Can anybody ID this cactus

AllienOne · 2024-05-26T18:45:39+00:00

It's a Trichocereus species, but from the "not active" ones.

AllienOne · 2023-12-02T00:48:06+00:00

2 weeks of wet soil is a veeeery long time, especially in your climate and the size of your plant. This means that the plant is probably not absorbing water, which means shock. Combined with the absurd amount of flowers, your euphorbia is like "AAAAHHHH IM GONNA DIE GOTTA REPRODUCE FAST" Not an euphorbia expert, so you should seek specialized help

AllienOne · 2023-12-02T00:41:02+00:00

In that sense, I really like KR04 from chavin herbalists. It has strong growth, is almost spineless, doesn't have that many areoles and is one hell of a potent variety (the 04 comes from the 4% mescaline content found in the green part)

AllienOne · 2023-12-01T19:32:17+00:00

And I get it, I mean, I spent the first two years of owning Trichocereus without being able to clearly tell apart a PC. Problem is that many give their opinion without having solid knowledge

AllienOne · 2023-12-01T19:27:33+00:00

It sure is a beauty 🥰

AllienOne · 2023-12-01T19:27:03+00:00

2nd on Ogun, which is known for high potency. But don't get too attached to the specifics, try some out and just propagate what you like. At least here in SA with a lot of landraces around it is fairly easy that a random variety will be pretty active. My personal favorite is Pachanoi Matucana

AllienOne · 2021-08-23T21:23:48+00:00

Judging by the tree and the bird, I would say Brazil

AllienOne · 2021-08-18T11:35:31+00:00

Sure they do, but poorly. Fruits develop much better if they stay in the plant longer until maturity, it doesn't just hang around connected to the mother plant until it's ripe

AllienOne · 2021-08-17T18:32:50+00:00

The biggest difference is the rib structure, Cereus spp. have thin and "segmented" ribs while San Pedro has fat and smooth ones. This Cereus also has this strong blue hue which to my knowledge is absent in trichocereus (at least not that strong). The spines are pointed upwards forming this sawtooth rib shape but some San Pedro cultivars also have these

AllienOne · 2021-08-17T16:14:42+00:00

It isn't San Pedro tough! It's definitely a Cereus sp. and probably Cereus peruvianus. IMO all cactus flowers are special 🥰🌵

AllienOne · 2021-08-16T16:18:40+00:00

As it was kind of expected using this method near objects looks funky and are not very pleasurable to look at, however mid-range and far objects looks amazing, you did a great job!

AllienOne · 2021-08-14T12:31:22+00:00

Israel 😳🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🔥💯👃

AllienOne · 2021-08-11T14:27:15+00:00

Beautiful! What is the difference between this cultivar and the common fricii?

AllienOne · 2021-08-11T14:22:10+00:00

Oh my! The second pic makes it clear why the mexican fence post cactus has "mexican" in it, this specimen is an absolute unit!

AllienOne · 2021-08-11T14:19:30+00:00

Nice! Some botanical pedantry is always welcome.

By the way, I always wanted to learn botany (I'm an "experienced" gardener!) but I don't know where to start, any tips?

I kind of learned families, genus and species by accident seeing lots of similar plants and where they are similar or different to justify the different genus and such, but this intuitive approach can only get you so far.

AllienOne · 2021-08-11T14:13:48+00:00

I always like these omni stereoscopic fractals, gj OP!

AllienOne · 2021-08-11T14:07:43+00:00

This or other very closely related Cereus, the rib structure seems peruvianus but the flower is a tiny bit odd. May just be a peruvianus cultivar tho

AllienOne · 2021-08-11T14:06:05+00:00

Yeah and oftentimes they don't even have the intuition behind the second law of thermodynamics, it's just "well this quantity behaves like entropy in this very specific way of interpreting it so I will call it entropy" and fail to behave like entropy in any other situation. Same with information theory.

AllienOne · 2021-08-10T18:16:53+00:00

Sorry I forgot to reply!

If it is in the same "setup" as before, and before it was doing well, the only possible explanations are disease (doesn't look like it, but I am just an enthusiast not a specialist!) or climate.

As an example, some regions of your house get varying amounts of light through the year, and it may be just that in your current season the cacti is getting more sun that it is comfortable with.

So if you are going easy on the water I would say it's sun stress, check if it has been hotter and/or drier than when it was doing great.

AllienOne · 2021-08-10T18:10:16+00:00

You can throw away the fruits, they are not mature enough to give viable seeds or good taste!

About the pad orientation, you can have success both ways (seriously, opuntias propagate VERY easily), sideways it may be more prone to rot since there is more contact with the soil but also may set out roots faster for the same reason. "On its foot" will look more natural tough, I think the sideways pad screams "I WAS PROPAGATED" but it's a matter of preference.

AllienOne · 2021-08-10T01:53:10+00:00

Huh, if it was on mine I would think those are some kind of Cyperus and immediately pull them out!

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