My first cactus was a fairy castle cactus. Lots of acid trips staring at it. It was super big and my cats knocked it over anf i found it rotted out in a pile of its own dirt:(( But i got a new one thats a babu recently and its teensy and im excited to see it grow. So thatd have to be my fave.

2022年12月26日 · so i have a question about these little grafted fellas called moon cacti. the colorful bit doesn't do much besides look pretty, and the rootstock is clearly a dragon fruit cutting with healthy roots. could i cut colorful part off and grow the dragon fruit rootstock into a …

2023年9月24日 · Some pics of both of the province’s native cacti ( Escobaria vivipara and Opuntia fragilis) from today’s hike. Both species are found in sandy and very well draining soil. Southern Manitoba is generally USDA zone 2b/3a with lows sometimes reaching below -40C/F in …

2022年3月17日 · There's also a lot of disagreement on cactus taxonomy, so one source will list a plant as one species, while another will have it under a different name. There's also recent molecular studies that show some species, like Echinocereus coccineus, is really several different species even though they may not look too different from each other.

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Moreover, which cactus species, in your experience, have shown the most promising results when propagated through tissue culture? I'm interested in understanding both the scientific and practical aspects of this - factors like rarity, conservation status, and difficulty in …

2023年9月9日 · The modern cacti species developed after the separation of the continents. Notably, the "old world" has plants which serve a similar ecological niche, the spurges. There is a single species of mistletoe cactus that has been found in Africa and Sri Lanka, which is believed to have been introduced within the last thousand years by either birds or ...

2021年11月14日 · These are apparently one of the largest growing cactus species though so I don't know what you (or I) am going to be doing with ours years down the line. I'm not sure if these can be grown from cuttings but if it's still a concern for you I'd saw it off about a third of the way up, let it callous (maybe for a month for one this thick) and try ...

Echinocactus is a kind of cactus species typically called the barrel cactus. They come from the household of Cactaceae and belong to North and South America. Echinocactus species are known for their distinctive shape, which resembles a barrel.

This post will be stickied as a reference to help people identify the common San Pedro Lookalikes. The following plants are columnar cacti that are easily confused for the Trichocereus species. You can use this guide to compare your mystery cactus to these photos and descriptions. #1 - Cereus species - The infamous "Peruvian Apple Cactus."