Cactus ID Please

[bughouse loco]

G'day,

 

I was hoping someone would please be able to ID this poor sick looking cactus I rescued from my mother's garden (Photo links are below). I'm hoping it is some variety of Trich that I'll be able to consume at some stage. It's about 23cm tall.

 

Also, does anybody have any tips on how to bring it back to good health?

 

And does anybody know what the white powdery stuff is that is building up on the pot?

 

Any help is much appreciated. Cheers!

 

Photo 1: http://www.hidebehind.com/3BD27358

Photo 2: http://www.hidebehind.com/C0D89ACA

Photo 3: http://www.hidebehind.com/C0D89ACA

[Dave The Nefarious]

looks like a cactii penii variety

[two2time]

looks like a cactii penii variety

 

 

shit dave is there anything you dont know mate???

 

 

 

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[bughouse loco]

Thanks for your reply NotDave.

 

I posted the same question on another forum, with one guy IDing it as a T. pachanoi (San Pedro) and another as T. scopulicola.

 

Either way I'm happy. I'm gonna put it in the shade and starve it of water all summer and towards the end of the season it should hopefully have increased in potency and be good to consume. In a few months I'll let you know how it goes

 

Take it easy.

[Hanky]

Trichocereus Bridgesii.

[antzplantz]

The white stuff is lime and salts coming out of the clay in the terrracotta. It is harmless to plants in small amounts like this (besides it would take a lot of it to make a Trichocereus even blink). You can scrub it off with a stiff brush if you like (it will come back though) but I prefer a bit of patina on my pots and some people pay extra for that "rustic" effect.

 

The white stuff is lime and salts coming out of the clay in the terrracotta. It is harmless to plants in small amounts like this (besides it would take a lot of it to make a Trichocereus even blink). You can scrub it off with a stiff brush if you like (it will come back though) but I prefer a bit of patina on my pots and some people pay extra for that "rustic" effect.

[prier]

It's not T. bridgesii there's no spines and the flesh is to dark, I'm prety certain it's T. scopulicola

[thc24]

also a cacti /suculent grower but can help with names i collect/ borrow mine from all over the place, but apparently have a few rare species

 

a few cacti and suculents im cloning in coco to build up a new garden bed.

[prier]

Nice little collection.

 

I love the way pot smokers/growers use the word clone instead of cutting, makes it sound heaps cooler...

[smoke p]

THC24 looks like u got a nice garden ull have to show a full pic of it.