FW: Plant ID
- Subject: FW: Plant ID
- From: K* R* <s*@ucanr.edu>
- Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 00:53:45 +0000
A friend from Quarry Hill Botanic sent me the link below. I think he has nailed the right area at least.
https://www.google.com/search?q=crestate+clone&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=FnueUvTiE4fzoASQ6YGoBw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1163&bih=621#q=crestate+cactus&tbm=isch
Karrie
-----Original Message-----
From: Corey Barnes [c*@quarryhillbg.org]
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 4:50 PM
To: Karrie Reid
Subject: Re: Plant ID
Whoa!
No idea what species.
It looks like a Cactaceae, and my guess is that it is a mutant -- likely a crested cultivar of a species.
Kind of a messy area in ornamentals unless you're intimately familiar with the family; take a look at my Google search image results:
https://www.google.com/search?q=crestate+clone&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=FnueUvTiE4fzoASQ6YGoBw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1163&bih=621#q=crestate+cactus&tbm=isch
On 12/3/2013 10:44 AM, Karrie Reid wrote:
>
> Do you know this?
>
> Karrie
>
> *From:*Karrie Reid
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 03, 2013 10:44 AM
> *To:* medit-plants
> *Subject:* Plant ID
>
> cid:28CC2100-D82B-4943-AA39-BC0912700479
>
> Someone's dog ate this and got sick. Any ideas what this succulent is?
> It apparently has spines.
>
> Karrie Reid
>
> Environmental Horticulture Advisor
>
> UC Cooperative Extension, San Joaquin County
>
> http://ucanr.org/sites/SJHort <http://ucanr.org/sites/sjcoeh/>
>
> 2101 Earhart Ave., Ste 200
>
> Stockton, CA 95206
>
> (209) 953-6109
>
> fax: (209) 953-6108
>
--
Corey Barnes
Quarryhill Botanical Garden
12841 Sonoma Highway
Glen Ellen, CA 95442
(707) 996-6027
cell (530) 219-6715
www.quarryhillbg.org
cbarnes@quarryhillbg.org
