Consider the different conditions they're adapted to. The Parodia is widely distributed, grows in climates that are not extremely arid. It's adapted to compete with other vegetation and quickly suck up the moisture from the soil in its immediate area when it rains Those hairy columnars, though, gro...

Hi Spikylover As far as I know, A. juvenna and A. zanzibarica are the same. Just look at: "https://smallhousebiggarden.wordpress.com/2013/06/14/aloe-juvenna-vs-aloe-squarrosa/" after the last picture. best whishes, Tofterigen Thanks tofterigen! I can stop being confused now :mrgreen: that...

Hello everyone
Can you please tell me the cultivars of these 2 echeverias.
Im guessing black prince and perle von nurnberg.
As for the aloe im confused between juvenna and zanzibarica.
Any help is appreciated

Hello everyone. Could you please help me identify some random cacti? The first one is a 3-4" mammillaria that had a violet flower in the middle not on the top. Mammillatia elongata pink nymph? Second are gymno seedlings. Not sure which. Very interesting spines. Maybe comarapense? 3 and 4 are es...

So the most hairy ones do have a much smaller root system: a small tap root and barely some feeder roots.
They are compared to parodia mammulosa roots which are quite extensive for their size. I've only seen so many roots in mammillarias.

Orion Drakkar wrote:#3 - Maybe cleistocactus strausii?
#4 - looks Espostoopsis dybowskii

#4 i remember the seller said something about dybowskii!
Thanks for the reply!

Winter is still pretty far but im excited for the next season of GOT. Now to cacti talk. I racked up more than 100 cacti and succulents in a few months amd then it hit me! What the hell am i gonna do during winter. I used to have a couple of golden barrels that i keep in a dark coldish room during ...

These can all stand cool conditions if they're dry, it's only cold wet conditions you need to avoid (with just about any cactus). Oreocereus trollii dislikes extremely high temperatures, and is considered a frost-hardy species Thanks greenknight! It's only my first post and everyone has been so hel...

Winter is still pretty far but im excited for the next season of GOT. Now to cacti talk. I racked up more than 100 cacti and succulents in a few months amd then it hit me! What the hell am i gonna do during winter. I used to have a couple of golden barrels that i keep in a dark coldish room during w...

The only reason my cacti kept getting soft on me but not thr point of leaning was underwatering. Cacti really appreciate water. If it's planted in peat moss you should move it to a better mix. The best way to water cacti in peat moss is to soak them in the sink and let all the air bubble out of the ...

Update: the seller said i can use styrofoam like the one in the picture instead of perlite. Is she on to something? I would go with any small pebbles, bits of rock, rough gravel or split you can get your hands on instead of something like styrofoam. If you have a garden, just look to see if you can...

I can't reliably comment anything on the care of these plants as I haven't grown any of these ones but since they're so common I think that they're not that difficult to grow, as for whether they have weak roots I don't think so, cacti are very resilient plants. The soil they're planted in needs mo...

Salazar wrote:#1 looks like Oreocereus trollii
#2 could be Cephalocereus senilis
#3 Cleistocactus maybe?
#4 Espostoa?

Wow that was very fast! Thank you! I'll look into them.
Can you comment about what the seller said?

Hello everyone! This is my first post but i've always followed this forum. I share my collection with a friend and we are guessing names. I have some gentlemen with a beards to identify if you could please help. These are from european nurseries so they should be very common. I think 3 of them are e...