Identify my baby
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Identify my baby
So this was a tiny souvenir cactus I bought in Barcelona and frankly I didn't expect it to live very long, especially in England, but it has grown and grown, and I'd love to know what it is so I ha e a better idea of what care it needs and how big it's going to get any ideas?
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Re: Identify my baby
sulcorebutia rauschii in need in much more light.
There are more cacti in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
One of the few cactus lovers in Lebanon (zone 11a)
One of the few cactus lovers in Lebanon (zone 11a)
Re: Identify my baby
Really, really badly etiolated sulcorebutia rauschii. probably poor choice of container too.
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Re: Identify my baby
Gotcha, thanks. Doing my best in my little basement flat (these are actually old photos and it has grown quite tall with several arms since then!) Will research that x
Re: Identify my baby
Needs to be on a sunny windowsill, cacti are not plants for the interior of rooms, being high light intensity plants. The top growth should be same thickness as the bottom growth and the heads globular, not elongated. Should look like this.
http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACT ... a_rauschii
There are plenty of cacti living quite happily in England, both on windowsills and greenhouses, but they all need strong light to keep them natural looking.
http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACT ... a_rauschii
There are plenty of cacti living quite happily in England, both on windowsills and greenhouses, but they all need strong light to keep them natural looking.
- ElieEstephane
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Re: Identify my baby
You can buy a small grow lightdriveinfriday wrote:Gotcha, thanks. Doing my best in my little basement flat (these are actually old photos and it has grown quite tall with several arms since then!) Will research that x
There are more cacti in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
One of the few cactus lovers in Lebanon (zone 11a)
One of the few cactus lovers in Lebanon (zone 11a)