Pretty sure this is a common cacti but I'm a newbie lol
Pretty sure this is a common cacti but I'm a newbie lol
I found this cacti at a garden centre; unfortunately they had stuck a cocktail stick into it and a deep wound was inflicted. It has partially healed. I am very curious to find out what cacti it is? I'm a total newbie but I'm fairly fascinated by cacti! Thanks!
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Re: Pretty sure this is a common cacti but I'm a newbie lol
Some Parodia / Notocactus. Don't know the specific species, though.
Re: Pretty sure this is a common cacti but I'm a newbie lol
It is 6cm tall and it is taller than it is wide.
Re: Pretty sure this is a common cacti but I'm a newbie lol
Notocactus magnificent
Balloon cacti maybe?
Balloon cacti maybe?
Re: Pretty sure this is a common cacti but I'm a newbie lol
parodia magnifica? Looks about right! Thanks!
Re: Pretty sure this is a common cacti but I'm a newbie lol
Or maybe Parodia warasii
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Re: Pretty sure this is a common cacti but I'm a newbie lol
If the skin is as green as it looks in the picture, likely warasii. Parodia magnifica is more blue.
Spence
Re: Pretty sure this is a common cacti but I'm a newbie lol
I'd say balloon cacti are more powdery greenish then bluish- or atleast that's how i see it
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Re: Pretty sure this is a common cacti but I'm a newbie lol
All "blue" cacti have a powdery bloom on the surface which produces a blue appearance, there's no blue pigment. It needs good light to develop, though - it could be either one depending on the growing conditions.
Spence
Re: Pretty sure this is a common cacti but I'm a newbie lol
Yes they only get there bluish color on their skin when the light forms the powdery coating on the cactus skin