The Cactus Thread

[Logan]

That looks nice Zigs

 

[Zigs]

Ta Logan

Another few flowers this morning





Then it was off to the Annual Cactus Show in Dover

 

[Logan]

They look pretty and have a good time at the show, Zigs.

 

[Zigs]

Cheers Logan

Planted this rescue out in the bed today



Had it a few months and it's not shown any signs of top growth but it's certainly made some root growth in that time.

 

[Anniekay]

@ Zigs would you be so kind as to look at this cacti I have. It was not labeled and was just one little hairy ball when I got it 4 years ago. I take it in in winter (we have wet winters) and have it planted in sand and grit. It gets little pink flowers in summer.

I have no idea what it's called.
I call him "Cousin It " .

 

[Tetters]

He will know Annie, but in the meantime I shall have a guess at Mamillaria bocasana - let's see if I got it right
Mind you, I think ''Cousin It'' is a much better and more apt name

 

[Zigs]

I think Tetters is right with Mammillaria bocasana Are the spines hooked and does it develop long red seed pods sometimes after the flowers have gone? Has it been re potted recently as the pups are usually bigger?





I've had a few that look like cousin IT as well

 

[Zigs]

The Devil's Backbone

 

[Zigs]

The Devil's Fingers have flowered

 

[Meadowlark]

Calling @Zigs for succulent Id. Thanks in advance.

A friend gave us this plant and she did not know the name. It shot up these flowery branches and one of them has this green pod on it. Possibly seed pod? Or maybe a gall?

 

[Tetters]

We weren't at all sure on this one, so I checked it out. and it appears to be the seed pod and flower of a red yucca.
I think you will hear from Zigs shortly. It's a lovely plant, and I believe, a native to Texas It is both heat and cold hardy, and its right name is Hesperaloe parviflora.

 

[Zigs]

Think Tetters is right, nearest I've got to it is a Kalanchoe but it isn't that one...

 

[Zigs]

Couple more flowering, Parodia ottonis...



And Astrophytum asterias...

 

[Zigs]

A young Echinopsis this morning

 

[Zigs]

Our first ever outside cactus flowers




Not something that normally happens in England.

 

[Zigs]

This is the outside cactus bed...

 

[Logan]

Looking good Zigs and that's a bonus flowering outside.

 

[Tetters]

Looking good Zigs and that's a bonus flowering outside.

I have to agree Logan, the cactus are not really 'my thing' but I didn't expect he would achieve a flowering plant that had seen so much cold weather. It wasn't only the snow and frost, but those horrible easterly winds we had as well. That first flower was a bit of a miracle, I thought.

 

[Logan]

That first flower was a bit of a miracle, I thought.

Yes it was.

 

[Zigs]

Ta Girls

Next thing we'll have a pigeon eating the seeds and spreading it all over Kent, then it'll be declared a noxious weed like it is in Australia and all because no one thought it would survive outside here

As far as we can work out, this Parodia leninghausii is about 100 years old