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Armatocereus mataranus 2 year old seedling

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Got it!
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Micranthocereus hofackerianus

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Great flower Hob! :love10:
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Rebutia fabrisii var nana

nana means Dwarf. Usually refers to a smaller body size

a miniature variety note the size of the heads compared to the flowers


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to replace the poor image i already have in the guide

http://www.cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus ... =fiebrigii
Rebutia fiebrigii
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this is the last missing Rebutia in the guide

Rebutia tarijensis JU158

http://www.cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus ... tarijensis

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i see that page lists Rebutia spegazziniana as a Synonym :? which is this one

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As the English might say: Aye mate check out me bloomin cacti. :P

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Neoraimondia arequipensis subsp. roseiflora

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Hob,
Did you grow this one from seed? Not very common to see these at all.
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daiv wrote:Hob,
Did you grow this one from seed? Not very common to see these at all.
no i bought that at the national show

Stenocereus eruca with flowers
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if that's yours you must be the luckiest man alive! to own a s. eruca AND have it bloom!
With apologies to the late Professor C. D. Darlington the following misquotation springs to
mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
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StrUktO wrote:if that's yours you must be the luckiest man alive! to own a s. eruca AND have it bloom!
no not mine :( i'm just the photographer.

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yeah that is cool!
I want one of those and I wish to some day be able to see it bloom! :)
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
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I guess someone else is very lucky then, that thing is huge! :shock:
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