A large M.elongata
Note how it's in a small pot which is inside a clay pot. Quite tricky to get out! Typical of Wikos' plants.
Mamm elongata and a Ferocactus?
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Greenlarry
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Mamm elongata and a Ferocactus?
A couple more cacti for fathers day...
A large M.elongata And a small Ferocactus?
Note how it's in a small pot which is inside a clay pot. Quite tricky to get out! Typical of Wikos' plants.
A large M.elongata And a small Ferocactus?
Note how it's in a small pot which is inside a clay pot. Quite tricky to get out! Typical of Wikos' plants.
You can take the boy out of the greenhouse, but you can't take the greenhouse out of the boy!
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Re: Mamm elongata and a Ferocactus?
Yes, but you do get two pots for the price of one (or in your case two pots for no price at all)! The second plant does look like a Ferocactus.Greenlarry wrote: Note how it's in a small pot which is inside a clay pot. Quite tricky to get out! Typical of Wikos' plants.
Rod Smith
Growing a mixed collection of cacti & other succulents; mainly smaller species with a current emphasis on lithops & conophytum.
Growing a mixed collection of cacti & other succulents; mainly smaller species with a current emphasis on lithops & conophytum.
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Re: Mamm elongata and a Ferocactus?
Doesn't look like a Ferocactus to me either - rather sharply defined ribs for a young Fero? What about Lobivia/Echinopsis????
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Re: Mamm elongata and a Ferocactus?
Here's an overhead shot of it after a repot. It has some pale patches that look a little concerning.
And those clay pots are strange. They are recessed on the inside so as to fit the small plastic pot inside tight, and no hole in the bottom. But the area where the hole should be has very thin clay. Easy to pop out.
And those clay pots are strange. They are recessed on the inside so as to fit the small plastic pot inside tight, and no hole in the bottom. But the area where the hole should be has very thin clay. Easy to pop out.
You can take the boy out of the greenhouse, but you can't take the greenhouse out of the boy!
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Re: Mamm elongata and a Ferocactus?
Echinopsis,with thorns like a Fero?Mal L wrote:Doesn't look like a Ferocactus to me either - rather sharply defined ribs for a young Fero? What about Lobivia/Echinopsis????
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Re: Mamm elongata and a Ferocactus?
Certainly. Not that these spines are really characteristic of a Ferocactus. I don't know what it is, but I'm fairly sure it is South American.Greenlarry wrote:Echinopsis,with thorns like a Fero?Mal L wrote:Doesn't look like a Ferocactus to me either - rather sharply defined ribs for a young Fero? What about Lobivia/Echinopsis????
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Re: Mamm elongata and a Ferocactus?
So what is characteristic of ferocactus? I see a ball cactus with gnarly spines that curl upwards and I think Feroiann wrote:Certainly. Not that these spines are really characteristic of a Ferocactus. I don't know what it is, but I'm fairly sure it is South American.Greenlarry wrote:Echinopsis,with thorns like a Fero?Mal L wrote:Doesn't look like a Ferocactus to me either - rather sharply defined ribs for a young Fero? What about Lobivia/Echinopsis????
You can take the boy out of the greenhouse, but you can't take the greenhouse out of the boy!
Re: Mamm elongata and a Ferocactus?
Some of Wilco's plants are ok if you catch them soon after delivery before they are sat in the gloom in trays of water and you can identify them!
Roy, Lancaster, UK