[Arid_gardener] Organ Pipe Cactus

[Mark Di Lucido]

Mickey
 
See p. 262 of "Native Plants for Southwestern Landscapes", by Judy Mielke
for cultural requirements and excellent landscape use suggestions for this
cactus.  The photo on p. 264 should confirm
you have Stenocereus thurberi--Organ Pipe cactus.   If no one else weighs in
on this you may want to visit/contact the Desert Botanical Garden for
further info.
 
Mark D.
Not a Master Gardener
 

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[mailto:arid_gardener-bounces at CALS.arizona.edu] On Behalf Of Mickey
Rubinstein
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 12:50 PM
To: arid_gardener at CALS.arizona.edu
Subject: [Arid_gardener] Organ Pipe Cactus


Over the Holidays we received an Organ Pipe Cactus plant.  It has four
vertical stems and they are about 15 inches tall.  It is in a pot that is
about 10 inches high and 15 inches in diameter. A tag with the plant says
that it was greenhouse grown.  There is no other information with the plant.
My questions are:
 
1) How much and how often do we need to water this cactus.
2) The literature I have seen  on the Internet says that eventually this
could be a large cactus. Can we transplant it to the outside this spring?
If so are there any specifics as to how much sunlight, location, soil for
the transplant, etc that we need to know.
 
Thanks,   Mickey S.  mickeyinaz13 at yahoo.com
 

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