Intresting photo DaveW. You are correct that it is important to learn how plants grow in Nature. I have corresponded with one of the world's experts on a group of plants who seldom if ever goes out to the field and could not identify the plants from pictures. There are many plants that are only know...

Thank you for your help greenknight and for your comment Licespray! I wonder how old the hanging cactus is.

It has been along time since I posted anything, but I finally found something new to me. These plants are from near Ixtapan de la Sal, Mexico State, Mexico. They were growing high on a rock wall and I couldn't get very close. It looks like the fruits are pink. Mammillaria backebergiana has been repo...

Thank you Atozbotanicals, have a great evening!

Good afternoon, I was hiking near the Grutas de Cacahuamilpa in the mexican state of Guerrero when I found an Opuntia (unfortunately without flowers) that is more errect than any Opuntia I have ever seen. It was almost 3.5 meters tall and almost unbranched. Any help on the ID would be appreciated. I...

Thank you Tetrazole, That's the plant. You have great pictures of a great group of the succulent Euphorbias!

Thank you for your help greenknight, if the growth habits were more similar I could see it being a spinless E. perplexa. I am sure it is cultiated, not native, here in Mexico, but it is not expensive and is an atractive enough plant that I am surprized that it hasn't made it into cultivation in the ...

Could be a hybrid Thank you too for your efforts ElieEstephane. Hybrids often have misshapen pollen grains and I will check this. Also, I will try to get some fruits. (Hope it isn't self sterile). For the most part the central flowers seem to be male and the outer ones female, but I found an except...

... Do you have pictures of it from when it was younger? Usually cacti are easier to ID when mature but figured out the pictures of euphorbia found from internet are usually of younger plants Thank you for your efforts Pompom. I think the plant I purchased was a cutting as it looked just like the t...

Thank you for your efforts Maddiesicky. I have done a lot of looking too. Let's keep our fingers crossed!

Hi, I have been growing this Euphorbiaceae (the one with octopus-like stems, not the crown of thorns) for over 6 years and it is finally blooming, any help you can give me on an ID would be appreciated!

Thank you for your input 7george which gave me a chance to learn something about a plant I haven't seen yet. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find enough information on O. depressa to be sure, but what I was able to find left me with doubts. The CactiGuide website describes the flowers of this ...

Hi again, It has been a while since I found anything interesting but recently I found this Opuntia in Zihuatenejo, Guerrero, Mexico. Because of the hairs on the pad I thought O. tomentosa, but the habit and the spines didn't seem right. Any help you could give me would be appreciated. DSC_0463_01.JP...

Thanks again Rosemarie! Have a great evening!

Thanks for your kind words Rosemarie, I understand that this is a species from Chihuahua, Mexico and is esay to over water. Please keep your fingers crossed for me!