Help ID succulent and cactus

8blue car

9 years ago

Picked up new plants at the San Jose Society show & sale. No ID's were on these plants.

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Kara 9b SF Bay Area CA

9 years ago

I went the show today! Cactus is definitely a Pilosocereus:). I think it's either P. pachycladus or P. glaucescens. I'm feeling more P. glaucescens.

Top is an Aloe not sure which one. I saw one in the show that looks like yours. I took a pic here it is. They have it listed as A. wickensii:). Now looking at yours and the one in the show they don't look alike. Aloes look alike when young:). Both are still pretty.

Last one is a Haworthia:). Looks like H. retusa:). One of the best in show was a Haworthia did you see it? That Haworthia bayeri was huge! I swear it was 6 inches across. Here's the best Haworthia in show:). Grown by Dennis West.

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8blue car
Original Author
9 years ago
Great! I did see the best of show....all of them were beautiful!
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Alain (Pacifica, CA;10a)
9 years ago
The best of show was amazing, enjoyed it a lot. also gave me an idea of what I am doing should look like if everything goes well in let's say... 10 or 15 years!!

Did not buy anything, the line was soooo long. Might give it another shot tomorrow.
Kara 9b SF Bay Area CA
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
That's the one thing that's sucks about the shows. The line to buy goes around,around, and around the building;).

8blue car, if I can give advice about the cactus. IME Pilocereus do not thrive in all day sun. If you acclimate the Pilocereus to all day sun it will probably be fine, but I would give it about 6 hours of sun. Then bright light/shade the rest of the day:).

Alain, you showed amazing self restraint by not buying anything. Good job. Why start going crazy now because the season has just started:).
rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Check pics of these: Aloe chabaudii - microstigma (khamiesensis) - falcata - claviflora - namibensis - pictifolia or A. California...there are few more similar looking, at least to me looking at the pics...I would check few that grow fan-like, some of the ones I mentioned grow more like rosette. A. wickensii has leaves more opening out - but, I only saw photos so could be wrong :) - I could be wrong with every one I suggested, haha.
Alain (Pacifica, CA;10a)
9 years ago
Rina, looking at your list I may have found a lead for one of my Aloe for which I could not get an ID when I posted the pic on this forum a couple month ago. So thank you for your suggestions :) Found a couple pics of young Aloe wickensii looking more like the pic below. Time will tell.

Although mine also started as fan-like, it's losing it as it grows to look more like rosette now; not sure it will apply to 8blue car new purchase though.
Alain (Pacifica, CA;10a)
9 years ago
Back to the show today, overlooked that Kara's pic is also Aloe wickensii, Checked it out at the show and am back to the drawing board as it is clearly very different than mine :( Pictures on the web can be so deceptive or just mislabeled...

And no line at 10 am! yesterday's restraint went down the drain...
Kara 9b SF Bay Area CA
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
I almost went again today. If I lived a little closer I would have. It's a little over an hour drive. Plus there was traffic everywhere today because it's beautiful out, and a Giants home game. Took me almost 30 mins to get from Richmond to Oakland. It woulda taken me forever to get to San Jose. I'm glad you got some stuff Alain:).