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 ferrel_human
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 Re: Official Thread for Cacti That Don't Need a Separate Thread  [Re: Ieponumos]
#16319030 - 06/01/12 09:59 PM (11 months, 15 days ago) |
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Ieponumos said:
A barrel cactus pup a friend gave me today:
I intend to cherish this for as long as I live. He got his pup from an endemic Arizonan barrel. You guys think it's an Echinocactus or a Ferocactus?
what ever it is its nice. 
hey man i'm glad you changed your avatar.
i have no idea what your previous brown thing was.
i didnt even want to take a guess.
and dont ask me what i thought it was.
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Re: Official Thread for Cacti That Don't Need a Separate Thread [Re: Locky]
#16319039 - 06/01/12 10:01 PM (11 months, 15 days ago) |
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all the terscheckii i've seen including the one i have have gold/yellow thorns that looks a lot like my stetsonia but plumper, although i dont claim to be an expert at all
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Locky
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Re: Official Thread for Cacti That Don't Need a Separate Thread [Re: Chemical Addiction]
#16319068 - 06/01/12 10:06 PM (11 months, 15 days ago) |
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Here are a few cacti which were labeled Trich Pasicana by the shop, but they were later confirmed Trich Terschekii by someone here
 
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 islanduniverse
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Re: Official Thread for Cacti That Don't Need a Separate Thread [Re: Locky]
#16319131 - 06/01/12 10:18 PM (11 months, 15 days ago) |
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yes, that's terscheckii
ive got 3 that size i just repotted
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Ieponumos
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Re: Official Thread for Cacti That Don't Need a Separate Thread [Re: ferrel_human]
#16319471 - 06/01/12 11:15 PM (11 months, 15 days ago) |
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Quote:
ferrel_human said:
Quote:
Ieponumos said:
A barrel cactus pup a friend gave me today:
I intend to cherish this for as long as I live. He got his pup from an endemic Arizonan barrel. You guys think it's an Echinocactus or a Ferocactus?
what ever it is its nice.
hey man i'm glad you changed your avatar.
i have no idea what your previous brown thing was.
i didnt even want to take a guess.
and dont ask me what i thought it was.
 it was an old bent sterling silver candle holder. I melted it down and the flux I used melted away (lost my grip from palm sweat), making an exposed area where the brick I used, the flux and the silver were all touching. This caused a small amount of the iron compounds in the brick to solder to the silver. A small amount of sanding showed the silver below and let me know theciron layer is only micrometers thick, hence my wtf blob of an avatar. I did it out of curiosity. I plan on attempting to electrolytically refine/recrystallize it one of these days.
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Tony
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Re: Official Thread for Cacti That Don't Need a Separate Thread [Re: Ieponumos]
#16320615 - 06/02/12 05:46 AM (11 months, 14 days ago) |
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Turns out there's some rot at the base of my stetsonia..
The other side is dried up and hard, but the yellow-greenish side is somewhat soft, not squishy soft but definitely not healthy tissue. What's the recommended course of action in a case like this? Let it dry out on the table or perform surgery?
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islanduniverse
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Re: Official Thread for Cacti That Don't Need a Separate Thread [Re: Tony]
#16320639 - 06/02/12 06:11 AM (11 months, 14 days ago) |
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pics are too small to tell if it's rot
it doesn't look bad to me though
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Tony
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Re: Official Thread for Cacti That Don't Need a Separate Thread [Re: islanduniverse]
#16320667 - 06/02/12 06:48 AM (11 months, 14 days ago) |
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So it could just be normal hardening at the base and the softness/yellowing is just some precursor stage?
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globos
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Re: Official Thread for Cacti That Don't Need a Separate Thread [Re: Tony]
#16320800 - 06/02/12 08:53 AM (11 months, 14 days ago) |
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IMHO, if it's soft it can't be too good. I'd monitor it closely, keeping myself ready to cut and reroot.
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haptic717
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Re: Official Thread for Cacti That Don't Need a Separate Thread [Re: globos]
#16323184 - 06/02/12 09:58 PM (11 months, 14 days ago) |
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A Wal-mart special I have had for a few years now. This particular cactus never came with any identification of the genus/species, but I have always loved the spines. An excellent cactus to pet when thinking and pondering 
 
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islanduniverse
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Re: Official Thread for Cacti That Don't Need a Separate Thread [Re: Tony]
#16323209 - 06/02/12 10:06 PM (11 months, 14 days ago) |
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1st pic looks more like dirt/soil
2nd pic looks normal - the lighter/discolored portion just above the root looks just fine (normal appearance because it sits below top of soil), but the darker section hovering over it looks odd. it's not soil?
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Tony said:
So it could just be normal hardening at the base and the softness/yellowing is just some precursor stage?
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karode13
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Re: Official Thread for Cacti That Don't Need a Separate Thread [Re: Ieponumos]
#16323305 - 06/02/12 10:26 PM (11 months, 14 days ago) |
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Quote:
Ieponumos said:
it was an old bent sterling silver candle holder. I melted it down and the flux I used melted away (lost my grip from palm sweat), making an exposed area where the brick I used, the flux and the silver were all touching. This caused a small amount of the iron compounds in the brick to solder to the silver. A small amount of sanding showed the silver below and let me know theciron layer is only micrometers thick, hence my wtf blob of an avatar. I did it out of curiosity. I plan on attempting to electrolytically refine/recrystallize it one of these days.
I too, like ferrel, wondered what it was.
@Tony: Your cactus is fine from what I can tell. The discolouration at the base is from it sitting below the soil surface. This is fairly typical, the epidermis(skin) will thicken and form a cork-like layer for protection against excess moisture and any soil nasties.
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islanduniverse
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Re: Official Thread for Cacti That Don't Need a Separate Thread [Re: karode13]
#16324187 - 06/03/12 01:31 AM (11 months, 13 days ago) |
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recently repotted
i kept this cutting out of the rest i had at a previous residence, because it had more fierce areoles/spines. not like the other PC cuttings i had, although i believe it's all from the same plant to begin with. it's a pup on a base from which a small root of about 5-6cm has grown, and now it's starting to take up water already. the meristem hadn't moved for maybe a year.
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globos
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Re: Official Thread for Cacti That Don't Need a Separate Thread [Re: karode13]
#16325149 - 06/03/12 06:25 AM (11 months, 13 days ago) |
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karode13 said:
@Tony: Your cactus is fine from what I can tell. The discolouration at the base is from it sitting below the soil surface. This is fairly typical, the epidermis(skin) will thicken and form a cork-like layer for protection against excess moisture and any soil nasties.
I think the root end looks normal too, but Tony says it's soft, which makes me suspicious. If anything, it should be a little harder than the green end, shouldn't it?
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Re: Official Thread for Cacti That Don't Need a Separate Thread [Re: globos]
#16325305 - 06/03/12 08:15 AM (11 months, 13 days ago) |
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The dark spot is actually a damage site but it has scarred and hardened nicely, it's the other side that has some softness to it. I repotted it anyway into dry soil and will start watering after a few weeks. If it rots it'll be a good lesson for future grows. I'm leaving for Amsterdam tomorrow so hopefully I'll have some new active material to work with pretty soon.
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savage.renegade
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Re: Official Thread for Cacti That Don't Need a Separate Thread [Re: Tony]
#16357342 - 06/09/12 07:48 PM (11 months, 7 days ago) |
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3pups on on semi montrose. interested to see what they will do
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Re: Official Thread for Cacti That Don't Need a Separate Thread [Re: savage.renegade]
#16377952 - 06/13/12 10:42 PM (11 months, 3 days ago) |
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Today I visited:
At a local college campus.
The first cactus I noticed was this lovely:
Then I stumbled onto a crime scene. This lovely lady had obviously been gang raped...
  
Looks like the old broad will recover but no doubt she will be punished again in the future...
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Re: Official Thread for Cacti That Don't Need a Separate Thread [Re: golfin_ernie]
#16408756 - 06/20/12 02:27 PM (10 months, 27 days ago) |
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Obregonia denegrii x 2, Astrophytum myriostigma cv. KIKKO "nudum",
Astrophytum asterias cv. SUPERKABUTO "miracle"
Astrophytum ornatum v. mirabelli x 2
Myrtillocactus geometrizans cristata
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Re: Official Thread for Cacti That Don't Need a Separate Thread [Re: turtle_hermit]
#16408932 - 06/20/12 03:12 PM (10 months, 27 days ago) |
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turtle_hermit said:
Obregonia denegrii x 2, Astrophytum myriostigma cv. KIKKO "nudum",
Astrophytum asterias cv. SUPERKABUTO "miracle"
Astrophytum ornatum v. mirabelli x 2
Myrtillocactus geometrizans cristata
Brilliant specimens,I'm so jealous:-)
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Re: Official Thread for Cacti That Don't Need a Separate Thread [Re: KBG1977] 2
#16464204 - 07/01/12 11:28 AM (10 months, 16 days ago) |
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Some new additions and some old girls 
                      
Cheers
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