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by phil_SK
Sun Jul 18, 2021 6:28 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Echinopsis hybrid id
Replies: 7
Views: 3689

Re: Echinopsis hybrid id

I don't think that's E. oxygona. The flower is too small, a bit too ivory-coloured, the throat is too narrow and the petals too abruptly reflexed. I reckon it's a hybrid but not one good enough to name. It's the sort of thing you might get if one of your species plants set a fruit but you didn't kno...
by phil_SK
Sun May 30, 2021 5:59 am
Forum: General
Topic: Matucana aurantiaca subs polzii is Oroya peruviana?
Replies: 3
Views: 1078

Re: Matucana aurantiaca subs polzii is Oroya peruviana?

This is correctly identified. If you've pulled pups off your plant it probably isn't an Oroya: are you sure you don't have a Matucana?
by phil_SK
Mon Oct 26, 2020 3:17 pm
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: which cactus
Replies: 3
Views: 692

Re: which cactus

schickendantzii was my first thought.
by phil_SK
Thu Oct 15, 2020 4:24 am
Forum: General
Topic: Cactus Adventures.
Replies: 10
Views: 1532

Re: Cactus Adventures.

by phil_SK
Tue Oct 06, 2020 3:22 pm
Forum: Pollination
Topic: Fruits of Austrocylindropuntia vestita ripening.
Replies: 6
Views: 14011

Re: Fruits of Austrocylindropuntia vestita ripening.

Given how easily it sets seed I think it's self-fertile. The only time I sowed the seeds they came true.
by phil_SK
Sat Aug 01, 2020 5:08 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: ID HELP: Sulcorebutia sp
Replies: 2
Views: 489

Re: ID HELP: Sulcorebutia sp

Looks to be canigueralii.
by phil_SK
Sun Jul 26, 2020 12:52 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Turbinicarpus (Gymnocactus), Echinopsis (Lobivia), and Parodia (Notocactus) classification questions
Replies: 13
Views: 3093

Re: Turbinicarpus (Gymnocactus), Echinopsis (Lobivia), and Parodia (Notocactus) classification questions

Re Turbinicarpus Aioinopsis asked about. I note Joel's remark in my last link above:- "In August 2019, a new molecular study (Vázquez-Sánchez et al.) confirmed that Turbinicarpus should be split into three genera: Turbinicarpus sensu stricto, Rapicactus and Kadenicarpus, already suggested in T...
by phil_SK
Fri Jul 10, 2020 5:02 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Cleistocactus variety??
Replies: 11
Views: 1279

Re: Cleistocactus variety??

OK, yes, that makes a difference! Borzicactus icosagonus (aka Cleistocactus, Seticereus)
by phil_SK
Thu Jul 09, 2020 4:45 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Cleistocactus variety??
Replies: 11
Views: 1279

Re: Cleistocactus variety??

Haageocereus, perhaps H. pseudomelanostele.
by phil_SK
Wed Jun 24, 2020 4:27 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: Please help with 5 opuntia
Replies: 4
Views: 568

Re: Please help with 5 opuntia

2 & 4 are O. robusta.
by phil_SK
Fri Jun 19, 2020 4:55 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: It says Tephrocactus... Help me with the ID please...
Replies: 4
Views: 686

Re: It says Tephrocactus... Help me with the ID please...

Cumulopuntia leucophaea (or C. sphaerica if you prefer).
by phil_SK
Sat Jun 13, 2020 5:21 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: ID for this Spiky Lobivia?
Replies: 3
Views: 571

Re: ID for this Spiky Lobivia?

Need to see flowers really - get back to us in November.
by phil_SK
Mon Jun 08, 2020 4:44 am
Forum: General
Topic: Microsoft Edge
Replies: 11
Views: 1365

Re: Microsoft Edge

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