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brocsman
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Identification help

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This was tiny when I bought it, and it just keeps growing. I'd be grateful for an ID.

Many thanks in advance
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It's an Opuntia of some sort, but it and the other cacti need a lot more light.
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Thank you for your message. I know you are right about light, but this is the best I can manage. It is in a caravan often left unoccpied for weeks at a time, so I try to grow plants which can be left. How might I narrow the ID down to species?
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The large plant is Opuntia monacantha fma. variegata .
Which would be more variegated if it got more light.
The plant at the back next to it with the golden spines looks like Eriocephala ( Notocactus ) leninghausii.
The others are too small and elongated because of poor light to name at this time.
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Thank you for your message. I'm beginning to feel badly about keeping them if they're starved of light, but I really have nowhere better.
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brocsman wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:47 pm Thank you for your message. I'm beginning to feel badly about keeping them if they're starved of light, but I really have nowhere better.
Try right next to the window as now they seem to be standing in the middle of the room, or maybe even outdoor in summer?
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Thanks for the suggestions. I'll see what I can do.
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If you can move it over to the window, I know caravans don't often have wide window ledges you could try standing a mirror or even a sheet of mirror acrylic behind it. This would help you maximise the light.
It might be a suitable arrangement when you are not occupying the caravan.
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Good ideas. I'll give it a try. If it works I'll send another photo.
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