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by ElieEstephane
Mon Mar 23, 2020 11:20 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Help to id this parodia/notocactus
Replies: 10
Views: 803

Re: Help to id this parodia/notocactus

Parodia werneri is a solitary plant. Your plant is obviously offsetting and the amber spines are characteristic of notocactus ottonis
by ElieEstephane
Sat Mar 21, 2020 1:18 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Help to id this parodia/notocactus
Replies: 10
Views: 803

Re: Help to id this parodia/notocactus

Dodi Russell wrote: Sat Mar 21, 2020 4:34 am Parodia ottonis ?
I agree with this ID. One of my ottonis forms has many ribs like this. Looks like it has many offsets too which also supports this ID
by ElieEstephane
Mon Mar 02, 2020 5:08 pm
Forum: Grafting
Topic: Grafting on Opuntia, also polaskia chichipe
Replies: 2
Views: 4191

Re: Grafting on Opuntia, also polaskia chichipe

Opuntia pads, ficus indica specially, have been great for me. A bit awkward to graft on but grows extremely fast. Polaskia is also a good stock since it's related to myrtillocactus
by ElieEstephane
Tue Feb 25, 2020 12:15 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Few cacti in need of ID help
Replies: 14
Views: 1282

Re: Few cacti in need of ID help

I'm gonna chime in on #1 and say it's more likely to be lophocereus schottii. Could also be a myrtillo but it would have to be bigger to know for sure. 2 is possibly gymnocalycium schickendantzii. Your id is right for 3. I want to say mammillaria celsiana for 4 but could be something else.
by ElieEstephane
Mon Feb 10, 2020 7:50 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Help with Identification
Replies: 11
Views: 984

Re: Help with Identification

1. Gymnocalycium, maybe horridispinum. Not sure which
2. Myrtillocactus schenckii or hybrid with polaskia
3. Melocactus warasii
4. Mammillaria karwinskiana
5. Gymnocalycium pflanzii
6. Mammillaria zeilmanniana
7. Echinopsis/trichocereus. Could use more light
by ElieEstephane
Mon Feb 10, 2020 12:22 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Cactus ID?
Replies: 10
Views: 773

Re: Cactus ID?

What is that potting media? It looks like a clay-loam to me While i maintain a highly gritty mix, all the local growers grow their cacti in very heavy clay soil. Sometimes they mix peat in. To be honest, their plants look much better than mine but i like hard grown plants. I triend a mix that has a...
by ElieEstephane
Wed Feb 05, 2020 9:46 am
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: Photos from my greenhouse
Replies: 49
Views: 27186

Re: Photos from my greenhouse

Here's a photo i took back in summer from the full sun area: IMG_0166-768x1024.jpg On a side note, we've had storms before at temperatures hit 4 degrees before at night with no problems. This time it's gonna hit 1-2 on a clear night which means it's almost definitely gonna freeze. I better light sok...
by ElieEstephane
Fri Jan 31, 2020 3:27 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Jardin Marjorelle, Last of the cacti
Replies: 6
Views: 780

Re: Jardin Marjorelle, Last of the cacti

Licespray wrote: Fri Jan 31, 2020 1:26 am Don’t s’pose you got any pics of the big columnar behind and to the left? I’m curious what it is.
It's pachycereus pringlei
by ElieEstephane
Fri Jan 31, 2020 5:58 am
Forum: Succulent Identification
Topic: Please Help with 1 plus It grew 2 extra ribs.
Replies: 6
Views: 1030

Re: Please Help with 1 plus It grew 2 extra ribs.

I wanna say euphorbia mammillaris but i'm not that sure
by ElieEstephane
Thu Jan 30, 2020 4:39 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Jardin Marjorelle, part 3
Replies: 3
Views: 398

Re: Jardin Marjorelle, part 3

I would say thrixanthocereus blossfeldiorum.
by ElieEstephane
Wed Jan 29, 2020 8:38 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Help with identification
Replies: 7
Views: 572

Re: Help with identification

First i was almost sure it's euphorbia handiensis but the small triangles at the rib bases (zoom in to see) point to euphorbia echinus
by ElieEstephane
Tue Jan 28, 2020 10:12 pm
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: Photos from my greenhouse
Replies: 49
Views: 27186

Re: Photos from my greenhouse

This is poison for slugs and snails. Snails have eaten more than 100 gymnocalycium baldianum hybrid seedlings ](*,) What is the brand? How does it work? It kills on contact or the snail have to eat them in order to die? Thanks Unfortunately i ripped the brand name. These are methaldehyde pellets. S...
by ElieEstephane
Tue Jan 28, 2020 9:32 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Hardest species to grow?
Replies: 26
Views: 6308

Re: Hardest species to grow?

For me, schlumbergera 😂
For the general populous, echinomastus maybe?
by ElieEstephane
Tue Jan 28, 2020 4:57 pm
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: Edwin Dwianto
Replies: 138
Views: 69050

Re: Edwin Dwianto

Amazing!
by ElieEstephane
Tue Jan 28, 2020 4:57 pm
Forum: Member Blogs
Topic: Photos from my greenhouse
Replies: 49
Views: 27186

Re: Photos from my greenhouse

Edwindwianto wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2020 9:31 am What is that blue granules on top of the media?
This is poison for slugs and snails. Snails have eaten more than 100 gymnocalycium baldianum hybrid seedlings ](*,)