7george wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 1:04 am I also think M. grahamii. They don't put special or rare seeds into mixes.

Thanks! Now I’m trying to figure out how I can get fruit on it. I tried cross pollinating with my only other blooming mammillaria but no success. Does it have to be an exact species to pollinate with this one?

I grew this from a mix seed pack and it was the only one. The closest thing I see on google is Mammillaria gasseriana, but I’m not sure. The hooked spines are confusing me.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammillaria_gasseriana

It's hard to tell with non - flowering Lophophoras. It's very hard to tell with grafted ones which are quite bloated and don't look typical, like yours. Maybe it's Lophophora williamsii var. caespitosa, because it's branching very strongly. Or maybe that's just because it's grafted. Thanks! I’ll ch...

https://i.imgur.com/ktigbty.jpg https://i.imgur.com/XFP9iaK.jpg My sister bought this for me for Christmas. I know it’s lophophora, but not sure which kind? Is it too young to tell for sure? I’m hoping it has pink flowers whatever it is, because I love pink. (Also wondering when I can take the babi...

I’ve only got the one so I’m wondering if I should get a second

I wish I had more sun for it but it’s cold and cloudy most of the year :( I tried buying a grow lamp for winter but it doesn’t seem to be strong enough. Small, cheap grow lights need to be close to be effective. Twice as close gives 4 times the light on your plant (depending on the actual design of...

anttisepp wrote: ↑Tue Aug 04, 2020 11:34 am Where do you live?
I live near polar circle but it doesn't hurt to grow fero successfully...

I’m afraid a basement apartment in Alberta doesn’t cut it.

I cross pollinated my two Christmas cacti and they’ve produced berries. The berries still don’t feel like they’re ready to be plucked, but they’ve been growing since around Christmas time. I’m assuming they’ll be ready in the fall, so does that mean fall is the appropriate time to plant the seeds? O...

I agree that F. stainesii (syn. F. pilosus) is the most likely ID, but it's not certain - some of the other Feros can look very similar when young. In any case, it needs stronger light, it should be globular at this stage. Not badly etiolated, though, it should look fine once acclimated to more sun...

anttisepp wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 6:36 am Ferocactus stainesii IMHO

A big boy?! Thanks! I don’t know how I ended up with such large growing cacti in Canada

It looks very similar to some of the other cacti from the seed pack which y’all have identified as saguaro, but there are slight differences.

Here is a picture of it for more detail

One of my cacti looks dark and squishy at the bottom, but when I lifted it from its home I saw a lot of new roots. Can a rotting cactus still produce roots or is it not rotting?

https://i.imgur.com/51fgNGh.jpg These are some of the healthier pads I recently took off of the main plant that I grew from seed a few years ago. It grows like crazy but it hasn’t gotten nearly enough light so the mother plant is very spindly and I’m embarrassed to show it lol! I can post the mothe...

anttisepp wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 5:58 am Beautiful young saguaro.

Thanks! I guess I’ll have to be pretty careful with it then, since I live in Canada