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Look like they were subjected to industrial pollution in the past with only the crowns now growing out normal coloured spination? Spines do dull with age, but they just look dirty? Saw some cacti in Chile near a coal fired power station that were also blackened like those with only the new growth n...

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Hello Everyone-

Still haven’t a clue as to the ID of this cactus. Thought I’d bump it back up to see if any new info would arise.

Thanks for reading and MASS thanks for replying.

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Hello Everyone- My wife's Dioscorea elephantipes just bloomed several days ago and was wondering if it's a male or female? Me thinks its a female, but just wanna make with you folks. Thanks for reading and MASS thanks for replying. OWgave Screenshot_20210826-130116_Message+_copy_768x1024_1.jpg

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Hello De Lovers-

My wife's De has bloomed and i think its a female. What do you folks think?

Thanks
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Aug. 14 update.

My wife decided to introduce her De loooong side branches to the sides of its trellis a few weeks ago, creating an Eiffel tower look.

Enjoy,
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FINALLY, LEAVES!!!!

Sorry, image is a bit stretched due to resizing to be able post.

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Hello MTCG- My wife's De was obtained from Botanical Wonders near San Diego, they have a good selection of De's there, in fact they a few up on Ebay at the moment. Thank you for the watering and fertilizer tips. As far as the top dressing and decorative rocks, I will mention to my wife that we shoul...

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Hello Dioscorea elephantipes Lovers- After going through about 10 pages so far, I've gathered that my wife's De loonnng side branches is a normal thing. With it receiving morning sunlight and having the size caudex it has, it's just trying to protect itself from the sunlight when it produces it's le...

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OWgave wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 11:07 pm
mikethecactusguy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 9:39 pm Hi OWgave.
could you post another picture this time not distorted?
I'll try. That pic had to "resized" to be accepted here.

Updated pic and included pic of one of it's longer side branches. Hopefully it helps.

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mikethecactusguy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 9:39 pm Hi OWgave.
could you post another picture this time not distorted?

I'll try. That pic had to "resized" to be accepted here.

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Hello Fellow Dioscorea elephantipes Lovers- Just stumbled upon this forum doing some research on my wife's newly acquired DE that I got for her birthday about a month ago. The reason that im posting is to ask if this is normal. (I haven't read ALL 31 pages yet, but i will) 3 weeks ago, my wife's DE ...

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Thanks for chimming in their DaveW. This round barrel cactus is sure a head scratcher.

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Hello Cacti Lovers-

Visited several cacti nurseries in Vegas, Arizona and San Diego last week and showed images of cactus in question and none of the employees could not ID it. Most said maybe a sick grusonii. Thought I'd get a more definite answer on my trip.

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If these don't belong to you, and you don't have any idea where they are located, can I ask why? Since the good one is in a pot and the other is sitting in paper, are thinking of buying these? Those pics were grabbed off the web as the wife and I were looking for cacti to add to our collection. Wou...

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mikethecactusguy wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 10:46 pm City, state, Country? Continent?

US for sure, possibly Southwestern part.

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