It's not a cylinder, not a tree; it's like a furry bulblet with barbs at the very point of its "fingers":)
Hello again!
Here is a pet of mine which I wanted to determine what species it is of.
I got them from 'nobody' - they had been left at our communal balcony, and I don't know whose they had been and didn't have a possibility to ask them of the sort.
They are tiny, and the guy pictured is about 2 inches tall:) I couldn't find it by shape on the web yet, so I took to find a site where I could ask people for such help.
Aha, I see it's visible - except for colour, of course. Its colour is green not grey; it sprouts branches of the same shape as itself, and it's fairly vertical. Their barbs are of two colours - reddish-brown and whitish-grey:) Those grey are very... Like short hairs on your skin:) They are thinner:) Like some FUR:)
They both grow from the same point which is like a half reddish-brown half furry-white bud: the whitish is the 'cushion', and the reddish is centred upon it:)
Last edited by Josh on Sun Oct 02, 2011 11:36 pm, edited 1 time in total.
It's a Mammillaria Josh, but the picture is not sharp enough to really tell which. It is also a bit etiolated and out of character and needs growing in brighter light.
DaveW
Nottingham Branch BCSS. Joined the then NCSS in 1961, Membership number 11944. Cactus only collection.
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Thank you for the help, Dave. Most of them look rather well; the point may be I have no sufficient cameras now..
My flat is on the first floor (it might be regarded ground by an Englishmen), ENE oriented windows and a couple of trees outside. But I bought a couple of lamps and try to keep them on all day.
The winter's close, and I expect some questions could come later about some caring condition:)
Soon I'll up another pic — of one more guy I have:D
Josh, I believe DaveW meant something like 'it doesnt look normal'. Its hard to identify plant if its etiolated, if it has weak spines, less wool etc. I am not sure artificial light will help you unless you pay attention to spectrum plants need for growth. Sun is what they need
Josh wrote:one is incandescent, and the other is tungsten.
A tungsten lamp is a form of incandescent lamp, the most common I think. But AnTTun is right, unless you have extremely strong lamps it will be very difficult to grow the plant well.
Could it be a Mammillaria prolifera?
Josh wrote:I use two lamps: one is incandescent, and the other is tungsten.
I've bought a third one:)
Dave, I haven't managed to take better pictures. However, "Mammillaria"'s quite enough for now:) I think.
This is my other species of succulents — the picture is good enough — made with the same devise.
This beautiful star-like shoot has now grown up into a light-green furry branch:)
Josh wrote:one is incandescent, and the other is tungsten.
A tungsten lamp is a form of incandescent lamp, the most common I think. But AnTTun is right, unless you have extremely strong lamps it will be very difficult to grow the plant well.
Could it be a Mammillaria prolifera?
Thanks, anders I thought "tungsten" means "daylight" Did I err?
One of my lamps is that "daylight", the second is matted paraboloid incandescent, and the third is usual paraboloid yet, but I'll change it into a matted and stronger one. Also I'm thinking of buying another "daylight" lamp to double the special lighting some later. (my favourite smiley:) The point is that my dieffenbachia(s) need much light too:) I have three pots with dieffenbachia at the same windowsill
It is an old Swedish name for the mineral scheelite (tung = heavy, sten = stone/rock), from which the metal tungsten was isolated. I don't understand why anyone would name an element like that, it justs causes confusion .
I thought "tungsten" means "daylight" 
Did I err?
(my favourite smiley:) The point is that my dieffenbachia(s) need much light too:) I have three pots with dieffenbachia at the same windowsill