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by Lewis_cacti
Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:01 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Pilosocereus pachycladus??? or royenii???
Replies: 5
Views: 2355

IMO the spines don't look yellow enough to be P.pachycladus.
by Lewis_cacti
Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:59 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: I bet nobody here can id this plant
Replies: 15
Views: 2871

The Echinopsis could be E.oxygona or some common hybrid.
by Lewis_cacti
Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:56 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Trichocereus Terschekii Crest?????????
Replies: 6
Views: 992

whilst the spination of cristate plants can differ considerably when compared to normal specimens of the same species I'd imagine that a T.terscheckii crest would have longer and heavier spination than your plant.
by Lewis_cacti
Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:54 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Can;t seem to pin it down
Replies: 7
Views: 1325

WOW!
could be a Gymnocactus/Turbinicarpus horripilus.
trully incredible specimen.
by Lewis_cacti
Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:41 am
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: is this a variegate?
Replies: 5
Views: 1202

graft graft graft! :)
by Lewis_cacti
Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:39 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: new plants for id sir
Replies: 10
Views: 2531

the first one does look Echinopsis/Trichocereus-like to me, but I can't put a species name on it sorry.

I'm very jealous of the myrtillo, its an awesome plant and i've never seen one of that form here before.
by Lewis_cacti
Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:37 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Identification Please
Replies: 6
Views: 1049

G.saglionis or pflanzii.
by Lewis_cacti
Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:05 am
Forum: General
Topic: Trimming a Cactus????
Replies: 7
Views: 2175

^ yeah, being an Echinopsis that is likely. :wink:
by Lewis_cacti
Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:49 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Cacti id if you can help
Replies: 11
Views: 1777

and don't water it immediately after repotting, wait a week or so. and if you repot it now then don't water til spring.
by Lewis_cacti
Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:45 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: What cactus is this?
Replies: 3
Views: 802

i agree with Tony.
by Lewis_cacti
Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:42 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: some new plants
Replies: 16
Views: 4151

i'll have a few guesses; 1. i thought melocactus but spines are wrong. still I've never seen a Disocactus at a big box store, and i thought they were fairly rare in general. 2. Trichocereus/Echinopsis hybrid. looks like a shorter spined version of T.grandiflora.. 3. Mammillaria sp. 4. Parodia sp. 5....
by Lewis_cacti
Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:10 am
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: Echinomastus seedlings
Replies: 20
Views: 3765

i know you may consider this cheating or non-puristic but maybe you could graft a few seedlings to speed their growth time to maturity (by many many times!) so you can use them as stock plants for seed production much quicker. Also eliminates the difficulty of culture!
by Lewis_cacti
Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:01 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: New cactus! Not sure, maybe a Ferocactus species?
Replies: 7
Views: 1182

New one is a Notocactus/Parodia, a super spiney specimen if its a N./P.mammulosa.

Grumpy looks to be some form of Mammillaria.

Agree with M.vetula ssp. gracilis for the last one, but it is in need of more light.
by Lewis_cacti
Sun Feb 15, 2009 7:57 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Cacti id if you can help
Replies: 11
Views: 1777

Yes, it is in need of more light, as hard as that may be to achieve in the UK.
by Lewis_cacti
Sat Feb 14, 2009 7:29 am
Forum: Free For All
Topic: Raising a butterfly........
Replies: 8
Views: 1585

great work CV!!

I have also done this, with this local butterfly:
http://photos.rnr.id.au/butterflies/Papilio.jpg
Dingy swallowtail or Citrus butterfly, Papillo anactus.
The caterpillars feed on orange tree leaves.