In reply to Bob Hobden ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

Paul wrote .
In reply to Astral Voyagerwho wrote this
Ok. As the general response to my query was that the group was
agreeable to educating me as to what plants I have inherited -
here's the first.
Not a garden plant (they are to follow) but a house plant. I have
several of these and they have just finished flowering. Prolifically
so but short lived. So what type of cactus are they?

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/astral....n/cactus_1.jpg


It's a Chamaecereus. I think that's how you spell it. Peanut cactus
to its friends. I have a couple, different colours though.

You can tell by the way the flowers come out of a weird place in the
trunk.

I might be wrong. I don't think so.

I agree, it's an Echinopsis chamaecereus...(Name changed again!)
http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plan...ml--RegardsBob
Hobden

http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plan...aecereus.htmlI always thought it was a something Sylvestri. I am rubbish at the "proper"names, I call it a peanut cactus. Cos it looks like one, then I can rememberit.