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[Jodeci]

I need help identifying my babies




also including a fallen brother


thanks
-jodeci

[iann]

The last one is a Mammillaria. M. backebergiana? Apparently infested with mealies. Not good for the plant at all. Any other plants you bought from the same place or have lived within a few feet of that plant almost certainly have little mealies growing up on them too.

[gemhunter178]

All of your plants are etiolated as well, as in give more light.

[daiv]

I agree - these plants need more light and need to be treated for mealy bugs. Also the soil looks like pure peat which will give you trouble in the long run.

The first seems to be a Cholla of some sort, the second, I'm not so sure what it is.

[Astro]

The Mammillaria looks like it has a suspicious dark spot at the bottom. You may want to check it for rot.

[Jodeci]

the last plant is dead and is outside in the woods under the snow now. the dark spot was water it leaked out. it's gone. i threw it out
I have them on a table in front of a big window. how else can I give them more sunlight in winter?

[Steve Johnson]

the last plant is dead and is outside in the woods under the snow now. the dark spot was water it leaked out. it's gone. i threw it out
I have them on a table in front of a big window. how else can I give them more sunlight in winter?

Cacti need sunlight for growing in the Spring and Summer -- outside. They shouldn't be growing at all in the Winter -- inside is good for keeping them protected from the cold, but no water. If you keep watering them now, the warmth in your home is forcing them to grow. If you follow this and also my advice for a better potting mix (see http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtop ... 24&t=28665" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;), your plants should be fine.

[fanaticactus]

I'd venture to say #1 is a species of Cylindropuntia (cholla). I have one similar but with more branches; some contributors thought it might be a form of spinosior; I think you can't get much more specific than C. species, as shown here in our own CactiGuide photo library. The spines just aren't as foreboding as most other chollas. Your #2 might be either a Cleistocactus winterii, a Disocactus (Aporocactus) flagelliformis (but it looks too thick) or perhaps a very badly etiolated Trichocereus/Echinopsis.

[Peterthecactusguy]

1 looks like it's a Austropuntua subdunata ? or maybe a Cylindropuntia.
2. looks like an Echinopsis.. the peanut cactus one, it's etiolated at the top, like the opuntiad (#1) also is.