catuscatus1
Number of posts: 45
Location: australia
Registration date: 2010-08-17
 | | Subject: 3 id's needed Tue Aug 17, 2010 4:24 pm | |
| had these for awhile but still have not yet been able to identifie then. please help.   1   2   3 3 is a cutting i got given about a year ago. cheers. |
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Lachy
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Number of posts: 682
Location: Langwarrin
Registration date: 2008-04-05
| | Subject: Re: 3 id's needed Tue Aug 17, 2010 4:56 pm | |
| The second is - I believe - possibly some sort of Astrophytum. I'm not 100% on this ID - it's unlike any other astro I've ever seen; however no other genus really springs to mind either.
The last one looks like a spineless cultivar of Cereus perurianus. Give it a sunny spot in the ground and you'll end up with a nice feature plant in the garden. |
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Navajoa
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Number of posts: 497
Location: Australia
Registration date: 2009-09-15
| | Subject: Re: 3 id's needed Tue Aug 17, 2010 4:59 pm | |
| Yep, 2nd one is some sort od Astropyhtum asterias V nudum hybrid...probably with Astrophytum myriostigma..
First one looks to be an Oreocereus going by the wool... Last one could be a Cereus or a Trichocereus, bit hard to say....
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blowng
Calm and Collected
Number of posts: 255
Location: Mellville
Registration date: 2008-10-28
| | Subject: Re: 3 id's needed Tue Aug 17, 2010 5:53 pm | |
| First one looks like a Pilocereus , last one looks like a Cereus of some type , heres a good link:
http://www.columnar-cacti.org/index.html
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Navajoa
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Number of posts: 497
Location: Australia
Registration date: 2009-09-15
| | Subject: Re: 3 id's needed Tue Aug 17, 2010 6:52 pm | |
| Yep, Pilo looks good too... |
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cooky173
Number of posts: 46
Location: Brisbane
Registration date: 2010-08-02
| | Subject: Re: 3 id's needed Tue Aug 17, 2010 7:08 pm | |
|  This is my semi-nudus Melocactus. You could possibly have a nude melocactus. Have you seen the roots of your number 2? If it has a tap root that would get me agreeing 100% on astrophytum. Just remember that someone could have cut the tap root at some stage.
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catuscatus1
Number of posts: 45
Location: australia
Registration date: 2010-08-17
| | Subject: Re: 3 id's needed Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:11 pm | |
| i will look at the roots tomorrow. thanks heaps  |
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