Brown and Green Copiapoas

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JustSayNotoCactus
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Brown and Green Copiapoas

Post by JustSayNotoCactus »

I lost the label on these baby Copiapoas so I don't know the species,but they are all from the same packet of seed and one of them is green, the rest are brown. My question is this: Is the green seedling a brown coloring deficient abnormality, or is it just a completely different species seed accidently mixed in, or is it a hybrid from a stray grain of pollen?
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DWDogwood
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Re: Brown and Green Copiapoas

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I can't ID the soft bodied Copiapoas to save my life but I can see both sides of the picture.
The flowers are different between the two. Could be different species.
Or, could be the same species but of different characteristics. I have so many different looking C cinerea from the same parentage that you'd think they were from parents miles apart.
I'm going to side with different sp based upon flowers. Red tinge is usually a marker.
But not always.
Ugh.
Don't loose tags of Copiapoas!!!!!
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iann
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Re: Brown and Green Copiapoas

Post by iann »

All look like C. humilis, although it can be hard to tell at this size. That one sure looks different though, maybe some foreign pollen?
--ian
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