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fingerprints
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by fingerprints » Mon Feb 19, 2018 9:49 pm
Hello!
I've looked through all of the resources on this site, but I can't ID my cactus.
Photo album:
https://imgur.com/a/exJx3
About:
Bought at Lowe's in a semi-arid (bordering on desert) climate in the summer of 2016.
Moved to humid Seattle that fall; cactus receives no direct sunlight.
Spring of 2017 it grew the horizontal bits, but nothing more.
Within the last month, it has grown the top portion above the horizontal bits. The needles of that portion are soft.
It has never bloomed, and I don't see any obvious place where it might bloom.
I'm happy to provide more information if needed. Thanks for looking!
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by esp_imaging » Tue Feb 20, 2018 12:40 am
It looks like a Cylindropuntia. Or possibly another cylindrical-stemmed Opuntia relative.
It's quite etiolated (grown with too little light) so doesn't look typical - the same plant gown in full sun will have thicker more robust stems and probably more robust spines.
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by 7george » Tue Feb 20, 2018 3:04 am
Looks like A. subulata or A. cylindrica. Needs to reach bigger size for flowers and much more direct sunlight to grow.
http://cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus=Aus ... ndropuntia
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fingerprints
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by fingerprints » Tue Feb 20, 2018 5:03 am
The growth pattern of A. subulata definitely looks similar!
fingerprints
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by fingerprints » Tue Feb 20, 2018 5:04 am
The photos of Cylindropuntia whipplei look pretty similar. I think I'll have to put it under a grow light to solve the mystery!
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by greenknight » Tue Feb 20, 2018 6:13 am
The long leaves on the new growth (yes, those are leaves, not needles) don't fit Cylindropuntia, those are typical of Austrocylindropuntia species. Agreed that it needs a lot more light - if you can't give it sunlight, it needs to be under a strong grow light.
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