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Plants for mediterranean gardens => Cacti and succulents => Topic started by: Charithea on June 21, 2016, 01:28:33 PM

Title: some of our cactus
Post by: Charithea on June 21, 2016, 01:28:33 PM

As the temperature is soaring here in Cyprus our cactus are enjoying the little shade of the verandah. The Gymnocalycium opened up as the morning progressed.

Title: Re: some of our cactus
Post by: David Dickinson on June 22, 2016, 12:53:22 AM

High Charithea,

Nice flower. Do you know the names of any other of your cacti? Looking at the second picture you posted, the one immediately behind your Gymnocalycium  (on the back row, right) looks very much like a recent posting of mine on the plant id. pages. I hazarded a guess at Echinopsis arebaloi.

The cactus to the right of your Gymnocalycium, the one with the reddish spines, looks like a cactus I have which I want to post on the id. pages at some point. Any help you can give would be very much appreciated.

Title: Re: some of our cactus
Post by: David Dickinson on June 22, 2016, 01:08:21 AM

Looking back at one of your earlier postings Charithea, about your local Cacti and Succulent Society
http://www.mgsforum.org/smf/index.php?topic=2151.0 , it looks like the one with the reddish spines is a kind of Ferocactus. Maybe? 

Title: Re: some of our cactus
Post by: Charithea on June 22, 2016, 03:51:59 PM

Hello again David, When I bought my plants at the 'show' this May the label said ferocactusbut I don't know anything else about it. As for the other cactus I was told it was an Echinopsis HP but we have been unable to verify this. The sellers were very busy and had no time to answer questions. I hope to check and name correctly all my cacti and succulents when my knowledgeable friend visits me sometime in July. In the meantime here is another photo of the cactus that open today. Name 'unknow' . It was a parting gift to me by a lovely lady in one of the mountain villages we visited.

Title: Re: some of our cactus
Post by: John J on December 11, 2016, 10:06:17 AM

Not all plants need to have showy flowers to make them look attractive.

Title: Re: some of our cactus
Post by: John J on June 21, 2018, 07:32:06 AM

We haven't posted anything on here for a long time but some of our cactus plants have been unfazed by the very hot, dry start to this year.

Title: Re: some of our cactus
Post by: Hilary on June 21, 2018, 07:51:29 AM

I love the bright colours of the cactus flowers.
Looking back through your cactus photos I noticed a couple which would do very well for the 'plant on postage  stamp project"
I will, of course , refer to your post

Title: Re: some of our cactus
Post by: Hilary on January 31, 2020, 08:34:27 AM

Ferocactus pilosus

Seen growing in the green house at THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, MADRID
In April 2018
I am afraid that the photo is a bit out of focus

Ferocactus is mentioned once in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN so here is all the information you need to know
Journal number 81, July 2015
GARDENING IN A SPANISH NATURE RESERVE
By Beate M. Henz

There are photographs to illustrate this article here
http://www.mediterraneangardensocietyarchive.org/81-reserve.html

Since Ferocactus is already mentioned in this thread I have posted this blurb here

Title: Re: some of our cactus
Post by: Hilary on January 31, 2020, 08:40:34 AM

Ferocactus pilosus

A good look at the ferocious spines