Sandoval County Master Gardeners 3/16/2016
Cacti and Other Κακτος ------prickly plant (thistle) Κακτος ------prickly plant (thistle) Succulents of the Cacti are: Cacti are: Southwest Rich Reif 1. Succulents 1. Succulents
March 16, 2016 2. New world plants
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Euphorbia debilispina
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Pereskia aculeata Opuntia lepticaulis Barbados gooseberry; leaf cactus Pencil cholla; Desert Christmas cactus
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Euphorbia mammillaris
Corn cob cactus
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Agave toumeyana Ariocarpus agavoides
Toumey’s agave Tamaulipas living rock
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Ariocarpus fissuratus
Living rock
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Euphorbia pseudocactus Pachypodium geayi
Candelabra spurge; false cactus Madagascar palm
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Tephrocactus articulatus
Paper-spined cholla
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Leuchtenbergia principis
Agave cactus, Prism cactus Tromotriche revoluta (syn: Stapelia revoluta)
Carrion plant (?)
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Astrophytum myriostigma
Bishop’s cap, Bishop’s hat
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Not a cactus Five characteristics of all cacti: Five characteristics of all cacti:
1. Perennial 1. Perennial 2. Dicot -- plant with two seed leaves
Euphorbia trigona African milk tree, Cathedral cactus
Spider plant Pereskia Iris Sycamore Five characteristics of all cacti:
Pachypodium 1. Perennial Lily 2. Dicot -- plant with two seed leaves
Apple Willow 3. Fruit is a berry
Dicot leaves
Monocot leaves Daylily
Five characteristics of all cacti: Echinocereus dasyacanthus
1. Perennial Rainbow cactus
2. Dicot -- plant with two seed leaves
3. Fruit is a berry
4. Flower with inferior ovary
Superior Inferior Ovary not Ovary Ovary connected to hypanthium
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Five characteristics of all cacti: Opuntia engelmannii
Cow tongue 1. Perennial
prickly pear 2. Dicot -- plant with two seed Echinocactus grusonii leaves (Golden barrel)
3. Fruit is a berry Mammillaria sp. 4. Flower with inferior ovary
5. Only plants with areoles Echinocereus areole and spines
Opuntia imbricata --- Walking stick cholla Coryphantha sp. (note groove) Parodia sp.
Sand Mix: I use about 80% sand and 20% Preparing cacti for planting organic matter (topsoil, peat, etc.). Add (pots or landscape): about a teaspoon of granular systemic insecticide to a four-inch pot. Mix well. The sand should be slightly damp. 1. Trim all roots to perhaps a half inch or inch of the bottom of the plant. Top dressing --- very small stones
Sand mix 2. Let the cut roots dry – 5 to 7 days. Pot --- clay or plastic 3. Dust the cut roots and bottom of the plant Pebbles or pea gravel, to hold with powdered sulfur. potshard in place Potshard, to block drain 4. Prepare the pot or spot in the landscape hole Opuntia areoles, spines, where the cactus will be placed. After planting, DO NOT WATER for about glochids, and new pads with one week. leaves Drain hole
WATERING: PESTS: Mealy bug Cacti need water, and they do like it, but not 1. Aphids too much!! infestation!!
SUMMER (when plants are growing and blooming): 2. Fungus --- over-watering is the Water about once a week – about one-fourth culprit here. This is what the sulfur cup for a 4 inch pot. is for. SPRING AND AUTUMN: Water about once every two weeks. 3. Mealy bugs --- Use a systemic. If
WINTER (plants are dormant): they appear, remove with a cotton Water about once a month. swab or spray with an insecticide.
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HABITS OF GROWTH Opuntia polyacantha Echinocereus --- the hedgehog cacti Opuntia phaeacantha Common prickly pear 1. Tree-like: branched, not jointed or articulate; pereskioid Pereskia
2. Jointed: upright or caespitose, flat or cylindrical; opuntioid Opuntia Cylindropuntia Grusonia
3. Cylindrical: usually ribbed, may branch; cereoid Cereus Echinocereus Oreocereus
4. Globose: ball-shaped or barrel-shaped, usually ribbed Ferocactus Echinocactus Ssp. neomexicanus Thelocactus Sclerocactus Echinocereus
5. Tuberculate: long tubercules, not generally ribbed triglochidiatus Mammillaria Coryphantha Opuntia inbricata Opuntia clavata Claret cup cactus Walking stick cholla Club cholla Ssp. triglochidiatus Ssp. neomexicanus
Echinocereus fendleri Mammillaria heyderi
Nipple cactus; Pancake pincushion
Fendler’s Mammillaria wrightii hedgehog Wright’s fishhook cactus Wright’s pincushion
Sclerocactus whipplei Devil’s claw barrel cactus Whipple’s fishhook barrel
Sclerocactus papyracanthus
Coryphantha vivipara Grama grass cactus
Arizona beehive cactus Paper-spined cactus Showy pincushion Toumeya
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Epithelantha micromeris Echinocactus horizonthalonius Echinocactus texensis Button cactus Blue barrel cactus Devil’s-head cactus Horse crippler Turk’s-head cactus Devil’s head cactus Candy cactus
Ferocactus wislizeni Agave perryi Carnegiea gigantea Fishhook barrel cactus Perry’s century plant Arizona barrel cactus Saguaro
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CACTUS AND SUCCULENT SOCIETY OF NEW MEXICO
Meets third Friday (usually) of each month except END April, July, and September, at 7:00 pm, at the Albuquerque Garden Center, 10120 Lomas NE.
Spring Show and Sale --- April 9 – 10, 2016 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Agave palmeri State Fair Cactus and Succulent exhibit --- September
Palmer’s century plant www.new-mexico.cactus-society.org Artichoke agave
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