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Cacti and Succulent IDs Please- New Thread

16 years ago

Just a new thread to my "cacti and succulent IDs Please post"... just wanted to answer the last person who posted.

rjm710,

I believe you are right on your ID of #2. To be honest, that is how the cacti looked when I bought it at the store. I find it frustrating to buy so many cacti and succulents only to go home, ID them, and realize they weren't properly taken care of (they are mishapen or have other issues usually from lack of light or water or too much). #3, an aloe? Interesting. I didn't think of it as maybe being an aloe. I will have to keep that in mind. I have no idea what is otherwise lol. Either it's a gasteria or an aloe, sort of got it narrowed down there. Thanks everyone for your insight.

Elizabeth

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crylady
16 years ago
Glad I came to this forum. You seem to be just the person to help me.
I have a large collection of cacti that no one wanted or knew the names of. I've been fortunate they all seem healthy. They are growing, some blooming and I don't have a clue what to do for them other than water and food.
Is there a site that shows pictures?
Is there one call Brain Cactus? If so I have one and love it.
Thanx for any info. crylady
plantomaniac
Original Author
16 years ago
crylady,
I don't know of a good place that shows pictures or am I an expert on caring for cacti, so I will leave that to the others to assist you on those topics. I do have some cacti myself, but this is my first summer with them, so it is hard for me to say if I'm even doing the right things for them. There is such a thing as a brain cactus. I think you can type it in on Google image or Yahoo! image to find a photo to be sure that is what you have.

Elizabeth
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crylady
16 years ago
Thanx, Elizabeth. I'm new to the forum and just now found this post (after a week or two) I'll try google. It's a neat plant.
rjm710
16 years ago
Elizabeth,
Thanks for your reply to my reply! The teeth on picture 3 suggests Aloe to me, as I've not seen any Gasteria with them. Time and flowers would help pin down a more definitive ID.
Crylady - The site below has many pictures of different Cactus genera. It might be quicker, however, to post pictures at a forum, where someone might venture some names for you. The brain Cactus might be a cristate or monstrose form of a number of different species.
Ray

Here is a link that might be useful: Cactus pictures
crylady
16 years ago
Elizabeth, I googled brain cactus and discovered what I have is not what is pictured. Mine is short, tree-like with short arms or branches. Very prickly, thorns that almost meet at the ends. Dark green.
I tried to join the cactiguide forum but couldn't get past the form they want filled out. Whats a ICQ number anyway,hehehe
I'll try to find a picure on some of the sites. It's neat.
Thanx, crylady
plantomaniac
Original Author
16 years ago
crylady,
Hmm... that defintely doesn't sound like a brain cactus lol. I'm not sure what that would be. Do you have a photo you can post, maybe someone can help you identify it? I didn't see a form when I clicked on the link to rjm710's URL he posted... I saw "latin name" on the left side near the middle of the screen and "common name" on the right, where you can type in either the latin name of the cactus or the common name. It seemed to work ok for me, I didn't see anything about ICQ? Did you click on anything right after you clicked the URL or no?

rjm710,
You're welcome lol. That sounds like that's all I can do, just wait until it blooms. I find that alot of cacti and succulents that you buy from "the cacti collection" or "the succulent" collection are mislabeled like crazy. I found two differents labels in two different pots, but they were the same plant! I returned one of the aloes/gaterias/whatever it is lol back to Lowes. I downsized my collection you could say...

Elizabeth
crylady
16 years ago
Elizabeth, I finally made it into Cactiguide's membership.
Still haven't seen what I have in any photo's but will keep at it.

Thanx for the help, Crylady
plantomaniac
Original Author
16 years ago
crylady,
I understand. To be honest with you, 3/4 of my cacti have no id's. I've been unable to find out what they are and don't believe I ever will lol.

Elizabeth

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