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by Licespray
Sun Mar 01, 2020 7:44 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Which ferocactus is this?
Replies: 4
Views: 349

Re: Which ferocactus is this?

CactusInteruptus - nice, these are the best of all Ferocactus (but that may just be my personal opinion :D )
by Licespray
Mon Feb 24, 2020 10:45 am
Forum: General
Topic: How to distinguish between different types of wooly cacti?
Replies: 5
Views: 539

Re: How to distinguish between different types of wooly cacti?

So a type of leaf then? That’s pretty cool. I never thought of it like that.
by Licespray
Mon Feb 24, 2020 2:48 am
Forum: General
Topic: How to distinguish between different types of wooly cacti?
Replies: 5
Views: 539

Re: How to distinguish between different types of wooly cacti?

What actually is cacti “hair”?
by Licespray
Mon Feb 24, 2020 2:43 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: ID help
Replies: 4
Views: 410

Re: ID help

Is #3 Stenocereus pruinosus
by Licespray
Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:04 am
Forum: General
Topic: A Blooming Thread
Replies: 419
Views: 221821

Re: A Blooming Thread

My Mammilaria prolifera is constantly getting new fruit but I don’t see flowers..? Keep missing the Astrophytum capricorne flowers also, dangnabbit!

Gave all the cacti a water yesterday with some Charlie Carp mixed in. Hopefully encourages some good growth - sure did attract the ants and flies heh.
by Licespray
Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:05 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Deadly Potting Mix???
Replies: 18
Views: 1879

Re: Deadly Potting Mix???

There are pathogens all around us which some may have immunity to and some not. I was born in the 1940's and was never inoculated therefore have had measles, mumps and whooping cough since most kids did then and therefore built up a natural resistance. As a Carpenter I have had quite a few rusty na...
by Licespray
Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:10 am
Forum: General
Topic: Deadly Potting Mix???
Replies: 18
Views: 1879

Re: Deadly Potting Mix???

But i have never heard a builder, died because of handling stones and sands 😁😁😁 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos-related_diseases “Asbestos (pronounced: /æsˈbɛstəs/ or /æsˈbɛstɒs/) is a term used to refer to six naturally occurring silicate minerals.” And lets not forget ugly ol Silicosis h...
by Licespray
Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:06 am
Forum: General
Topic: Deadly Potting Mix???
Replies: 18
Views: 1879

Re: Deadly Potting Mix???

Oh boy, I open the bags in my living room, mix the cactus soil in a large plastic tub with my nose right over it and wear neither mask nor gloves. Maybe it helps that I bought the soil in winter - not much heat out there now to grow spores right now. Anyway: can't go hike in the woods because of th...
by Licespray
Wed Feb 19, 2020 8:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Deadly Potting Mix???
Replies: 18
Views: 1879

Re: Deadly Potting Mix???

Potting mix bags do have warnings on them. Have for as long as I can remember
by Licespray
Sat Feb 15, 2020 2:27 am
Forum: Books and References
Topic: Xerophilia - another free online journal
Replies: 121
Views: 71401

Re: Xerophilia - another free online journal

So I have only read the first page of this thread so far but I just wanted to make a comment on private collections being used for holotypes. Here in Australia that is an instant dismissal for any publication attempting to be made. Specimens must be in a public collection (example: state museum) and...
by Licespray
Fri Feb 14, 2020 6:22 am
Forum: General
Topic: Look who just bloomed for me!
Replies: 10
Views: 1056

Re: Look who just bloomed for me!

Nice! I looked at my Astrophytum capricorne and it had a wilted flower.. i missed it! Drat!
by Licespray
Thu Feb 13, 2020 9:04 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Mammillaria sp. from the State of Mexico
Replies: 19
Views: 1825

Re: Mammillaria sp. from the State of Mexico

Just put new drain holes in the side. Simple fix ;)
by Licespray
Thu Feb 13, 2020 8:00 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Is this subs. sanluisensis ?
Replies: 6
Views: 463

Re: Is this subs. sanluisensis ?

Oooh I was reading that as agave not ariocarpus! My bad!
by Licespray
Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:46 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Is this subs. sanluisensis ?
Replies: 6
Views: 463

Re: Is this subs. sanluisensis ?

leuchtenbergia principis? But the spines for them look to mostly grow on the tips. Maybe Astrophytum caput-medusae is closer?

Someone else weigh in please :)
by Licespray
Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:37 am
Forum: Cacti Places
Topic: Saguaro National Park East, Tucson Arizona
Replies: 3
Views: 3466

Re: Saguaro National Park East, Tucson Arizona

Great thread, loved the pics!