Cactus of the Month

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Mon May 18, 2009 11:30 pm

Another nice cactus and great write up Hob

Thanks for keeping it going

hob · Post by **hob** » Fri May 29, 2009 5:54 pm

may 2009 is posted

ok guys, i get the feeling i'm setting myself up here

iv'e never even seen a Carnegiea gigantea yet alone owned one

i guess i'm flying by wire here using my internet skills rather than my plant knowledge, any glaring mistakes feel free to let me know.

Post by **daiv** » Fri May 29, 2009 6:11 pm

Looks good to me Hob. Very wild about the guy shooting one and then getting clobbered. All I can say to shooting saguaros is - Stoooopid!

Looks like one of the pics has some ruffian in it, but he doesn't look like a vandal.

hob · Post by **hob** » Fri May 29, 2009 6:18 pm

daiv wrote: Very wild about the guy shooting one and then getting clobbered. All I can say to shooting saguaros is - Stoooopid!

yeah i found that one here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus_plugging

there was another site with more detail but i can't find it now

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Fri May 29, 2009 11:56 pm

Nice write up Hob

Hummm, where have I seen that kid in that picture at before

iann · Post by **iann** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:14 pm

The future may see the return of the genus Aylostera along with Rebutia and Weingartia.

Unfortunately the one name that won't be back is Sulcorebutia. Oh, and Mediolobivia, like anyone cares

Its comfortably hardy to -7C (20F), a good one for the unheated greenhouse.

P.S. Your E. coccineus v paucicostata has more spines than my normal one

hob · Post by **hob** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:22 pm

iann wrote:
Its comfortably hardy to -7C (20F), a good one for the unheated greenhouse.

thanks that's the one thing i couldn't find on the web

i will change that

iann wrote: P.S. Your E. coccineus v paucicostata has more spines than my normal one

you mean paucispinus........ it came with collection data SB 406 Kimble county Texas.

iann · Post by **iann** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:25 pm

Might be hardy below -7C, but I'll probably never know

I knew it was pauci-something, I must have been looking at an Eriosyce when I wrote paucicostata.

Post by **daiv** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:43 pm

Took me a minute to see what Ian was commenting on. Then I realized - new features! Woo hoo! Glad to see them Hob! I sure appreciate your efforts. Fun to read and always handy to refer back to these features when the come up on the forum.

Cacti77 · Post by **Cacti77** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 7:54 am

hob wrote:
daiv wrote: Very wild about the guy shooting one and then getting clobbered. All I can say to shooting saguaros is - Stoooopid!

yeah i found that one here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus_plugging

there was another site with more detail but i can't find it now

There videos on youtube showing people blasting cacti with shotguns, its a sad thing to see

I hate to say it but that guy in the wiki article had it coming to him, God works in mysterious ways.

king_hedes · Post by **king_hedes** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:14 pm

people alway shoot the prickly pear here

hob · Post by **hob** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:50 pm

daiv wrote:Took me a minute to see what Ian was commenting on. Then I realized - new features! Woo hoo! Glad to see them Hob! I sure appreciate your efforts. Fun to read and always handy to refer back to these features when the come up on the forum.

OK so I kicked my *SS and decided to get my act together

............probably the hardest feature that i have written to date.........

http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16150

Post by **daiv** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 1:05 am

Hey I just saw this. That is a whopper of a feature! I'm glad you tackled that one as I have marvled at the variation on these. But now, I'm a little closer to figuring them out.

Thanks Hob!

hob · Post by **hob** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:45 pm

well i did October

i guess now i'm retiring there is no excuse not to catch up

http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16333

only 5 behind now

Post by **daiv** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:54 pm

Looks good Hob. I'm glad you pointed out that the name is an anagram. I was surprised when I learned that they did that with scientific names. It makes for a neat sounding name anyway.

I wonder, however, if descriptive names are better suited. Perhaps "Bolivicactus" would have been a bit more awkward, but make it easier to remember what it means? Maybe not. I know someone thought it was a good idea with "Bolivicereus".

Daiv