Rescued a big cactus

[Julie]

Now that's an awesome flower. And an awesome middle too!

[Peter]

GIven the size of the plant compared to the label, it could be that Stephen may well be correct. It's big for an Oxygona (which would surely have formed a large clump at the age it is).

[Trevor]

WOW, what a monster - hope it responds kindly to your TLC !!!

[Victoria]

Yes, bigger fluffy areoles on the shoulder, they look a lot like the buds on my E.subnudans so I am hoping for flowers, which should help with ID. I thought maybe oxygona too but thought they usually clump, I'll be sure to post some flowers when/if they appear.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

[Phil_SK]

[quote=Peter Turner]It's big for an Oxygona (which would surely have formed a large clump at the age it is).[/quote]If you take E. oxygona to include multiplex and eyriesii then there's quite a range of habits. This one for example is columnar and doesn't have many offsets. There's a similar photo in "The cactus handbook" by Eric Haustein. I was more put off by the low number of ribs.


It's often puzzled me why some Echinopsis grown from offsets don't look like their parents, tending to be spinier, more likely to offset and less likely to flower. It seems that many of the plants in cultivation now have this flaw. It's as if they never grow out of a juvenile form. I don't fully understand what 'neoteny' is so I'm reluctant to use the word but I think many of the big clusters of Echinopsis are big babies.

[Maria J]

Great job Victoria! Looking forward to seeing the flowers too!
(not me this time Julie )

[Mike]

Well done Victoria!
I've rescue a few plants from the tip over the last few years. They often repay the care with much gratitude.
This is (a small part of) a Euphorbia I rescued from going to landfill and which subsequently won a prize at a local branch show - from tip to top I suppose!
Mike
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[sandi]

Hi,
I have rescued these two plants. They were ment to be composted.
First is an opuntia.
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[sandi]

And the second is an agava americana. It is quite big. It is 140 cm tall.

I was glad to take them and my coworkers were happy to get rid of them.

Sandi
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[Julie]

Ooops, sorry Maria (and Victoria!) :o

Sandi, wow, huge plants! Lucky for them that you have the space for them. The blue stripes on those Agave leaves are lovely.