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Posted: Aug/13/2009 2:21 AM PST
Ok, here's the deal. We rescued this little bugger from my mom. It was tiny and over grown in a small pot and the pot was all cracked because he was never transplanted. I put him in Cactus soil and a bigger pot and what happened was he started growing from the top a whole new cactus. It was so cool to watch. The bottom eventually just turned into root I guess. I planted that part under the soil. In the spring he gets a ring of little cute pink-ish purple-ish flowers going all around the top part. I have checked out every Cactus book but cannot find it. Do you guys know what he is? Thanks so mulch!!!!  Halime Attachments:    |
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Posted: Aug/14/2009 4:07 AM PST
That's an interesting-looking cactus, but I can't help you. I don't know a thing about cactus. |
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Posted: Aug/14/2009 7:51 AM PST
It's almost certainly a Mammilaria, so named because the spines arise from a nipple-like protrusion of the catus' surface. Mammilaria is a huge family tho' so I couldn't tell you which one to save my life. Hope that helps. |
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Posted: Aug/14/2009 8:06 AM PST
Ok Thanks! That narrows it down a bit!
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Posted: Oct/07/2009 5:58 PM PST
Possibly Mammillaria sempervivi. 
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