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Re: Aztekium valdezii

Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 2:20 am
by sabotenmen
Makes you wonder what an Opuntia "englishmen" would look like.

Re: Aztekium valdezii

Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 5:17 am
by Peterthecactusguy
sabotenmen wrote:Makes you wonder what an Opuntia "englishmen" would look like.
hahahahahahaha yeah I wonder. :)

Re: Aztekium valdezii

Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 8:34 am
by DaveW
Yes surprising what alternatives spellcheckers give for words not in their dictionaries.

Re: Aztekium valdezii

Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 5:47 am
by peterb
a nice photo of the valdezii here:

http://www.aztekium.ro/forum2b/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=616" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

peterb

Re: Aztekium valdezii

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 6:27 pm
by C And D
What a great hobby we have, new species are still being found every year!!!

I extracted these photos from the links on this thread
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All I can say is, I can't wait to get a couple on grafts.

Re: Aztekium valdezii

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 6:35 pm
by oldcat61
Nice to see you back posting after the baby. I didn't want to place an order while you were so happily occupied. Sue

Re: Aztekium valdezii

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:07 pm
by DaveW
A friend abroad emailed me and asked if I thought A. valdezii was real or a Photoshopped creation since it looked like it had the body of A. hintonii with the flowers of Mammillaria luethyi Photoshopped on! :lol:

I can see what he means:-

http://www.viridis.net/cactus/m_luethy.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It will be nice when plants become available to prove it!

Re: Aztekium valdezii

Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 7:06 am
by vlani
Already on ebay by Czech collectors.

Re: Aztekium valdezii

Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 11:40 pm
by CactusFanDan
I expected the Czechs to get their hands on it quite quickly to be honest. They must have a fair number of plants already in their collections for rapid propagation and distribution. :P I would've expected the plant to sell for more than that, though. I've seen other Aztekiums go for similar prices on ebay. Still a lot of money, though. :roll:

Re: Aztekium valdezii

Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 12:01 am
by vlani
Oops. None bought it this time.

Re: Aztekium valdezii

Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:57 pm
by eduart
Hi All,

We are pleased to announce the appearance of our second special issue containing the much expected first description of Aztekium valdezii by Carlos Gerardo Velazco Macías, Marco Antonio Alvarado Vázquez and Salvador Arias Montes.

This special issue can be downloaded from our website http://xerophilia.ro" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Our next regular issue (Xerophilia No. 6) will be online latest the 30th of September 2013.

Kind Regards,
The Xerophilia Team

Re: Aztekium valdezii

Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:31 am
by eduart
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Re: Aztekium valdezii

Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:38 am
by DaveW
Great Eduart!

Interesting point, I see a Latin diagnosis is given on page 7 following a similar English description on page 6, but since the start of the year a Latin diagnosis is no longer compulsory and English can be used instead, so which now officially will be cited as the type description, the Latin on page 7 or the English that precedes it on page 6? I would think the English description being printed first on page 6 would take priority when citing publication?

Not that important really, but I wonder what the "rules" will dictate?

Re: Aztekium valdezii

Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:17 pm
by CactusFanDan
Good to see a description around so soon after it's discovery! Thanks Eduart. Am I correct in thinking that C depicts a seed? If so, seeds that are 1mm long sounds awfully big for an Aztekium seed. :)

Re: Aztekium valdezii

Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:12 pm
by eduart
Hi,
Am I correct in thinking that C depicts a seed? If so, seeds that are 1mm long sounds awfully big for an Aztekium seed.
Well, seeds have been described as having a maximal height / width of 0.69 mm. The drawing is probably a bit out of scale, but main thing is it shows the seed's structure and overly massive dome.
Interesting point, I see a Latin diagnosis is given on page 7 following a similar English description on page 6,
There is no Latin diagnosis, the English diagnosis precedes a description in Spanish, as the entire original article is. I would say the English description will take priority... but we didn't really put thoughts in this. We made no alteration to the Spanish original version, it was published as supplied. The English version was also checked and approved by the authors.

Cheers,
Eduart