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 sinq
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 please help me identify this cactus
#15798225 - 02/12/12 02:14 PM (3 months, 15 days ago) |
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Hello there, I Live in California and was interested in identifying a cactus that grows in my front yard. Its very large and looks very similar to the San Pedro cactus.
Here is a few pictures:
In this image you can see that at the base of the spikes it is white
I looked very closesly and noticed that there is a faint white powder that seems to come from around the base of the spikes.
Here is a top view of one of the branches. it is connected to the very large cactus.
To me it looks very much like a san pedro but I have only seen google images of what a real one looks like. If anyone could help me identify this cactus it would be very much appreciated. Thank you.
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Doc_T
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 Re: please help me identify this cactus [Re: sinq]
#15798249 - 02/12/12 02:19 PM (3 months, 15 days ago) |
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Looks a lot like it to me. Wait for somebody else to speak up though.
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 Byrain
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Re: please help me identify this cactus [Re: Doc_T]
#15798271 - 02/12/12 02:23 PM (3 months, 15 days ago) |
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I don't think its a San Pedro, but you'd likely get better cactus ids in the ethnobotanical forum.
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bloodworm
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Re: please help me identify this cactus [Re: Byrain]
#15799156 - 02/12/12 04:55 PM (3 months, 14 days ago) |
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i don't know that much...
but the ribs look too thin to be San Pedro which usually has fat swollen ribs.
peace and love
blooworm
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: please help me identify this cactus [Re: bloodworm]
#15799185 - 02/12/12 05:03 PM (3 months, 14 days ago) |
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It is Cereus peruvianus, probably the most common landscaping cactus.
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