New and need help with identification

John C · Post by **John C** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:22 pm

Hi, My name is John I am 13 and I have always grown a few cactus just cause I liked them. After finding this website I want to grow more!

But I need help with identifying my cactus. I will try to get all of the pictures up today.

1. I think this is a Ferocactus but i'm not sure what species. (sorry for the bad picture quality!)

I'll try to get the rest up soon![/img]

John C · Post by **John C** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:47 pm

Ok here is my biggest cactus. I got it from a place called the Cactus Plantation in Mississippi.

2.The whole plant

2.The thorns

2.It has leaves?

2.the top view

Still working on the other pics.

John C · Post by **John C** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:59 pm

Ok here are the rest of my cacti! All of the following cacti are in pots about 2 1/2"

3. Had these for about a year

3. Top view

4. VERY sharp!!!!!

4. Top

5. Almost done!

Ok I still have one more set of pics.

John C · Post by **John C** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:05 pm

I also bought this cactus from the cactus plantation. He told me what they were but I can't remember

6.

6. The top

6. The edge of the leaves

Ok! That's all of them!

I do have a couple more cacti but I know what they are.

hablu · Post by **hablu** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:05 pm

Hi John, be welcome here; enjoy yourself and learn a lot. you got a fine bunch of plants overthere.
Harry

John C · Post by **John C** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:10 pm

I also own 2 bromeliads an old mans cactus(doesn't look so good.... My cat ate part of it) and a jade plant. My collection is small, but I think it will be growing!

-John

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:19 pm

Hi, Welcome!
Wow, 13yo...you'll have some awesome specimens when ya make it to my age!

1. Ferocactus emoryi
2. Not a cactus, but a succulent. It's a Euphorbia, but not sure which species, maybe trigona?
3. Stenocereus pruinosus?
4. Stetsonia coryne
5. Mammillaria something...polythele?
6. Aloe?

John C · Post by **John C** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:29 pm

Thank you!

The guy at the cactus plantation said that #6 grows a 15ft flower when it is mature then the plant dies.

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:38 pm

If it dies after blooming, then it must be an Agave? Aloes don't die after blooming (naturally

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John C · Post by **John C** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:45 pm

Thanks!

Post by **daiv** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:45 pm

I'm with Darryl.

Number 5 needs some water I think...

John C · Post by **John C** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:47 pm

daiv wrote: Number 5 needs some water I think...

Yeah, I know!

I watered it just before I took the pic.

lancer99 · Post by **lancer99** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 6:40 am

John,
Well done..at your age I had 200 cacti and succulents...looks like you're well on your way!

#1 looks like Ferocactus emoryi

#2 is definitely a Euphorbia, but almost certainly not E. trigona ... or else it would just have three ribs. I keep seeing this species, but don't know what it is. And the leaves will (should) die off during the winter.

As for the rest...I'll leave it to the experts.

-R

iann · Post by **iann** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:21 pm

#3 is Polaskia chichipe.

iann · Post by **iann** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:24 pm

I don't think the Mammillaria is M. polythele, it has bristles and pyramidal tubercles. I think it might be M. karwinskiana?