apothecary Posted October 25, 2005 Bought this one about halfway through winter this year, quite twisted and even more etiolated at the tip than it is now because it had been in the shade for god knows how long. It's in a rediculously tiny pot, but I didn't dare touch it until it had finished flowering for fear of shocking it and missing out on this sight ;) What is it? Has anyone else seen a columnar cacti flower at such a short height before? EDIT: Oh man, the spiderweb on this baby isn't the only one in my garden, all my cacti seem to have sprouted arachno protection forcefields! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zee_werp Posted October 25, 2005 It looks like what I would call a T. spachianus...although it has slightly longer spines that my T. spachianus and I'm not sure of what kind of flowers they are meant to have. Not to mention I've never properly 'keyed out' what I call my T.spachianus, but it just looks identical to a lot of pics I've seen so loosely categorised it as that. There's probably other things it could be, or it could be a hybrid of some description. But I'm pretty sure it is a Trichocereus of some description. Its a really nice cactus either way - what an interesting flower, it looks velvety. And the way it is angled down makes it seem like it must be designed for some very specific type of pollinator. You can see my 'T. spachianus' to the left of the foremost cactus in this pic: PS I don't think it looks etoliated, all of those types of trich are naturally much thinner than the 'San pedro' types. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strangebrew Posted October 25, 2005 Fairly sure you've got yourself a Borzicactus there, samaipatanus maybe? It'll keep branching from the base and won't get any fatter than that. Beautiful flowers! Mmmhmm, spiders love cacti. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apothecary Posted October 25, 2005 Zee, first photo, green pot is a T. spachianus ;) Thanks strangebrew, checking out some pics I reckon you might be right Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zee_werp Posted October 25, 2005 Aah yes...well clearly I am way off. Should have known by that un-characteristic lookin' flower that it probably wasn't trich. But its spination and those v-notches above each areole do give it a kind of trich-ish look to it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
faslimy Posted October 25, 2005 holy shit, you found a borzi. treat it well, they look so amazing when they put like 10 of those flowers out at once. I AM JEALOUS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benzito Posted October 25, 2005 It looks like my cactus at home, that i call a T. Huascha. But, mine has never flowered. But, I'm no cactician. :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M S Smith Posted October 26, 2005 Looks to be Cleistocactus samaipantanus. An older synonym was Borzicactus samaipantanus. Anderson doesn't recognize Borzicactus. ~Michael~ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
faslimy Posted October 26, 2005 I recognize Borzicactus -_- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M S Smith Posted October 26, 2005 Dude, you’re so pas se. ~Michael~ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apothecary Posted January 12, 2006 holy shit, you found a borzi. treat it well, they look so amazing when they put like 10 of those flowers out at once.I AM JEALOUS Is 4 enough? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
