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by CactusFanDan
Sun Aug 10, 2014 11:40 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Are these healthy?
Replies: 47
Views: 7278

Re: Are these healthy?

The worst part about using unglazed ceramic pots is when you come to repot your plants in them and you have to rip off so much root tissue which is stuck right to the side of the pots as the plant has tried to root into the clay. Sure they help plants to dry out faster, but if your plants are health...
by CactusFanDan
Sun Aug 10, 2014 11:21 pm
Forum: Cultivation
Topic: Pale greenish yellow cactus
Replies: 10
Views: 1418

Re: Pale greenish yellow cactus

Did you get your plant from David Quail (Aristocacti)? I've heard from others that some of his plants suffer from Magnesium deficiency, since he grows these slow growing types in seed trays for the first few years. Perhaps adding a little epsom salts to your next watering would be beneficial. Howeve...
by CactusFanDan
Sat Aug 09, 2014 2:00 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Does anyone know what my cacti are?
Replies: 4
Views: 946

Re: Does anyone know what my cacti are?

They're all a bit etiolated and would benefit from more light.
1. Mammillaria polythele
2. Euphorbia enopla
3. Cleistocactus strausii
by CactusFanDan
Sat Aug 09, 2014 1:54 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: identification
Replies: 5
Views: 825

Re: identification

A monstrose Eriosyce of some kind. Maybe the one usually sold as Neochilenia cv 'China Wonders'.
by CactusFanDan
Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:09 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Are these healthy?
Replies: 47
Views: 7278

Re: Are these healthy?

The plants themselves look healthy, but that will soon change if you don't get them out of that terrible looking soil mix. Repot into a mix with far less organic matter.
by CactusFanDan
Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:03 pm
Forum: Cacti Places
Topic: Anyone ever been to the Atacama, Chile?
Replies: 4
Views: 2464

Re: Anyone ever been to the Atacama, Chile?

I know an English-speaker who lives in San Pedro de Atacama. I would love to visit some day. Touring the entirety of Chile would be awesome. :)
by CactusFanDan
Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:00 pm
Forum: Cacti Places
Topic: UK online nurseries
Replies: 10
Views: 3620

Re: UK online nurseries

I've bought lots of cacti on ebay in the UK over the past three years and haven't yet had a bad experience. If you look at the individual feedback comments on a seller's rating, you get a feel for the reliable sellers. Good call, I have had some very nice plants from uk ebay sellers. As have I, but...
by CactusFanDan
Tue Aug 05, 2014 7:41 pm
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: Root tuber gone wrong
Replies: 4
Views: 711

Re: Root tuber gone wrong

Probably rot. Doesn't sound healthy whatever happened to it.
by CactusFanDan
Sun Aug 03, 2014 6:10 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Two Columnars for ID please
Replies: 7
Views: 1093

Re: Two Columnars for ID please

Echinopsis spachiana and Pilosocereus pachycladus are my guesses.
by CactusFanDan
Sun Aug 03, 2014 6:09 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: whats this scion
Replies: 4
Views: 1150

Re: whats this scion

Sulcorebutia arenacea, I guess.
by CactusFanDan
Sun Aug 03, 2014 6:07 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Need help identifying this seedling
Replies: 9
Views: 1446

Re: Need help identifying this seedling

I disagree, looks like Carnegiea gigantea - Saguaro. E. grusonii seedlings are stouter and have a different aerole structure.
by CactusFanDan
Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:35 pm
Forum: General
Topic: NEED HELP FINDING OUT THE NAME OF THIS CACTUS
Replies: 41
Views: 6219

Re: NEED HELP FINDING OUT THE NAME OF THIS CACTUS

There is a subforum specifically for cactus identification. More people would see probably your post there. The smaller plant in the pot is Stenocereus pruinosus, but I'm not sure what the big one is.
by CactusFanDan
Thu Jul 31, 2014 4:40 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Mammillaria name please
Replies: 2
Views: 498

Re: Mammillaria name please

Mammillaria schiedeana.
by CactusFanDan
Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:46 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Slightly over-potted?
Replies: 14
Views: 2023

Re: Slightly over-potted?

Here's another one. Copiapoa hypogaea ssp tenuissima. Odd question for you, Ian -- when you transplant cacti, do you center them in the pot? My reason for asking is that I'm pretty good at centering mine, and I notice that a number of them go through "continental drift" as their root grow...
by CactusFanDan
Mon Jul 28, 2014 2:07 am
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: More seedlings
Replies: 1
Views: 653

Re: More seedlings

They look good! :)