Cacti and Succulents, Own any? Options

[Zenith]

Do you have any Cacti or Succulents?
I do.
My Barrel Cactus.
This is about 2 days after I replanted them they look healthier now about 2 weeks on.
On the left is the Echinocactus grusonii "Golden Barrel Cactus" and the other I'm not sure yet of the name of it.





This one is a Golden Jade Tree (Crassula ovata ‘Sunset’) , now replanted into a new pot but these pictures on this page are recent.


From what I have read it would seem if there all looked after they will out live me and I know what I will do pass them down as living antiques

This post has been edited by Zenith: Jul 29 2006, 01:30 AM

[Marcia]

Hi Zenith....when I lived in California I had a number of cacti and succulent plants. Even a catus orchid that I would have to look up it's name to tell you what it was. It would bloom around May every year and the blooms were large and beautiful. I only have a few now here in Kansas. My parents had some jade plant that they planted along the edge of their driveway. It grew about as tall as me. I am 5' 7". Imagine 50 ft of that stuff that tall. I used to go in and cut it down for them. It grew like a weed there in California. It made a great privacy fence from the traffic on the street. When I was a child I used to call it a pickle bush because it reminded me of sliced pickles.

This post has been edited by Marcia: Jul 29 2006, 04:59 AM

[Zenith]

I added a section on it to My Picture's on my site

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would have to look up it's name to tell you what it was. It would bloom around May every year and the blooms were large and beautiful.

So you might know what that 2nd one is?

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I only have a few now here in Kansas

What do you have now?

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My parents had some jade plant that they planted along the edge of their driveway.

That must have looked good

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It grew about as tall as me. I am 5' 7". Imagine 50 ft of that stuff that tall. I used to go in and cut it down for them.

You wouldn't have a picture of it would you?

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when I lived in California I had a number of cacti and succulent plants. Even a catus orchid

Wouldn't have a picture of that either would you?

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It grew like a weed there in California.

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It made a great privacy fence from the traffic on the street.

I bet it did

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When I was a child I used to call it a pickle bush because it reminded me of sliced pickles.

Well maybe in a few months I will take a picture of them again as they just started to get settled in after I have replanted them first 2 are done just did the Jade tree last week, the Barrel Cactus look healthier now though after only about 2 weeks.

This post has been edited by Zenith: Jul 29 2006, 05:36 AM

[Ironbender]

This cactus in my garden has reached more than 9 feet. (my wall is about 9 feet, 3 meters)



This bloom will "explode" soon and spread its seeds away.



Chris

[Marcia]

Here is a link to the Epiphyllum (orchid catus ) like I had. The first two pictures on this page are the same color bloom mine was. I do have a picture of my Christmas Catus I can post. I will look for it. I will also take pictures of the catus I have now and post them later. I don't have any pics of the catus I had in California.


Is that a Prickly Pear, Chris? My mom's neigbors had that growing along the fence along the road and Mexicans would come by and cut off the fruit and make jam from it. Another one that grows like a weed in California.

This post has been edited by Marcia: Jul 29 2006, 06:56 AM

[Marcia]

Here is a picture of my Christmas Catus.


Catus

This post has been edited by Marcia: Jul 29 2006, 06:55 AM

[Ironbender]

It looks very similar at first sight, but it doesn't produce fruits. Its flowers 'blow' and leave only the empty green cups which fall some days after.

[Jeannie]

I have a small aloe plant.

[Dino]

In New Jersey, nicknamed the Garden State, this is the kind of plants we grow:

[Zenith]

QUOTE (Marcia @ Jul 29 2006, 11:54 PM)

Here is a picture of my Christmas Catus. Catus

I like that one

[Zenith]

QUOTE (Marcia @ Jul 29 2006, 11:48 PM)

Here is a link to the Epiphyllum (orchid catus ) like I had. The first two pictures on this page are the same color bloom mine was.

Nice

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This cactus in my garden has reached more than 9 feet. (my wall is about 9 feet, 3 meters)

That's one tall cactus.

This post has been edited by Zenith: Jul 30 2006, 03:46 AM

[Marcia]

Hi Zenith...I will try and take some pictures of my other cacti today and post them. One of them is a Golden Star Catus, I have a Barrel Cactus similar to yours, an Old Man Catus and the other two I am not sure what their names are. All but one of them is planted in a container together and are outside. I have one in the house that I have had for about two years and it has gone from 1 1/2 ft tall to about 3 ft tall in that time. I will try to find out what it's name is.

[Ironbender]

QUOTE (Dino @ Jul 29 2006, 11:52 AM)

In New Jersey, nicknamed the Garden State, this is the kind of plants we grow:

I can see the long green garden between the two road lanes

[Zenith]

QUOTE (Ironbender @ Jul 30 2006, 09:07 PM)

I can see the long green garden between the two road lanes

Good one Chris



I seem to of found the name of the 2nd Barrel Cactus
Melocactus oreas
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Cactus oreas, Melocactus cremnophilus, Melocactus rubrisaetosus
http://cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus=Meloca...s&species=oreas
http://cactiguide.com/graphics/m_oreas_600.jpg

Origin: Brazil (eastern Bahia)

This post has been edited by Zenith: Jul 30 2006, 04:19 AM

[bahamut0013]

I have several of these silver dollars in the back yard of my apartment... it nailed the cat on his nose the first time the two were introduced.
I also have a Santa Rita, but it seems to be dooing poorly. Honestly, I don't care for it, so unless the landlord wants it to live, I'm going to let it wither away. It's probably from the ants anyway.