Hi, everyone! I have some cacti, one of which I received from a friend as a gift when it was a little 3 cm long branch. The original branch died because of the extended cold weather earlier this year, but it grew a lot of offsets. The thin cactus has four edges(?) of soft spines. The closest thing I could find online to what I have is Fairy Castle, and even that's not close. It's possible that the ones I have planted aren't old enough to identify properly, so sorry in advance! The second one is common enough and it seems to be under Mammillaria; I'd like to know what it is exactly, though.
Help with identification, please!
- greenknight
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Re: Help with identification, please!
Maybe Selenicereus validus for the first one (S. undatus is more common but it does not branch as much as a seedling)
Re: Help with identification, please!
l believe it is Hylocereus costaricensis.
Re: Help with identification, please!
It's not quite round enough to be S. validus I think... I looked up what S. undatus was and turns out it's a dragon fruit plant! I actually have a large one out front that's already borne fruit, but I didn't think that this was what its seedlings looked like. Thank you for the help!
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Re: Help with identification, please!
I think you're right! Pictures of seedlings for this dragon fruit plant look a lot like my cacti, so I'm hoping that these will grow to have flowers eventually. Thank you for the identification help.
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Re: Help with identification, please!
I have a H. undulatus seedling that look exactly like the first one, branches out similar too.