Need help identifying cacti

[GardenGirl]

I have 4 cacti that I would really appreciate help in identifying...or if someone knows of a good webpage to help in identifying cacti and succulents that would be wonderful!! Thanks so much for your help!

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This cacti "blooms" once a year, a long spindly shoot comes out of the middle and has a single tiny pinkish flower on the end.

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I just got this one about a week ago, know nothing about it!

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My boyfriend and I call this the banana plant because they kinda look like little bananas...the thing took off like crazy, it started off as one little shoot and now we have 3 pots full of it!

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Not sure what it is...but it's awesome in size!!!

Three of the four that I just posted, I received in a little set of six from wal-mart, they were in tiny little terracotta pots and I transplanted them and they just took off and became beautiful!! Thanks again for all of your help!

[Newt]

Hi Garden Girl,

Lovely!! None of them are cactus. They are all succulents though.

#1 is probably a haworthia
#2 is probably a sempervirens or echeveria
#3 is probably a crassula
#4 is probably an aloe

http://www.belgicactus.be/succulenti...ent/index.html
http://www.belgicactus.be/succulenti...loe/index.html
http://www.belgicactus.be/succulenti...vum/index.html

If those links don't id your plants, then try this one. LOTS to click on.
http://www.cactus-mall.com/

Have fun! I'd love to know if you id them.
Newt

[GardenGirl]

Newt,
Thank you so much for your quick response! As I was reading through the forums I saw a lot of messages about how it takes a long time for some posts to get answered, so I really appreciate your quickness(is that a word?) in responding to me! I definetly agree on the identifications you found, and the websites were wonderful and very helpful! I'm still searching for the third succulent, but hopefully I will find some information about it now! I also found this other website, that was really neat because it had tons and tons of pictures, and it helped me make some decisions on what other succulents I would like to add to the collection! Here is the website...

http://www.mixedpk.com/cacti_index.html

Again, I thank you for your response and helpful information!
Happy growing!
-Garden Girl

[Newt]

Garden Girl,

You are very welcome!! I just happened to stop by and saw your post so it was fortunate that I was able to answer you so quickly. This is a rather inactive forum and I don't stop by too often in winter. Now that it's spring I stop more often to see if there are questions I can answer, but I don't run or own this forum.

That's a great site you found and I'm going to save it so I can use it to help others. I hope you will be able to id them all.

Now don't spend all of this week's grocery money on plants! ;)

Take care,
Newt