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RE: Succulents and Cacti at the Missouri Botanical Garden

in Succulent growers27 days ago

Hmm, someone got the commiphora label very wrong, that's a genus of trees. I'd say that's a Euphorbia species.
Your stapeliad is probably Orbea variegata and the one below it is Monadenium, now classified under Euphorbia. They are also called Snake plants

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Ah yeah I bet there was a taller tree behind the cacti lol. I wish their little metal tags were more legible and many of the things there weren't even labeled leaving one guessing. It seems quite a few are from South Africa.

 26 days ago  

The Commiphora is probably the stem that's visible in the background of the second picture and yep, SA is the home of many of these plans since the west of the country is semi desert. Those little metal tags aren't great - I can't easily identify your last cactus because it's crested, meaning that the growth point was damaged so it's growing wildly like that but it's probably a Mammillaria

You know @nikv, the one I loved and had never seen among the brain species is the last one.

I don't have it in my collection. So beautiful 😊!!

 26 days ago  

I still like the lady finger brain the most

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Of that species, I do have, and the white one too. It's raining today, but when I go up to the garden, I'll show you mine @nikv.

It looks really nice, my friend, and it goes perfectly with the pot 👌 hahaha..

 26 days ago  

Yes please! The pot is a bit obvious but it's still fun. I like seeing medusoid Euphorbia in head pots too