What is this?

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the_cheshirecat
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What is this?

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As promised, here's the first ugly picture!
These cacti are growing in a bucket in a friend's garden.
Any guesses as to what this could be?

Cheers

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Re: What is this?

Post by ElieEstephane »

Trichocereus spachuanius or something smiliar. A photo of the flower would help if available
There are more cacti in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
One of the few cactus lovers in Lebanon (zone 11a) :mrgreen:
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Trichocereus candicans or huascha hybrid depending on flower. Spachianus is skinnier(regular versions).
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Wow that was quick!
Thank you!
Unfortunately there's no pictures of any flowers, but I have taken a few of the babies home with me so you never know...

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Ps any red flags re care? I have got all the babies to root and I've planted them in cacti compost... nothing much seems to be happening right now, which tends to be a good sign me thinks?
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Clones of this thing? try to gently pull them out of the compost to see if they started having roots.
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Yup, roots are definitely there!
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Post by stefan m. »

Usually i put them in small pots after rooting, let the root develop until big, and then repot.
In this period they will grow slowly, but it is expected.
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I am more used to succulents, so I put them in a wet incubator until they sprouted roots, and then potted them in the smallest pots I have.
They seem happy enough, but just don't do much, which I guess is fine considering it's winter!
The only other cacti I have are two prickly pears (3 if you count the one that is refusing to put roots) which have rooted right away and are already showing new growth...
I guess I'm a bit too impatient for cacti!
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Post by stefan m. »

check out http://cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=39817.
Ive had two echeverias(2 and 1 years ownership) bloom right of the bat.
ive even had aloes, haworthias , gasterias , sedums flower.
Now im gonna have a bryophyllum daigremontianum flower-and ive only had it for 2 years.
Cacti, not so much. They are slower. Only opuntia humifusa is a regular bloomer.
Ive also had this cactus for six years now, and still no bloom.
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That's actually well impressive!
The only plant I can get to bloom is a kalanchoe.... :oops:
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If may drop another name, it looks more like Trichocereus schickendantzii to me.
Z, in (mostly) sunny Lisbon.
http://jardineiroazelha.blogspot.pt/
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Schickedantzii has saguaro like spines.
This thing is not that spiny.
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I'm not sure what you mean with "saguaro like spines", but the spination of the plant in the photo is a good match to the species description.
Z, in (mostly) sunny Lisbon.
http://jardineiroazelha.blogspot.pt/
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Post by stefan m. »

Longer,darker, bigger spines...
When ilook up shinkedantzi it looks closer to Carnegiea than this.
Also its tinner.
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Really? How odd. When googling "Trichocereus schickendantzii", the first dozen or so images that I get are a perfect match to this plant - not to mention my own plants.
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