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by Shmuel
Fri May 27, 2022 5:27 am
Forum: Succulent Identification
Topic: Confirm ID please 2
Replies: 7
Views: 1364

Re: Confirm ID please 2

Wasn't there an ancient Egyptian named Imhotep? Probably wasn't very humble...
by Shmuel
Wed May 25, 2022 4:44 pm
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: My greenhouse and plants
Replies: 162
Views: 78980

Re: My greenhouse and plants

Back in your Nov 2016 pics, you have a Pilosocereus pachycladus mistakenly labeled as Pachycereus pachycladus. Your plants must look great now 5 years later. Some pics?
Shmuel
Jerusalem Israel
Zone 9
by Shmuel
Tue May 17, 2022 11:29 am
Forum: Succulent Identification
Topic: ID please 3
Replies: 6
Views: 1175

Re: ID please 3

Your 3rd one (14a) is hard to tell but seems like the gopher plant Euphorbia rigida. Easy way to tell if it's a Euphorbia is to pick off a leaf and see if the sap it milky. Be careful though. If it is clear the plant may well be a Sedum.
Shmuel
Jerusalem Israel
Zone 9
by Shmuel
Tue May 17, 2022 11:24 am
Forum: Succulent Identification
Topic: ID please 3
Replies: 6
Views: 1175

Re: ID please 3

Be careful of Euphorbia tirucalli. The latex is VERY irritating and dangerous. Pruning is hazardous.
Shmuel
Jerusalem Israel
Zone 9
by Shmuel
Tue May 17, 2022 11:17 am
Forum: Succulent Identification
Topic: Aloe ID please
Replies: 2
Views: 713

Re: Aloe ID please

Wow! Excellent! Thank you so much. A. delaetii seems like a match.
Shmuel
Jerusalem Israel
Zone 9
by Shmuel
Tue May 17, 2022 9:40 am
Forum: Succulent Identification
Topic: Aloe ID please
Replies: 2
Views: 713

Aloe ID please

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This aloe has been driving me crazy for over 20 years #-o It is common in landscaping here. I'm sure it is a hybrid but does anyone have a name?

Thanks,
Shmuel
Jerusalem Israel
Zone 9
by Shmuel
Tue May 17, 2022 9:20 am
Forum: Succulent Identification
Topic: Confirm ID please 2
Replies: 7
Views: 1364

Re: Confirm ID please 2

Pachypodium looks good.
I am no expert on Euphorbias but the first one is a crest.

Shmuel
Jerusalem Israel
Zone 9
by Shmuel
Tue May 17, 2022 6:00 am
Forum: Succulent Identification
Topic: ID, if possible, please
Replies: 3
Views: 946

Re: ID, if possible, please

I'm not so sure it's a yucca. Was it outside in DC? Then probably yes. If on a greenhouse could be a Furcraea, maybe a young F. Roezlii or maybe bedinghausii.

Shmuel
Jerusalem Israel
Zone 9
by Shmuel
Fri May 13, 2022 5:21 am
Forum: Big Picture Project
Topic: Copiapoas, Eriosyce, and Copiapoas. Oh my...
Replies: 11
Views: 4630

Re: Copiapoas, Eriosyce, and Copiapoas. Oh my...

Beautiful photos. I have a lot of Eriosyce and Copiapoa from a friend in Chile. I water them as my other cacti but also spray (as with my other cacti.) Am I missing something with your pics - where are the names?
Shmuel
Jerusalem Israel
Zone 9
by Shmuel
Tue May 10, 2022 5:12 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Where did everyone go.
Replies: 88
Views: 20606

Re: Where did everyone go.

Hi all, I have been a member of cactiguide since 2008. It's been a while since I posted (or looked at the forum) because for a time there was very little action and a number of my posts went unanswered. I still used the site often for reference. Anyway, things seem to have picked back up, so I am gl...
by Shmuel
Sat Apr 25, 2020 9:16 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Coryphantha or Mammillaria?
Replies: 6
Views: 1071

Re: Coryphantha or Mammillaria?

Magdanag umaga!
Coyphantha usually are solitary and looks like yours is pupping like crazy. I though maybe C. reduncispina except for that. I did not see the classic Coryphantha groove on the top of the tubercle, but that is no proof. You may just have to wait for flowers...

Shmuel
by Shmuel
Tue Mar 26, 2019 6:56 am
Forum: General-Succulents
Topic: Red Aloe cameronii
Replies: 1
Views: 1818

Red Aloe cameronii

Hi all, I am desperately seeking a good red Aloe cameronii, cutting or plant in the US. I have copper, chocolate, and bronze colored, but never found a good red. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Willing to buy or trade or whatever... I thought there was a list of mail order places here somewhe...
by Shmuel
Mon Jul 09, 2018 5:25 am
Forum: General-Succulents
Topic: The Cactiguide Haworthia Thread
Replies: 90
Views: 48786

Re: The Cactiguide Haworthia Thread

:oops: LOL, I see I was responding to a 2014 post,,,

Shmuel
by Shmuel
Mon Jul 09, 2018 5:20 am
Forum: General-Succulents
Topic: The Cactiguide Haworthia Thread
Replies: 90
Views: 48786

Re: The Cactiguide Haworthia Thread

\:D/ Great photos and plants everyone. My H. cooperi truncata kind of fell out of its pot and is the size of a baseball. Not growing in soil at all for about a year - how's that for the ultimate non-organic mix. \:D/ \:D/ I also use mostly inorganic mix - I would rather loose something to drying out...
by Shmuel
Sun Jun 24, 2018 6:32 am
Forum: Succulent Identification
Topic: What kind of aloe?
Replies: 4
Views: 1431

Re: What kind of aloe?

From the llifle page on Aloe aculeata. http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCCULENTS/Family/Aloaceae/594/Aloe_aculeata It is easily identified from other similiar species with conspicuous sharp spines on the leaves in that it is the only known aloe whose spines spring from tuberculate white base bum...