|
|
Forest Cactus
|
|
|
|
|
Sjoerd
Highly Skillful
Joined: 11 Apr 2006
Location: West - Friesland
Posts: 2109
PlantStew: 62 |
| Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:03 pm Post subject: Forest Cactus |
|
Hello Folks,
I have a nice forest cactus and it's leaves are starting to turn a burgandy-coloured red. The redness starts at the leaf edges and flares towards the center.
Any idea what's going on here and how I can correct it?
Thanks,
Clint
_________________
Sjoerd http://www.volkstuindersvereniginghoornenomstreken.nl/Page11.html
|
|
| Back to top |
|
eileen
Moderator & Resident Taxonomist
 Moderator
Joined: 07 Feb 2005
Location: Scotland (Map)
Posts: 10902
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:53 pm Post subject: |
|
Hi Clint,
I found this list of cacti on the web but can't see Forest Cacti on it.  Do you have a photograph of your plant by any chance?
Cactus
A
Acanthocalycium
Acanthocereus
Acharagma
Agave cactus
Areole
Ariocarpus
Arizona queen of the night
Armatocereus
Arrojadoa
Arthrocereus
Artichoke cactus
Astrophytum
Astrophytum myriostigma
Austrocactus
Austrocylindropuntia
Aztekium
B
Barbados gooseberry
Barrel cactus
Beavertail Cactus
Blossfeldia
Brasilicereus
Browningia
Button cactus
C
Calymmanthium
Cane Cholla
Cephalocereus
Cereus
Chiotilla
Cintia
Cipocereus
Cleistocactus
Cleistocactus winteri
Coleocephalocereus
Consolea
Copiapoa
Corryocactus
Coryphantha
Creeping Devil
Cuija
Cumulopuntia
Cylindropuntia
D
Denmoza
Discocactus
Disocactus
E
Eastern prickly pear
Echinocactus
Echinocereus
Echinomastus
Echinopsis
Echinopsis lageniformis
Epiphyllum
E cont.
Eriosyce
Escobaria
Espostoa
Espostoa guentheri
Espostoopsis dybowskii
Eulychnia
F
Facheiroa
Ferocactus
Fishhook cactus
Frailea
G
Geohintonia
Golden cereus
Grusonia
Gymnocalycium
H
Haageocereus
Haagespostoa
Harrisia
Hatiora
Holiday Cactus
Hylocereus
J
Jasminocereus
Jumping Cholla
L
Lava cactus
Leocereus bahiensis
Lepismium
Leptocereus
Lophophora
M
Maihuenia
Maihueniopsis
Mammillaria
Matucana
Melocactus
Mesa Verde cactus
Micranthocereus
Micropuntia
Mila caespitosa
Miqueliopuntia miquelii
Moonlight cactus
Myrtgerocactus lindsayi
Myrtillocactus
N
Neobuxbaumia
Neolloydia
Neoraimondia
Neowerdermannia
O
Old man cactus
Opuntia
Opuntia ficus-indica
Opuntia microdasys
Oreocereus
Oroya
Ortegocactus macdougallii
P
Pacherocactus orcuttii
Pachycereus
P cont.
Parodia
Pediocactus
Pelecyphora
Peniocereus
Penis Plant
Pereskia
Pereskiopsis
Peruvian Torch cactus
Peruvian apple cactus
Peyote
Pierrebraunia
Pilosocereus
Pitaya
Polaskia
Praecereus
Pseudoacanthocereus
Pseudorhipsalis
Pterocactus
Pygmaeocereus
Q
Quiabentia
R
Rauhocereus
Rebutia
Rhipsalis
Rhipsalis salicornioides
S
Saguaro
Samaipaticereus corroanus
San Pedro cactus
Schlumbergera
Sclerocactus
Selenicereus grandiflorus
Silver torch cactus
Snowball cactus
Stenocactus
Stenocereus
Stephanocereus
Strawberry hedgehog cactus
Strombocactus disciformis
T
Tacinga
Taxonomy of the Cactaceae
Teddy-bear Cholla
Tephrocactus
Tephrocactus articulatus
Thelocactus
Toothpick cactus
Trichocereus scopulicolus
Tunilla
Turbinicarpus
U
Uebelmannia
W
Weberbauerocereus
Weberocereus
Y
Yavia cryptocarpa
Yungasocereus inquisivensis
I didn't realise there were quite sooooo many species of cacti around!!!!
Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cacti
Category: Caryophyllales
I have a succulent which changes colour from green to a dark, dark red called 'Blackhead'. Maybe your cacti is meant to change colour the way it does? Here's a piccie of it for you:
It grows in Crete like a weed I'm told!!
_________________
 
|
|
| Back to top |
|
jubabe296
Official Garden Fairy
Joined: 18 Mar 2006
Location: south central Texas (Map)
Posts: 1180
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:58 pm Post subject: |
|
Eileen I really like that succulent I wouldn't mind it growing like a weed around here!!LOL! Clint I never heard of a forest cactus either, but I agree with Eileen maybe it's supposed to do what it's doing.
_________________
 "Cat's motto: No matter what you've done wrong, always try to make it look like the dog did it."
|
|
| Back to top |
|
Sjoerd
Highly Skillful
Joined: 11 Apr 2006
Location: West - Friesland
Posts: 2109
PlantStew: 62 |
| Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:17 pm Post subject: The Forest Cactus, in Latin |
|
Hiyah Guys..
Well, two of the ones that I have are called Zygocactus truncatus, Schlumbergera gaertneri. The one that seems to be turning red is the Zygocactus.
Does this help?
I hope that you have some ideas, cos I don't want to loose this baby. Heh heh heh.
...Clint
_________________
Sjoerd http://www.volkstuindersvereniginghoornenomstreken.nl/Page11.html
|
|
| Back to top |
|
eileen
Moderator & Resident Taxonomist
Moderator
Joined: 07 Feb 2005
Location: Scotland (Map)
Posts: 10902
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:32 pm Post subject: |
|
Hi again,
Found this:
Common name: Thanksgiving cactus.
Host range and symptoms
First reported in Zygocactus truncatus; from Missoula, Montana, U.S.A.; by Chessin and Giri (1975).
Natural host range and symptoms
Symptoms persist.
Zygocactus truncatus - reddening of pads.
Transmission
Virus transmitted by mechanical inoculation.
Geographical distribution
Found, but with no evidence of spread, in the U.S.A.
Experimental host range
Few (<3) families susceptible. Experimentally infected plants mostly show systemic mosaics, mottles, ringspots or necrosis.
Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms
Atriplex hastata - systemic leaf mottling.
Chenopodium quinoa - necrotic local lesions, systemic mosaic.
Chenopodium polyspermum - systemic leaf mottling.
Chenopodium album, C. giganteum, C. urbicum - chlorotic or necrotic local lesions; not systemic.
Hablitzia tamnoides - chlorotic local lesions; systemic green flecking.
Diagnostically insusceptible host species
Amaranthus tricolor, Chenopodium capitatum, C. hybridum, C. foliosum, Datura stramonium, Gomphrena globosa, Nicotiana tabacum, N. rustica, N. sylvestris, Phaseolus vulgaris.
Maintenance and propagation hosts
Chenopodium quinoa.
Assay hosts (Local lesions or Whole plants)
Chenopodium quinoa (L).
Susceptible host species
Amaranthus caudatus
Atriplex hastata
Chenopodium album
Chenopodium giganteum
Chenopodium polyspermum
Chenopodium quinoa
Chenopodium urbicum
Hablitzia tamnoides
Zygocactus truncatus
Insusceptible host species
Amaranthus tricolor
Chenopodium capitatum
Chenopodium foliosum
Chenopodium hybridum
Datura stramonium
Gomphrena globosa
Nicotiana glutinosa
Nicotiana rustica
Nicotiana sylvestris
Nicotiana tabacum
Phaseolus vulgaris
Families containing susceptible hosts
Amaranthaceae (1/3)
Cactaceae (1/1)
Chenopodiaceae (7/10)
Families containing insusceptible hosts
Amaranthaceae (2/3)
Chenopodiaceae (3/10)
Leguminosae-Papilionoideae (1/1)
Solanaceae (5/5)
Sources of host-range data
Giri (1974).
Sorry I couldn't e.mail all this information to you but I'm having problems composing and sending mail at the moment. 
_________________
|
|
| Back to top |
|
Sjoerd
Highly Skillful
Joined: 11 Apr 2006
Location: West - Friesland
Posts: 2109
PlantStew: 62 |
| Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:00 am Post subject: cactus probs |
|
Thanks Eileen,
I appreciate your time and trouble with this subject.
I'm not sure I understand the info you sent, tho. Heh heh heh. Could be I'm getting thick.
Cheers...
Clint
_________________
Sjoerd http://www.volkstuindersvereniginghoornenomstreken.nl/Page11.html
|
|
| Back to top |
|
eileen
Moderator & Resident Taxonomist
Moderator
Joined: 07 Feb 2005
Location: Scotland (Map)
Posts: 10902
|
| Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 1:28 am Post subject: |
|
All I could actually gather from it myself was that the red leaves indicate some sort of virus. It doesn't actually say what you can do though once the plant has contracted it and if it is cureable or not.
If it was mine then I'd try cleaning the roots as much as possible and then re potting it in new compost. Maybe remove the red leaves too if it's possible and take cuttings from any healthy leaves.
Sorry I can't be of any more help to you. There doesn't seem to be much on the web about these plants at all.
_________________
Last edited by eileen on Sun Apr 23, 2006 12:56 am; edited 1 time in total
|
|
| Back to top |
|
Sjoerd
Highly Skillful
Joined: 11 Apr 2006
Location: West - Friesland
Posts: 2109
PlantStew: 62 |
|
| Back to top |
|
Lynz781
Just Arrived
Joined: 13 Aug 2006
(Map)
Posts: 7
|
| Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 7:34 pm Post subject: |
|
Heres a pic of a bit of a plant I knicked:
It is also burgundy coloured. I thought it looked unusual and that it was meant to be like that. I take it its not? The plant I knicked this bit from was neglected really, and kept in the shade.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
cajunbelle
Daylily Diva
Joined: 04 Jun 2006
Location: zone 8b Louisiana (Map)
Posts: 2976
|
| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:51 am Post subject: |
|
These are supposed to be in the shade, actually they are a house plant, but can be kept on a porch or patio, no direct sunlight. I know that my new leaves come out red but get green with maturity. I have mine in deep shade under an oak tree, but I need to bring them in, it is too hot for them outside in La.
_________________
Sharon
Phil. 4:13
|
|
| Back to top |
|
Sjoerd
Highly Skillful
Joined: 11 Apr 2006
Location: West - Friesland
Posts: 2109
PlantStew: 62 |
| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:59 pm Post subject: |
|
Hello Folks,
Nice reading your messages about the red-leafed cactus, My plant is still alive but ALL the leaves are red.I don't know what to do with this thing, heh heh heh.I suppose I'll just have to wait and seewhat IT does....otherwise I suppose that I'll have to see if any leaves fall into my pocket the next time I visit a garden center...hahahaha. It really is an odd problem, but not fatal thus far.
Cheers
_________________
Sjoerd http://www.volkstuindersvereniginghoornenomstreken.nl/Page11.html
|
|
| Back to top |
|
Lynz781
Just Arrived
Joined: 13 Aug 2006
(Map)
Posts: 7
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 5:30 pm Post subject: |
|
Well since I have planted mine, it has turned alot more green with purple on the edges. Lokking forward to finding out what colour of flower it produces at christmas time! 
|
|
| Back to top |
|
glendann
Official Garden Angel
Joined: 19 May 2006
Location: Texas (Map)
Posts: 6527
PlantStew: 183 |
| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:39 pm Post subject: |
|
It should be red flowers.In Texas they sometimes are called Christmas Cacti.
Thats what my mom called them.
_________________
Live today to the fullest because tomorrow is not promised.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
Frank
Happy Gardening
Administrator
Joined: 25 Jan 2005
Location: Malmö, Sweden
Posts: 9030
PlantStew: 1509 |
| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:44 pm Post subject: |
|
We call them that too Glenda 
_________________
PlantStew is new and needs your help, please contribute what you can. It will benefit members and visitors alike.
Thanks! 
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
You're looking at one of the many forums on GardenStew.com. Register for free to join in the discussion.
|
|
|
|
Bookmark us 
Subscribe
