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 thepaintingaccid
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 Cactus id 
#8687061 - 07/27/08 04:47 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yes i'm asking for some id help. Looking to add a few cati to my garden.
Looking to find out
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-active yes/no
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Myrtillocactus geometrizans or 'blue myrtle'. I have 3 of those, inactive but they grow literally hundreds of blueberry like fruit when mature. Definitely worth keeping, mature plants look really cool. They are classic when it comes to cacti. Search for some pictures of mature examples and you will get what i mean. 
http://www.delange.org/CactusBMyrtle/CactusBMyrtle.htm
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what scruffy said...
and they make a mighty fine grafting stock as well 
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Cool definitely going into the garden. Pulled this little pup from some fairly large guys at an apartment complex.
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I'll post up more pictures of other finds as well when i go and collect them
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thepaintingaccid said:
Yes i'm asking for some id help. Looking to add a few cati to my garden.
Looking to find out
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-active yes/no
Thats a beautiful cactus, and I love blueberries  Is this an easily found specimen at garden centers/
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 Re: Cactus id [Re: satyr]
#8687910 - 07/27/08 12:56 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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very common.
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satyr
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I found one at lowes today
I also picked up an absolutely beautiful Euphorbia. Indian corn cob I think the name was. Stunning
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Re: Cactus id [Re: satyr]
#8688963 - 07/27/08 06:08 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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ahh i wish the stock here was better. The biggest cacti i've seen at home depot and the like were little pups a couple inches tall.
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wow scruffy, nice pic of the mature one.
never knew they got like that.
just to emphasize, good grafting stock, and very common 
itll grow well where you are too
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Re: Cactus id [Re: just me]
#8778880 - 08/15/08 08:38 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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So while cycling today I spotted a 10fter cactus bunch out on undeveloped property. and brought back a little pup in my waterbottle. Spines are black and look similar to the already id'd cactus but shorter. So looking for an id and hoping its a different species.
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Looks like a Cereus.
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its the same species, just a different strain, i believe. myrtillocactus geometrizans.
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Its a Myrtillocactus schenckii, still fruit bearing and most likely a good root stock - for smaller grafts more likely tho.
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Maybe better pics are in order?
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cool. Thanks again. Found this huge cluster on my training ride. This lil pup looked like it was gonna flower too. Still on the hunt for new cacti to add to the collection.
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id graft a penis to that one. no, seriously i would.
Edited by durban_poison (08/16/08 02:20 AM)
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scruffymafia
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Haha sweet, welcome to the addiction 
Do cacti cuttings flower if they were from a mature-flowering plant?
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i'd think they would because in theory they're as old as the mother or whatever you would call the host cactus. But cutting it and having it reroot would probably keep it from flowering for a while.
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Haha sweet, welcome to the addiction
Do cacti cuttings flower if they were from a mature-flowering plant?
i have a post ill be posting shortly, when i can figure how to get the pics off my camera,
but today i realized, i REALLY have cactus fever BAD!!!
i almost nutted when i saw the pics im gonan post
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