The Cactus Thread

[Anniekay]

It's waiting for the Horse with no name

In the desert, you can remember your name
cuz the cacti
gonna give ya some pain.
La la la lalalalah.....

 

[Sheal]

Was the horse with no name accompanied by the man with no name? The song brings back memories, I bought it on 7 inch vinyl many moons ago.

 

[Zigs]

"In the first part of the journey, I was looking at a bloke called Fred"

Hope you all learned your Tables at School

 

[Logan]

"In the first part of the journey, I was looking at a bloke called Fred"

Hope you all learned your Tables at School

They've seen a lot of action.

 

[Zigs]

They've seen a lot of action.

It's only a rented table Logan

Frozen Opuntias here too

 

[Zigs]

Just wrote this

https://www.ziggyscactus.com/leuchtenbergia-principis

 

[Anniekay]

Just wrote this

https://www.ziggyscactus.com/leuchtenbergia-principis

Great information there @Zigs !!

 

[Zigs]

Great information there @Zigs !!

Ta Annie Might all be wrong though

 

[Zigs]

Here's one of the plants a few days ago, lovely spination



By Monotypic I mean it's the only one in the Genus. So unlike Mammillaria for instance where there are about 250 species, there's only one Leuchtenbergia.

 

[Anniekay]

Here's one of the plants a few days ago, lovely spination

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By Monotypic I mean it's the only one in the Genus. So unlike Mammillaria for instance where there are about 250 species, there's only one Leuchtenbergia.

Isn't that odd !?

 

[Zigs]

Isn't that odd !?

There's several Monotypic ones, some don't quite fit in with the others so get a genus to themselves. They often get moved about as botanists try to classify them though.

One that springs to mind is Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis. Looks like an Opuntia but lives in the rainforest and grows a straight trunk to compete for light with the other rainforest trees. It grows 66 feet tall

This one that Captain Neem Oil is standing next to has just started to develop a trunk

 

[Anniekay]

There's several Monotypic ones, some don't quite fit in with the others so get a genus to themselves. They often get moved about as botanists try to classify them though.

One that springs to mind is Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis. Looks like an Opuntia but lives in the rainforest and grows a straight trunk to compete for light with the other rainforest trees. It grows 66 feet tall

This one that Captain Neem Oil is standing next to has just started to develop a trunk

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66' tall !! I see a skyscraper Greenhouse in your future !!

 

[Zigs]

66' tall !! I see a skyscraper Greenhouse in your future !!

Coincidentally, the Palm House at Kew Gardens is 66 feet tall

Captain Neem Oil has been busy today...

 

[CrazyCactusLady]

Coincidentally, the Palm House at Kew Gardens is 66 feet tall

Captain Neem Oil has been busy today...

Wow that’s well tall

 

[Zigs]

Wow that’s well tall

762 feet long from memory too

 

[CrazyCactusLady]

762 feet long from memory too

Oh my

 

[Tetters]

Here's one of the plants a few days ago, lovely spination

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By Monotypic I mean it's the only one in the Genus. So unlike Mammillaria for instance where there are about 250 species, there's only one Leuchtenbergia.

As this one is so special, can we get rid of all the others then

 

[Zigs]

As this one is so special, can we get rid of all the others then

I keep trying to sell them

 

[CrazyCactusLady]

I’ve got some cactus need help in naming, I know the hairy one is the Trollii and the one left of the Trollii and first top left is a Mammillaria, don’t no the name of the soggy rescue succulent

 

[Anniekay]

I keep trying to sell them

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Maybe if you got a smiling bear to pose with them ...?