Stenocereus eruca

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Wow - love the one hanging from the greenhouse roof! But they are all great. I snooped around a little further on the site.

Thanks for the link.

Nice to be connected online and with photos, especially in this time of physical isolation. But always nice to share pictures around the world on these friendly forums. Really nice!
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The plastic gutter is genius, Dave!
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One of our local cactus club member does have several stems of the "Creeping Devil" cactus in his cactus garden. The biggest piece is growing in the ground along the house wall. I do not know, if he protects the cactus from the cold temperatures we do experience during the winter months. Also, I have never seen a flower on his plants.
If I had more space for growing cacti, I would most certainly give this plant a try

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Happy to report the eruca seems to be happy here: closer to the 2 feet per year growth than the 2 feet per decade! :D

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cactushobbyman wrote: Wed May 27, 2020 1:34 pm I have one that I bought when it was 6 inches long. Now it is almost two foot long and it now has a pup. I do not use sand. My mix is 25% organic and 75% inorganic. I'll try to get a picture. 8)
Hey guys, it's been a while since this thread was active, but I'm bumping it up because I just recently got myself a 4" S. eruca and was looking back through the forum archives for advice on cultivation.

Cactushobbyman, your profile says you're down by Fresno. I'm up by Chico, so our climates are similar. I'm just wondering how your plant has been doing with the hot dry San Joaquin Valley summers? Has the 25/75 organic/mineral mix been ok? That's my go-to medium for most of my cacti, and I was gonna use it for my eruca unless you had other advice.
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Another bump of this thread

The plant instantly brings up memories of Tony Marino's Creeping devil that he displays at the Intercity Show
I have to find a photo

But in addition, Tony has had 2 great articles in the latest CSSA journals,
The Journal has been taken over by Peter Breslin and it's a joy to read cover to cover
There has been a couple mentions of the Cactiguide forum in the journals, hoping it brings in some new blood

I went to Tony's place a couple months ago, and picked some great plants, including a Stenocereus eruca
I forgot to ask him if it's cutting or seedling
Tony was a big contributor here on the forum around 10 years ago
I tried to get him to start posting again, he said maybe sometime


I got another plant from Duke Benadom, and a couple others from a cactus nursery, so I must have a couple different clones
Haven't seen any flowers on any plants in cultivation, so not sure if I will ever get any seeds
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Boy Goggle sure is easy
Just search Stenocereus eruca intercity show and instantly, the photo appears

Tony Marino's plant
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Here it is in a different year
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darn that's a beautiful plant!!! Great staging with the rocks and wood.

I wanted a S. eruca for a while and couldn't find them anywhere, but then all of a sudden in the last year a ton of nurseries have them in stock! They're a little pricey--I've seen them averaging $60-75--but if you want this plant it's obtainable at the moment.
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Planet desert has little ones for 13 bucks. I gave a lot of thought to buying one last summer,but decided not to because of the space it would take.
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Mine .. This year its been the most prolific
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