pilosocereus [azureus?] 2. maybe Mammillaria spinosissima "rubrispina" 3. mammilaria Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Jox Posted June 20, 2012 (edited) HI jonnyqp, good luck with your id's. I think everyone's on the money with pics 1 & 3, Cereus ? monstrose, I've seen it sold at the shops as "fairy castle cacti". @ mutant, I have read that cereus monstrose seeds will grow into normal cereus most of the time, you need to use cuttings to keep the monstrose. This is what i have read ( I haven't grown them from seed myself ). Edited June 20, 2012 by Jox Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 mutant Posted June 21, 2012 (edited) no that's not true, at least for my seed. the best percent of the seed was monster seedlings from early on, few normal ones... Edited June 21, 2012 by mutant 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Please help me ID my new cacti. All were very yellow when I got them but they are greening up now.
I bought the first cactus at a nursery in California, it had no label and the owners were unable to identify it:
The second cactus was in a box marked free left at the side of the road:
This cactus was also in the free box.
Thanks
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