Here is the first one of many mystery mesembs I would like to have a label for. It looks like a sheather but has not turned over a pair of leaves for at least the last year, winter or summer. The only thing it has done was to grow side sprouts this fall.
Hmmm... Maybe a Cheridiopsis?
Mystery Mesemb
- JustSayNotoCactus
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Re: Mystery Mesemb
Is it at all hairy, even a very very fine fuzz? That would be a Gibbaeum. Otherwise Cheirdopsis is as good as guess as any. Looks like it is slightly spotty? How big is it?
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Re: Mystery Mesemb
Looking at the side sprouuts it looks like Antimima. There are a few similar but A.dualis is likely. I have some of a similar age which look almost identical.
I might be able to post a photo later. Its a mesemb. Antimimas apreciate some water all year, but mainly grow in winter. They can take a while to flower. Hope that helps.
I might be able to post a photo later. Its a mesemb. Antimimas apreciate some water all year, but mainly grow in winter. They can take a while to flower. Hope that helps.
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Hi Guys,
Wow, that took a long time for me to get back to this, but the good news is the little thing is still with me and has grown quite a bit bigger.
This plant has no hair so I think antimima is as good a guess as any. 1bigfruit if you are still out there, could you post a picture of your plant?
Wow, that took a long time for me to get back to this, but the good news is the little thing is still with me and has grown quite a bit bigger.
This plant has no hair so I think antimima is as good a guess as any. 1bigfruit if you are still out there, could you post a picture of your plant?
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Re: Mystery Mesemb
antimima dualis in Scotland
A Moth is Lighter than the Sea, but Dimmer than the Light it Sees.
Re: Mystery Mesemb
It could be a number of things but it has the side shoots characteristic of antimima. Conos and Cheiridopsis generally mutiply from inside the sheath. Your plant has a slightly shorter cleft, but mesembs are sensitive to light conditions they can grow longer and thinner depending where they are.
A Moth is Lighter than the Sea, but Dimmer than the Light it Sees.
Re: Mystery Mesemb
It looks like Chieridopsis verrucosa to me
But it could be a Gibbaeum of sorts
it's not an Antimima dualis, which have a lighter colored line around the leaf and keel.
here is A. dualis
But it could be a Gibbaeum of sorts
it's not an Antimima dualis, which have a lighter colored line around the leaf and keel.
here is A. dualis
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Mine does have the lighter coloured line. But chieridopsis or gibbaeum dont make side shoots.
Maybe they are not side shoots? Could then be cono bilobum.
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Maybe they are not side shoots? Could then be cono bilobum.
d
A Moth is Lighter than the Sea, but Dimmer than the Light it Sees.