Cactus identification help

6 years ago

I've been trying to identify this cactus forever but have had no luck. Everytime I ask at a plant store they say "skeleton cactus" but googling that just leads to cactus skeletons. Anyone know?

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Alain (Pacifica, CA;10a)
6 years ago
Looks like Tephrocactus articulates v, papyracanthus. Hopefully someone will confirm or correct soon!
Chantal Wong thanked Alain (Pacifica, CA;10a)
Alain (Pacifica, CA;10a)
6 years ago
Please note that they can rot easily if too much water. They need a very fast draining soil and sun. Difficult to say in the picture but your plant may need to be repotted with new soil and higher in the pot
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If you touch the white spots with a wooden skewer or something of that sort, do they pull away like cotton? If so, you have mealy bugs. If not, I'd say you have some sort of mold or fungus growth. To take care of mealy bugs, you can wipe them off with a mixture of 50/50 rubbing alcohol and water and a q-tip. You will have to do this every day for a few weeks. Yes, you also need to remove the others from the pot if they are not already infected. That being said, it is hard for me to tell if this 100% mealy bugs or if it is a fungus. So do the skewer test first. - Sam :)
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I recently bought a cactus which didn't have any ID! It would help if some of you guys helped me with it!
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Yes, you should repot it. Don't divide it. Carefully take it out of the pot y and clean most of the soil from the roots, often there is soil around that will not come off, don't worry about that. Get another pot bigger by about an inch across the top. Make some cactus and succulent soil with 1 measure potting soil and 1 measure pumice or perlite. Plant the cactus letting the soil only come up to cover little more than the roots. The top of the soil should be 1/4 tp 1/2 an inch from the top of the pot.
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Kara 9b SF Bay Area CA
6 years ago
Alain is right on with id and gave you very good advice. The mix needs to be faster draining. Just some plain ol perlite will do the trick. Mix 60% with some C&S soil. Your Opuntia needs way more sun. See how the new growth isn't as fat and round more long and narrow. This is a sign of not enough light. Most cactus do not make the best indoor plants. I'm not saying it can't be done, but most cactus are sun worshippers:).

I would start out by giving it full morning sun and then afternoon shade for a bit. Then see how the plant responds and up the sun exposure from there. Will not be happy if you give it all day sun all of a sudden.

Sorry I'm not trying to come off pushy. I just really like cactus and want them to all be happy:). Goodluck:).

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Alain (Pacifica, CA;10a)

Alain (Pacifica, CA;10a)

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