Here are photos of my cacti: some of them I do not have their names...cacti names are just so long at times...

Photos of Gymnocalycium monvillei as she forms her flowers:





Echinocactus platyacanthus




Stenocactus coptonoganus



Cacti NOID





Almost lost this cacti NOID last year, had to cut off about 7 inches base got rotten due to the winter rains. And I guess I need to re-stabilize, add some more rocks now, it is leaning a bit..

Oops the echinocactus photo should have been labeled as: Ferocactus emoryi

My little group of cactus, I don't know what kinds.

So cheerful!

Michael,
Yes they are Blue agaves, I had two in pots that were over 3 ft. tall and wide. Keeping in pots up north is something hard to do. It got so bothersome to bring them in for overwintering here in zone 6. I used to trim the leaf tips off with finger nail clippers. Only the very tiny tip. Almost couldn't notice it, but didn't cut into you.
Gordon,
I also have Stapelia gigantea which blooms only this color. The red color type is Stapelia Grandiflora. I plan to purchase one this spring. Soil ph will have nothing to do with the flower color.
Although they will hybridized freely with other kinds of their group. You could end up with all different types, but will not change flower color from season to season form the same plant.
Hetty,
When I approach a big cactus like you plan on. First get plenty of help. Then use welder's gloves and a denim jacket completely buttoned up. Next, Good Luck.
Stush

I've watched the "cactus movers" here in AZ move large, landscape cactus. They use old pieces of carpeting to wrap the cactus for it's protection and their own.

Thanks Stush.. it bloomed right into december...

Happy New Year everyone! Went to visit an aunt in Los Angeles and took some photos of some of her lovely cacti and succulents. She does not know the names mostly, so if someone knows, feel free to ID They have such fun weather there this winter..warm low 80's yum!

No name...but so nice!



I know this one is a sedum morganianum or sedum burrito


Another nice trailing variety..wish I have a name!



I nickname this one as the brain



No name again...


This one looks like Elephant bush..did not know it can trail down, my own plant grows upwards.


Fun way to start a New Year! Seeing new plants, getting to know them better

tarev,
Your "brain cactus" is known as the "Brain Cactus" , in fact. It's mammillaria elongata monstrosus.

You might think about adding it to the ATP Plant Database. (PLANTS tab at the top of you page.)

Hahah, so it is brain cactus..sure, I will gladly add it! Thanks Susie

Oh, there is another one I forgot to add here, another nice trailing succulent...feel free to ID as well




A closer look on the leaves:

Tarev, your last photo looks to be Lampranthus blandus, or Pink Vygie: http://www.plantoftheweek.org/...


Your Elephant Bush is Portulacaria afra http://garden.org/plants/searc...
I can't tell if it is the one called Portulacaria afra 'foliis variegatis', http://www.plantoftheweek.org/...

I love them Tarev, they are beautiful, and look so healthy!!

Thank you all for helping ID My aunt has such a knack growing different kinds of plants...so I always try to take photos or get some freebies And with their wonderful 80's weather this winter..even better!

It is unusually dry right now here in Cali...chilly but very dry..have not seen rain compared to last year..hmm

Tarev, do you live in CA?

Yup, am in CA

I have put the little brain cactus my aunt gave me on the ATP mug temporarily while it acclimates to our weather....seems to say..how do you like your coffee..with cream, sugar, cinnamon ...or a little brain

Zone 7, what part of CA? Looks like you get real winter weather.

We are geographically part of Central Valley, but nearer to East Bay area in Northern Cali. We get the chilly winter weather, though no snow on the ground. And this year, even on the Sierras, there is no measurable snow, so really very dry. Chilly but sunny in winter and at times some days of thick tule fog (radiation fog), sizzling triple digit heat during summers.

tarev said:Happy New Year everyone! Went to visit an aunt in Los Angeles and took some photos of some of her lovely cacti and succulents. She does not know the names mostly, so if someone knows, feel free to ID They have such fun weather there this winter..warm low 80's yum!

No name again...

• Thimble Cactus (Mammillaria vetula subsp. gracilis)
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Fun way to start a New Year! Seeing new plants, getting to know them better

Tarev, this plant is called "Curiosity Plant 'Mini'" or Cereus peruvianus monstrose cv.

valleylynn said:Tarev, your last photo looks to be Lampranthus blandus, or Pink Vygie: http://www.plantoftheweek.org/...


Your Elephant Bush is Portulacaria afra http://garden.org/plants/searc...
I can't tell if it is the one called Portulacaria afra 'foliis variegatis', http://www.plantoftheweek.org/...

Love the pot!!

Thank you Alan. I got that ceramic pot in a small nursery in Wenatchee, WA. They had some really different and interesting containers. Wish I would have had more money to spend. : )