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Cactus flower identification?

adminMXEZrfL1adminMXEZrfL1 Posts: 4
edited January 2022 in Plants
Hi
Im sure someone will be able to identify this cactus flower, ive tried using google images but im stumped. 
Any help really appreciated as I need to add the name of the cactus to my images. 
The best I can come up with is a fishhook cactus, but im not convinced. 
Thanks
Simon
Photographer

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  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,429
    edited January 2022
    Looks more like a sempervivum flower.

    edited to add photo:

  • AthelasAthelas Posts: 946
    edited January 2022
    A type of sempervivum?

    Possibly Sempervivum tectorum
    https://flic.kr/p/WScTSW
    Cambridgeshire, UK
  • adminMXEZrfL1adminMXEZrfL1 Posts: 4
    wow how fast was that, thank you, ive looked in google at sempervivum and the images do look very similar to mine. Fabulous, thank you. 
    Photographer
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    Yes it is a sempervivum. Unfortunately, when a rosette flowers it will then die, so you aren't going to have much left! They tend to produce more flowers when they are starved and dry, but more rosettes when they are fed and watered. 
  • adminMXEZrfL1adminMXEZrfL1 Posts: 4
    edited January 2022
    ah ok, so the cactus will die after flowering? wow, tough life. Whats the difference between a rosette and a flower, and I assume in my picture is a flower? Its in my front garden, been there for about 3 years
    Photographer
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    edited January 2022
    A rosette is a cluster of leaves, like in this photo. This eventually produces a flower stalk in the centre. 

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sempervivum-690x518.jpg

    P.S. Sempervivums are not cacti.

  • Desi_in_LondonDesi_in_London Posts: 731
    @adminMXEZrfL1 - I hope no one is offended by me saying - please remove your website signature from your messages - for-profit websites that you are connected to need to pay for advertising otherwise risk being flagged as spam.
    Kindness is always the right choice.
  • adminMXEZrfL1adminMXEZrfL1 Posts: 4
    edited January 2022
    Sorry about that, all removed, bad habit.  
    And thanks for pointing out its not a cacti, obvious now you point it out. 
    Photographer
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