Happy Cactus: Choose It, Love It, Let It Thrive

146 Pages·2018·43.78 MB·English

by  John Pilbeam

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CACTI, SUCCULENTS, and MORE
Consulting Editor: JOHN PILBEAM
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CONTENTS
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Find your plant 4 Y O T
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THE BASICS 12 HEDGEHOG AGAVE SPIDER ALOE SILVER TORCH
Agave stricta Aloe humilis Cleistocactus strausii

p.37 p.39 pp.44–45
Myth-busting 14
Choose it 16
Choose a pot 18
Plant & position it 20
Water & feed it 22
Repot it 24
Share it 26
Pests & diseases 28 PLOVER’S EGGS FLAT-TOPPED AEONIUM MESCAL CENIZA MONK’S HOOD PERUVIAN APPLE MONKEY TAIL
Adromischus cooperi Aeonium tabuliforme Agave colorata Astrophytum ornatum Cereus repandus Cleistocactus winteri
pp.32–33 p.35 p.37 pp.40–41 pp.42–43 colademono
pp.46–47
PRICKLY PROFILES 30
With specific information and care details
for 105 different cacti and succulents,
this section provides everything you
need to treasure your prickly plant
and keep it happy.
CALICO HEARTS GREEN PINWHEEL TIGER ALOE GOAT’S HORN FAIRY CASTLE SILVER CROWN
Adromischus trigynus Aeonium decorum Aloe variegata Astrophytum Cereus monstrose Cotyledon orbiculata
Top five: p.33 p.35 pp.38–39 capricorne ‘Fairy Castle’ var. oblonga (undulata)
p.41 p.43 pp.48–49
Big showstoppers pp.52–53 • Cute & compact
pp.80–81 • Hanging plants pp.108–09 •
Easy-sharers pp.132–33
Index 142
Acknowledgments 144
Warning 144 BLACK ROSE CENTURY PLANT ALOE VERA BISHOP’S CAP SPIRAL CEREUS COTYLEDON
Aeonium arboreum Agave americana var. p.39 Astrophytum Cereus monstrose AUSANA
atropurpureum mediopicta ‘Alba’ myriostigma ‘Spiralis’ p.49
‘Zwartkop’ pp.34–35 pp.36–37 p.41 p.43
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HEDGEHOG AGAVE SPIDER ALOE SILVER TORCH
Agave stricta Aloe humilis Cleistocactus strausii
p.37 p.39 pp.44–45
MESCAL CENIZA MONK’S HOOD PERUVIAN APPLE MONKEY TAIL
Agave colorata Astrophytum ornatum Cereus repandus Cleistocactus winteri
p.37 pp.40–41 pp.42–43 colademono
pp.46–47
TIGER ALOE GOAT’S HORN FAIRY CASTLE SILVER CROWN
Aloe variegata Astrophytum Cereus monstrose Cotyledon orbiculata
pp.38–39 capricorne ‘Fairy Castle’ var. oblonga (undulata)
p.41 p.43 pp.48–49
ALOE VERA BISHOP’S CAP SPIRAL CEREUS COTYLEDON
p.39 Astrophytum Cereus monstrose AUSANA
myriostigma ‘Spiralis’ p.49
p.41 p.43
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COTYLEDON STRING OF BUTTONS ECHEVERIA ECHINOCEREUS ECHINOPSIS ECHINOPSIS ERIOSYCE SENILIS BASEBALL PLANT
ORBICULATA OBLONGA Crassula perforata COLORATA KNIPPELIANUS SUBDENUDATA ‘TUFTY’ ‘TANGOED’ Eriosyce (formerly Euphorbia obesa
p.49 p.51 p.59 p.63 p.67 p.67 Neoporteria) senilis p.75
pp.70–71
TURTLE SHELL PLANT ROMEO WAX AGAVE ECHINOCEREUS ECHINOPSIS ECHINOPSIS PERUVIAN OLD LADY WARTY TIGER JAWS
Dioscorea elephantipes Echeveria agavoides VIERECKII ‘SATURN’ ‘GALAXY’ Epostoa melanostele Faucaria tuberculosa
pp.54–55 ‘Romeo’ MORRICALII p.67 p.67 pp.72–73 pp.76–77
p.59 p.63
FISHBONE CACTUS
Epiphyllum
anguliger
pp.68–69
PROPELLER PLANT RAT-TAIL CACTUS GOLDEN BARREL PEANUT CACTUS SUZANNE’S SPURGE BABY’S TOES
Crassula perfoliata var. Disocactus Echinocactus grusonii Echinopsis Euphorbia suzannae Fenestraria
minor (falcata) (formerly Aporocactus) pp.60–61 chamaecereus pp.74–75 rhopalophylla subsp.
pp.50–51 flagelliformis pp.64–65 aurantiaca
pp.56–57 pp.78–79
JADE PLANT GHOST ECHEVERIA ECHINOCEREUS ECHINOPSIS ‘SPRING PINE CONE PLANT DEVIL’S TONGUE
‘HUMMEL’S SUNSET’ Echeveria lilacina Echinocereus subnermis BLUSH’ Euphorbia bupleurifolia Ferocactus latispinus
Crassula ovata pp.58–59 pp.62–63 p.66 p.75 pp.82–83
‘Hummel’s Sunset’ p.51
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ECHINOPSIS ECHINOPSIS ERIOSYCE SENILIS BASEBALL PLANT
SUBDENUDATA ‘TUFTY’ ‘TANGOED’ Eriosyce (formerly Euphorbia obesa
p.67 p.67 Neoporteria) senilis p.75
pp.70–71
ECHINOPSIS ECHINOPSIS PERUVIAN OLD LADY WARTY TIGER JAWS
‘SATURN’ ‘GALAXY’ Epostoa melanostele Faucaria tuberculosa
p.67 p.67 pp.72–73 pp.76–77
FISHBONE CACTUS
Epiphyllum
anguliger
pp.68–69
SUZANNE’S SPURGE BABY’S TOES
Euphorbia suzannae Fenestraria
pp.74–75 rhopalophylla subsp.
aurantiaca
pp.78–79
PINE CONE PLANT DEVIL’S TONGUE
Euphorbia bupleurifolia Ferocactus latispinus
p.75 pp.82–83
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FEROCACTUS CHIHUAHUA FLOWER LIVING STONES MEXICAN MATUCANA ANGEL’S WINGS
MACRODISCUS Graptopetalum bellum Lithops marmorata PINCUSHION Matucana Opuntia microdasys alba
p.83 (formerly Tacitus ‘Polepsky smaragd’ Mammillaria madisoniorum pp.106–07
bellus) pp.86–87 pp.96–97 magnimamma p.101 pp.102–03
FEROCACTUS GYMNOCALYCIUM ZEBRA PLANT OLD LADY CACTUS CARMEN’S MATUCANA COW’S TONGUE
HISTRIX Gymnocalycium bruchii Haworthia attenuata var. clariperla Mammillaria hahniana PINCUSHION POLZII CACTUS
p.83 pp.88–89 pp.90–91 pp.98–99 Mammillaria carmenae p.103 Opuntia engelmannii
p.101 p.107
BATES GASTERIA GYMNOCALYCIUM PANDA PLANT FLAMING KATY MAMMILLARIA FEATHER CACTUS MATUCANA BEAVERTAIL CACTUS
Gasteria batesiana CALOCHLORUM Kalanchoe tomentosa Kalanchoe blossfeldiana LONGIFLORA Mammillaria plumosa KRAHNII Opuntia basilaris
pp.84–85 p.89 pp.92–93 p.93 p.100 p.101 p.103 p.107
LACE CACTUS
Mammillaria elongata
p.101
LAWYER’S TONGUE DWARF CHIN CACTUS DESERT SURPRISE AGAVE CACTUS DWARF TURK’S CAP STARFISH FLOWER
Gasteria bicolor Gymnocalycium Kalanchoe humilis Leuchtenbergia principis Melocactus matanzanus Orbea (formerly Stapelia)
p.85 baldianum p.93 pp.94–95 pp.104–05 variegata pp.110–11
p.89
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