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Post by: kadosj on April 09, 2007, 12:03:28 PM

mij san pedros have yellow spots what is it. is it bad en what can i do about it

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Post by: blizznshot on April 11, 2007, 03:30:12 PM

Can you scrape it off to reveal green underneath? If so, it could be scale (bug infestation). Is it squishy around the orange? That could be a type of rot.

Otherwise it could simply be some scarring from exposure. I'm certainly no pro in this area.

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Post by: VajraPirate on April 11, 2007, 08:59:45 PM

I don't know what it is but those are definately not your run of the mill pedros. Seed grown?

If not I'd doubt they were pedro at all. Trich, yes. Active, maybe. Pachanoi, I doubt it.

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Post by: kadosj on April 12, 2007, 04:16:37 AM

san pedro is olso called Pachanoi ore not

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Post by: Syd on April 12, 2007, 07:09:35 AM

eat it!

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Post by: kadosj on April 12, 2007, 07:46:18 AM

under the skinn is green flesh no moild are insects

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Post by: VajraPirate on April 12, 2007, 06:15:41 PM

Quote from: "kadosj"san pedro is olso called Pachanoi ore not

I had no idea. :roll:

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Post by: blizznshot on April 13, 2007, 11:45:55 AM

I was referring to scale or mold being two separate things. I realize that mold is not an insect.

Seeing that you can scrape the orange off to reveal green skin, it is likely to be scale insects.

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Post by: jikuhchagi on April 15, 2007, 11:26:24 AM

Definately not pachnoi. Bridgessi maybe?

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Post by: visionarybear on April 18, 2007, 03:24:43 AM

thats easy, from here that looks to be calloused scar tissue. may have been caused by an old infection or something?

and yes, san pedro is the common name for T. pachanoi

they look kinda like long spines peruvianus, least some of the others look peru like, the front one may be a bridgessii peruvianus cross? def not pachanoi tho..ribs dont look right for bridgessii. could be a macrogonus even, i dont have personal exp with those tho..

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Post by: Jupe on April 23, 2007, 10:55:03 AM

I agree with V. Bear, scar tissue, looks ike it could be also caused by snails or slugs, as they leave wandering trails.

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Post by: blizznshot on April 23, 2007, 03:21:08 PM

True enough...althought he did mention finding green skin remaining underneath the area in question. That's a (painful) reminder of several scale accounts that I'm aware of.

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Post by: DrYRHead on April 29, 2007, 02:12:36 AM

Quote from: "Jupe"I agree with V. Bear, scar tissue, looks ike it could be also caused by snails or slugs, as they leave wandering trails.

I've seen stuff like that from frost bite too. Some cacti can handle the cold, and some can't. :roll:

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Post by: Cassie on May 04, 2007, 12:05:51 AM

I agree with VB too .. scar tissue. Other than that the plants all look great. They all look like some version on pachanoi or peruvianus to me. I was interested in this thread that MS Smith posted where these two varieties are now being considered too similar to be named separately.

http://www.spiritplants.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=2165 (http://www.spiritplants.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=2165)

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Post by: Hedon on May 04, 2007, 12:47:03 AM

Did you have the cacti pushed up close to each other at one point? If the spines from the other cacti have been puncturing the tissue of one another perhaps the puncture wounds are causing this phenomena.
I have noticed this on my own cacti. Is the tissue sort of deflated looking and wrinkled in those areas? I can't tell from the photo.

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