Took a few photos today (Picture Heavy)

Decided to put them in this section rather than have to put them in different areas.

Day off work due to machinery breakage so got the camera out after I took a couple of pics for the competition and well I couldn't stop

Mammillaria sp 23cm sqaure pot ..................................................................Denmoza rhococantha


Ferocactus pilosis.............................................................................................sulco mariana ??


Echinocactus grusonii................................................................................L. williamsii


Gymnocalycium horstii........sorry PD .......................................................................copiapoa dealbata


Copiapoa cinerea.........................................................................................echinocactus ingens


Copiapoa haseltonnia clump....................................................................astrophytum ornatum v. virens


Haageacereus versicolor...............................................................Pachycereus pringleii


Hope you like them

Very nice and diverse selection of plants there Betty. I always enjoy seeing other peoples plants. Those Copiapoa spp. are great, nice size too, have been getting interested in this genus lately.

Thanks for sharing. Always keen to see some more.

Trig the Copiapoas are one of my favourite cacti, there is something about them as they age. They tend to look a little haggard but with great character. The c.dealbata just keeps looking better each year I have a few more but they have had stop start growth and look bloody horrible LOL

Have you considered grafting the ones that look 'bloody horrible', it is my understanding that they grow quite slowly.

Yeah they do look a bit haggard lol in a noble kind of way, I like them. Planning on growing some from seed next season.

I really like all the cacti in the pics, a few there I have always wanted to grow, one day I will.

Some slower than others Trig, the c. cinerea has been the fastest growing so far.

I will let them grow as they are and hope they push out the dents next spring. One was a pup (from a plant a friend rescued, the plant grew under a dark bench) and its elongated and has a couple of growing points (like its had a marking bands around it) and I hoping with better care that it may plump out these bits. If not they will stay ugly I like ugly anyway LOL

What are the white fluffy bits at the top of the copiapoa?

Sorry for the noob question - but I have one too - and I thought it was rot so I have started a special treatment haha.... (dry and warm).

I love the photos, you have a nice collection.

mmmmmmmmmmmm, ya had to do it didnt ya Betty. haha.
Very nice shots Im liking that C. dealbata!

slim6y wrote:

What are the white fluffy bits at the top of the copiapoa?

Sorry for the noob question - but I have one too - and I thought it was rot so I have started a special treatment haha.... (dry and warm).

I love the photos, you have a nice collection.

Thanks and Slim6y that is wool and that is one thing that is great about them. As the age they get more and can change to off white/yellowish in some species. Its a way of protecting themselves again the harsh sun in habitat.

The more the better I reckon

PD wrote:

mmmmmmmmmmmm, ya had to do it didnt ya Betty. haha.
Very nice shots Im liking that C. dealbata!

Sorrrrrrrrrrrrry PD I had to its not at its best at the moment Dealbata is a ripper isn't it. So ugly and scarred but beautiful.

Hi Betty Haha stalking you

I love your plants Betty theyre all amazeing, but that Mamm is just too cool, cant believe i said that when theres Astro,Fero and Copiapoas:o

Geez I had better watch out then Michael ............ stalkers are strange aren't they?

I can't believe you said that about a Mamm either...............not going soft are you

funny that I thought the same thing about the Mammillaria , what kind is it?

No idea it has little purple flowers had a rough ID once but can't remember what now

Will have to wait till it flowers again

San Rainbow like your new avatar

Nah im not goin soft, well maybe i am, but thats bout the only mamm i really like

parrotsheaven wrote:

No idea it has little purple flowers had a rough ID once but can't remember what now

Will have to wait till it flowers again

San Rainbow like your new avatar

cheers betty, shucks

That Mammillaria is absolutely incredible!
congrats Betty.
i'm not soft either, i always liked Mammillarias.

That was hard work phew!!!! but I found the possible ID

Mammillaria supertexta


Description of M. supertexta from Edward F. Anderson “The Cactus Family”.



Mammillaria supertexta Martius ex Pfeiffer 1837

Neomammillaria lanata Britton and Rose 1923

Mammillaria lanata (Britton and Rose) Orcutt 1926

Mammillaria martinezii Backeberg 1952



Plants solitary at first, later branching basally and from the sides to form clumps. Stems sublgobose to oblong, green, 10-13 cm high, 8-10cm in diameter. Tubercles small, crowded, conical, without latex, axils very woolly, nearly covering the tubercles. Central spines 2, white with brown tips, to 3mm long. Radial spines 16-18, slender, chalky white, lower ones longest, to 5mm. Flowers small, purplish red. Fruits not known. Distribution Oaxaca, Mexico