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The listing, CACTUS Starts, Odd little critters! has ended.

Three (3) segments, 3 - 6 inches long.
Small hair-like spines, never seen it flower, have never identified this, and never seen another!
The segments fall off and root just laying on the soil.
Plant shallowly in well-draining, sandy soil mix, needs bright spot if kept indoors.

Questions & Comments

This looks like a rat-tail cactus. A neighbor of mine had one years ago. If left to grow does it drop down over the sides of the pot?

Nov 10th, 2011 at 11:54:01 AM PST by

I'm going to plant a few in a hanging basket to see what happens.

Nov 10th, 2011 at 2:00:05 PM PST by

The segments get quite long, so they can hang over. It really seems more "prostrate" as seen on this web page:http://cactiguide.com/habitsearch/. The main difference is the spines are really short and most pics of rat tail have at least 1/4 inch spines. Also, there is no pleating and the tubercle (raised part that hosts the hairy spines) is shaped like a diamond, which I don't see in the available pics on the web. The natural habitat for rat tail is rock niches or trees! I've looked at hundreds of pics, but not found an exact match.

Nov 10th, 2011 at 1:50:25 PM PST by

are the hairs a hard spine?

Nov 11th, 2011 at 12:34:13 AM PST by

No, just a tiny puff of hairs. I'll try to get a close-up photo to upload, so you can see it better.

Nov 11th, 2011 at 9:53:39 AM PST by

This is beautiful & SO interesting!! Thanks so much for listing & sharing with us!!!

Nov 12th, 2011 at 1:14:02 PM PST by

My pleasure. I am having fun with Listia - nice folks and learning all the time.

Nov 12th, 2011 at 2:14:09 PM PST by

fanned and watching please fan back i love cactus this one is cool

Nov 13th, 2011 at 2:55:33 AM PST by

Fan Tag, got you back! Thanks for watching and bidding. As you can see, there are more of these, so may list again. You've got some nice plants up for bid, I'll be watching.

Nov 13th, 2011 at 7:10:08 AM PST by

To whoever wins this auction: You can go to DavesGarden dot com and look for the forums. One of the forums is for plant identification. All you do is put up a picture of your plant and ask them to help you identify it. Unfortunately, the site is now down due to technical difficulties, so keep trying.

Nov 13th, 2011 at 7:40:48 AM PST by

I've been to Dave's - good site. May give it a try. One plant that looks most like this one is Euphorbia,(Caput-medusa) but I cut one of mine open and there is no milky sap. There are a few specialists with websites, so may ask if they can identify.

Nov 13th, 2011 at 10:31:15 AM PST by

thank you for watching my auctions too should you wear gloves like some cactus or dont the fine hairs bother you or are bare hand ok some of my cactus you have to wear gloves or get poked and it hurts just want to know if i win thank you

Nov 13th, 2011 at 3:36:17 PM PST by

did you get message

Nov 13th, 2011 at 4:41:41 PM PST by

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