StrUktO, from the netherlands

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StrUktO, from the netherlands

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hello everybody, my name is arjen den boer, known on this forum as 'StrUktO'.
I live in the south of the netherlands and pretty much collect every plant that you can call cactus, or resembles it enough to fool me!
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Welcome Arjen.Glad you joined up.I am sure you will get some help here.
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Hi Arjen, good to have you on the forum. Feel free to jump in on any thread with questions or comments.

Oh, we'd like to see pictures of your collection.
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Hi, welcome to the forums. :D :hello2:
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Welcome - so you like every type of cactus? We'll get along just fine! :D
All Cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are Cacti
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ok, my collection. I'll start with some pictures taken yesterday of my smaller plants, all growing at my south window.

cleistocactus flavispinus?
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oreocereus celsianus
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opuntia microdasys, shrivelled old leaves but a healthy new one forming
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two euphorbia suspect siblings
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opuntia .... (I also have a larger one which I'll add later)
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echinopsis chamaecereus/chamaecereus silvestris, young plant, the mothership I'll also add later
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mammilaria sempervivi
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schlumbergera truncata
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schlumbergera ....
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not a clue what this is
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astrophytum .... (I guess it's too young to tell which)
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echinopsis subdenudata
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dehydrated myrtillocactus geometrizans
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this one is a mystery, is it cactus or euphorbia? it doesn't resemble anything I know, I've been told that at least it needs more water.
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a baby
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Hi Arjen, welcome!

The one you have as Astrophytum is actually Echinocactus platyacanthus. The one above it looks like maybe Mammillaria rhodantha.
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You're off to a good start. I think that first one is probably C. strausii, but could also be Espostoa. Hard to say for sure.
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Welcome to the forums from John in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas!
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A very warm welcome

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Hi, I am a new member too but wanted to add my welcome. :D , Dale
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Hello Arjen,
also a warm welcome from me, a former German from northern Germany (Bremen).
You already do have a nice collection of succulents (the second to the last image does depict a Euphorbia sp., but I cannot tell which specie).
I do hope that you will feel "at home" on this forum.

Harald
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