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AgingHippy
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Cactus Identification 2
#6930486 - 05/17/07 02:21 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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It seems like it'd be a good idea to have a thread dedicated to cactus identification.
What you would do is: upload a picture of the cactus/cacti in question, along with some characteristics, such as number of ribs, and then someone would try to identify it. Then the next person would be able to post theirs and so on... Or it can just be for this one.
Anyway, I'll start it off:
Sorry for the quality (cell phone) here are some pictures, this thing is a giant, and I'm guessing that it was grafted a lot? or does it just grow like that? Didn't have time to count ribs, sorry. If it is active, I plan on politely asking for a cutting 

Edited by AgingHippy (05/17/07 02:21 PM)
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: AgingHippy]
#6930870 - 05/17/07 04:21 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Monster Myrtillo? Very cool BTW!
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: felixhigh]
#6933406 - 05/18/07 05:16 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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i think a monster cereus.
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: Mitchnast]
#6933452 - 05/18/07 06:10 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Mitchnast said: i think a monster cereus.
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: royer]
#6935170 - 05/18/07 03:38 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yeah, you say its giant, probably one cereus form... The pics are bad, could be the classic argentinian blue form...
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: felixhigh]
#6935239 - 05/18/07 03:58 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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this is a great i dea for a thread, i went out cactus shopping yesterday hitting all the nurseries and megastores, not a cacti to be found.....must be too early for the northeast to be selling them.
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nah i just bought a pedro at home depote.
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^ yeah i got a pedro at lowes myself.
just gotta keep checking back with the places often...by the middle of summer the places should be loaded with cactus.
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What state was this home depot in?
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I got 2 here i would like identified if anyone knows..
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: dmthead420]
#6943616 - 05/20/07 05:28 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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dmthead420 said: I got 2 here i would like identified if anyone knows..
http://picasaweb.google.com/firegod420/UntitledAlbum
post a thread and im sure someone will be happy to id them... jacking other peoples threads is considered rude...
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Read the first post uarewotueat
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: in_sherman]
#6946566 - 05/21/07 10:22 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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lol funny thing is that i actually read it before, but didnt realise
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i'm going to ask for another ID on this cactus i just picked up from walmart (it looked like a cactus torturing store when i got to the cacti section!) anyway, just wondering what this unlabeled cactus is:
its kinda blueish green
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: AgingHippy]
#7120598 - 07/02/07 05:38 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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blue myrtle....good grafting stock.
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that's what i thought it was. Are they quick growers from your experience? (if you've ever had one)
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: AgingHippy]
#7120703 - 07/02/07 06:07 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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i got one right now, though it just started to establish new growth from transplanting about 2 months ago, so im not too sure on how fast they grow.
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is it too young to graft something onto it? I have a crazy idea that I'm going to graft my Cereus Peruvianus Monster onto the top of this blue mrytle...and the Cereus is like the size of a baseball, so i hope itll be fine as long as i support the cactus till it gets established.
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: AgingHippy]
#7120746 - 07/02/07 06:17 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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id wait until its about a foot tall myself.
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: AgingHippy]
#7120751 - 07/02/07 06:18 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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anyone know what these are?
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highdroponics said: id wait until its about a foot tall myself.
im going to try and get a loph to graft to it as soon as i know it's roots are nice and dug in. You think i could graft one ontop in a month or so?
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: AgingHippy]
#7124677 - 07/03/07 02:33 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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is this a loph for sure?
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: AgingHippy]
#7124768 - 07/03/07 02:52 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yes.
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: AgingHippy]
#7125613 - 07/03/07 06:24 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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definitely a loph...from the looks of it im guessing diffusa, which is legal if you are in the states, but then again they are VERY hard to distinguish at a young age.
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highdroponics said: definitely a loph...from the looks of it im guessing diffusa, which is legal if you are in the states, but then again they are VERY hard to distinguish at a young age.
well that was an ebay auction that just ended at 38 dollars, which im not willing to spend on a 3cm loph guessing williamsii is more active than diffusa?
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: AgingHippy]
#7126527 - 07/03/07 10:27 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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about the same, but diffusa doesnt contain much mescaline, if any, has a different chemical in it that will make you trip.
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: AgingHippy]
#7126553 - 07/03/07 10:34 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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I have been holding onto this guy for a while now, but I am still uncertain if this is actually a Peruvian T. Can someone confirm that this is? I can get more and better pictures tomorrow.
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highdroponics said: about the same, but diffusa doesnt contain much mescaline, if any, has a different chemical in it that will make you trip.
well i guess i was lucky that i didnt win that bid afterall. Anyway, looks like im going to be researching some vendors and just buy it from a store instead.
**oh, and that looks like my pachanoi ^
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: AgingHippy]
#7126579 - 07/03/07 10:40 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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^yeah you will want to research fairly hard on that before making any attempts to purchase a loph.
nah thats a peruvianus i think, the spines and the 'niches' above the spines pretty much give it away.
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Edited by highdroponics (07/03/07 10:41 PM)
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: AgingHippy]
#7126708 - 07/03/07 11:09 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Looks like a nice young L.williamsii caespitosa you have teefizzle
diffusa is a lighter green
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: AgingHippy]
#7126744 - 07/03/07 11:21 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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oh, i always thought diffusa was darker green, my bad. my caespitosa is a light blueish green.
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: Nomis]
#7126794 - 07/03/07 11:38 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Nomis said: Looks like a nice young L.williamsii caespitosa you have teefizzle
diffusa is a lighter green
if only it were mine my quest continues
**could this be a crested loph? (labeled as "lewinii")
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: AgingHippy]
#7126942 - 07/04/07 12:23 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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yeah thats a crest, im curious on how to make such a thing. that was left out in the direct sunlight it looks, its all sunburnt looking.
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: AgingHippy]
#7126998 - 07/04/07 12:41 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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That is a crested loph. I have been watching that auction, interested to see how much it goes for. If it could make it to Aus I would pay a heap for a plant like that. Diffusa are yellow-green, willi is blue-green, and from what I've noticed caespitosa are fairly glaucous. But growing conditions can make it quite variable.
Lophs have been named different things... Originally Echinocactus williamsii in 1845, in 1887 A.lewinii, bouncing back an fourth between Anhalonium(Ariocarpus) and about 4 other genera/families. If interested have a read : http://www.entheology.org/edoto/anmviewer.asp?a=58
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: AgingHippy]
#28506986 - 10/16/23 02:39 PM (3 months, 11 days ago) |
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Can anyone help me to identify those 2 species, whether it is a mescalin contain or not, I know that it is very complicated to determine from the picture, however if someone has an idea of what species it could be, it would really help me, thanks in advance.


and this one looks more like mescaline contain.

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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: Omni-369]
#28523142 - 10/30/23 08:46 AM (2 months, 28 days ago) |
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Your first picture is a pilocereus ssp (probably azurcens) your second is a trichocereus most likely bridge hybrid
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Re: Cactus Identification [Re: Omni-369]
#28586068 - 12/16/23 08:47 PM (1 month, 11 days ago) |
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P. azureus
T. bridgesii
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