My first cactus was a fairy castle cactus. Lots of acid trips staring at it. It was super big and my cats knocked it over anf i found it rotted out in a pile of its own dirt:(( But i got a new one thats a babu recently and its teensy and im excited to see it grow. So thatd have to be my fave.

Sep 24, 2023 · Some pics of both of the province’s native cacti ( Escobaria vivipara and Opuntia fragilis) from today’s hike. Both species are found in sandy and very well draining soil. Southern Manitoba is generally USDA zone 2b/3a with lows sometimes reaching below -40C/F in …

This post will be stickied as a reference to help people identify the common San Pedro Lookalikes. The following plants are columnar cacti that are easily confused for the Trichocereus species. You can use this guide to compare your mystery cactus to these photos and descriptions. #1 - Cereus species - The infamous "Peruvian Apple Cactus."

Moreover, which cactus species, in your experience, have shown the most promising results when propagated through tissue culture? I'm interested in understanding both the scientific and practical aspects of this - factors like rarity, conservation status, and difficulty in …

Mar 17, 2022 · There's also a lot of disagreement on cactus taxonomy, so one source will list a plant as one species, while another will have it under a different name. There's also recent molecular studies that show some species, like Echinocereus coccineus, is really several different species even though they may not look too different from each other.

Jul 11, 2022 · First off, not all species have common names. Different people may also use the same name for totally different species. Also with cactus species, you often cannot identify the specific species but usually can get the genus level pretty reliably.

Sep 9, 2023 · The modern cacti species developed after the separation of the continents. Notably, the "old world" has plants which serve a similar ecological niche, the spurges. There is a single species of mistletoe cactus that has been found in Africa and Sri Lanka, which is believed to have been introduced within the last thousand years by either birds or ...

Apr 2, 2020 · There are three species of cacti that grow in Saskatchewan. Opuntia fragilis, Opuntia polycanatha, and Escobaria vivipara. Check out Glen Lee's Saskatchewan Wildflowers website. There are photos and descriptions of lots of Saskatchewan native plants.

Jul 3, 2021 · No eating, no drinking hidden cactus water. (I swear that cartoons made this a thing and it just keeps getting perpetuated.) Cactus fruits are totally edible and have a good sugar content too. The prickly pear, the barrel cactus, even some of the small cactus species. Can I say all cactus fruits are edible?

Jul 1, 2021 · The species doesn’t matter. Just get something small and inexpensive to learn with before buying something more expensive and exotic. If you want flowers, avoid columnar types and opuntia since they rarely flower indoors.