A small prickly plant, produces a lovely flower.
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Posts: 602 28-04-08 19:29 Flowering Annual |
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Posts: 6242 28-04-08 21:00 Established Tree |
can't see very well but it has something in the middle????
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mammaj |
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Posts: 2633 04-05-08 10:18 Mature Shrub |
Lovely Scotty, do you know which it is? Glad to see someone else likes these plants.
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Posts: 613 04-05-08 14:49 Flowering Annual |
Sorry I havn't a clue.
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eileen |
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Posts: 12312 05-05-08 00:16 Established Tree |
I like to see cacti flowers as they are really beautiful. I no longer keep cacti but maybe it's about time I thought of having them again.
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Posts: 118 05-05-08 00:24 |
Lovely Scotty. Cacti flowers are spectacular.
I've got quite a few cacti, which i keep on my kitchen windowsill, and they grow like mad, but so far after about 5 years, not a flower in site. Two of them i've had for over 20 years, and they have flowered occasionally, but trying to put a name to them is so hard. I've looked all of my cacti up times on the specialist web sites, but it is very confusing, and none of what matches is certain. Did you do anything to get it to flower Scotty, or did it just happen ? 
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mammaj |
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Posts: 2638 05-05-08 07:02 Mature Shrub |
Put it outside Ally, I'm no expert but most of mine flower ( over 100 between cacti & succulents), they don't all like the midday sun tho. Some
need to get to a certain size before flowering but they all do better when outside
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Allyson |
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Posts: 132 07-05-08 21:53 |
They are tricky little critters really, aren't they? I bought one about 2 months ago, and carried it home in the middle pocket of my
car next to the driving seat. While at some traffic lights waiting, i picked it up, and POOF next thing i'm covered in these little tiny 'spory'
type things with small spines...all over me, and by the time i got home i was going mad with the itch. It was put out the back where no one could see it, or
touch it, and there it has sat. I hate to throw a plant away, but this one is a horror. Any ideas as to what it is?
 Nasty bad tempered thing, is one thing i could call it.
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mammaj |
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Mature Shrub
Posts: 2648 08-05-08 11:56 Mature Shrub |
It might be an opuntia microdasys ( I don't know if you've put a pic but I haven't seen one) does it have flattish pads & circular patches of
raised spines. If so they are very easily detatched but fairly easy to remove if you wipe them away from the side. I have one & I love it, it grows quite
quickly but they take a while to flower
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Allyson |
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Posts: 135 08-05-08 12:30 |
If i get a chance tomorrow i'll take a picci, and you could give me your opinion, if you would. If it can be 'improved'
and i could keep it safely, i'd be really pleased, as he is a lovely looking little guy
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mammaj |
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Posts: 2652 09-05-08 06:51 Mature Shrub |
Look forward to seeing the pic, I'm no expert tho & they are quite hard to identify
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Posts: 145 10-05-08 00:31 |
Hi Mammaj. Sorry it took so long, but here are a couple of shots of grumpy cactus that my daughter took, hope they turn out ok, and
you can actually see what it is. Thanks so much for trying to do this. While i was getting it somewhere, where it would 'show up' best for a photo, a
got a couple of the spikey things on me, even though i was holding it at arms length. Stupid thing, don't know what it thinks i'm going to do to it
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Posts: 146 10-05-08 00:35 |
Sorry i did edit these pictures down to 600x450 but they have come out normal size....can
anyone tell me why? This computer stuff totally baffles me.  
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Posts: 8866 10-05-08 01:42 Established Tree |
Great pictures Ally! It looks like a wonderful cactus, too bad it seems to have taken a personal dislike to you.
Unless someone has fixed the size since you posted them, they are a perfect. Mammj sould be able identify them from those pictures if she knows what kind it is.  
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Posts: 2659 10-05-08 07:31 Mature Shrub |
At least you can get pics on here I've tried & failed but I feel a surge of intelligence coming over me so I'll have another go but don't hold
your breath!
Your plant is definately an opuntia microdasys, it looks a nice healthy plant if a bit narrow at the base & that may make it fall over. I wonder if it has been shaded when small as that can make them grow taller & thinner searching for light. The pads can easily be removed & planted up to make more plants, tho it sounds as if this one is more than enough. They are quite easy to grow & as with all cacti need a fairly free draining soil & sun. Mine is out all winter & has survived mild frost. Their biggest enemy is damp cold but they do need watering, the important thing is that the water drains away. As you've found out the little spines are very easily detached but are easily brushed away sideways from the skin
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Posts: 20684 10-05-08 14:59 Established Tree |
Do have a go doing it by uploading to Yuku, Mammaj - much, much, easier. Once uploaded you simply click on the image to put it in a posting.
 
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mammaj |
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Posts: 2666 12-05-08 06:52 Mature Shrub |
OK but what does uploading to yuku mean? OK so I'm hopeless
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Laurel360 |
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Posts: 20699 12-05-08 09:42 Established Tree |
Well, I suppose you could read Pauline's instructions! Click here.
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mammaj |
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Posts: 2673 13-05-08 06:48 Mature Shrub |
Oops, Thanks Laurel. I'm not really lazy! Well alright so I am
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