Need your help on a cactus ID...again!

[kavanaru]

Originally Posted by cb977

I looked at 171 Mammilaria photos and none of them look like mine

I'm posting a better picture

I'm also posting another of the second one, with the "teeth" at it's edges...

and while I was out there I took pictures of two others I have no name for
Pictures 3 and 4 are one of them and pictures 5 and 6 is the other

Anybody game? As you can see, they're all growing like crazy so if you come up with the name and want some of any of them, let me know

the plant on Pics 3 & 4 looks like one of the Aichryson from the Canary island, prob Aicryson laxum... does it has yellow flowers?

[cb977]

Way cool! I'll do some more research today using the suggestions you guys have made...thank you

Funny thing is...I never cared about plant name until the orchid bug bit! Now I'm obsessed!

[Ross]

Originally Posted by kavanaru

kep in mind, that there are about 200 species in this genus,

Ramon/Sue - there are way more than 200 species. I have a Mamillaria reference with a couple hundred pages (as I recall) of Mamillaria from all over the world. And Mamillaria is the most often distorted genera of cacti because folks are afraid to give it the light it needs. The purpse of the hairs is to provide natural screening from the intense light in native habitats. In Arizona and old Mexico, for instance, Mamillaria is often exposed to intense full sun. If I were to guess, I would suggest 15,000 foot-candles plus.

[cb977]

I've moved mine into an area that gets a bit more light

[Sun rm.N.E.]

Susanne

Your Aloe juvenna looks like a true dwarf more compact and attractive than any I have seen. As you know all you need is one little offset to propogate and I would like to have one when the weather gets warmer.

By the way I have a different one that is probably twice the size of yours, not as unusual looking as yours, but it seems to have the medicinal qualities of those huge ones such as instantly stopping the pain from burns. Yours probably does too. Did you ever try it? I grow mine in S/H and it does well.

[snow]

i think no 2 is haworthia and 5 and 6 graptophylum. they need way more light. i grow graptos in full light and the leaves turn reddish brown and become compact instead of elongated. it also has nice flowers btw.

[cb977]

Originally Posted by Sun rm.N.E.

Susanne

Your Aloe juvenna looks like a true dwarf more compact and attractive than any I have seen. As you know all you need is one little offset to propogate and I would like to have one when the weather gets warmer.

By the way I have a different one that is probably twice the size of yours, not as unusual looking as yours, but it seems to have the medicinal qualities of those huge ones such as instantly stopping the pain from burns. Yours probably does too. Did you ever try it? I grow mine in S/H and it does well.

Let me know when your weather warms up enough and I'll send you some of the juvenna When I got this plant it was just one little offshoot in a tiny pot and has grown many many new offshoots along the way, I'm happy to share it with you

I have a larger aloe in a pot that I use for first aid stuff, there are many aloes outside on our property that are very large and a different species altogether, they're huge!

[cb977]

I think I may have found the right Mammilaria!
Mammillaria sphacelata ssp. viperina

[snow]

i figured out no 3 and 4. i have this one myself.
it,s cotyledon tomentosa.

[cb977]

Thank you

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