I'm having a hard time finding a source in the US for Ueblemannia pectinifera, specifically the form with shorter spines, like this:
(Source: arctic_fx on Flickr under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, cropped and resized)
It looked like gosucculent.com might have it, but they're out of stock, and Daniel said there's just not enough demand to bring it back in stock. Does anyone know of anywhere else in the US I should check?
Source for Uebelmannia pectinifera?
Re: Source for Uebelmannia pectinifera?
Keep an eye out on http://www.canddplants.com/seed-list/ or http://www.canddplants.com/cactus-for-sale/
Not available now, but could be later this year?
Not available now, but could be later this year?
Re: Source for Uebelmannia pectinifera?
Easy to find in Europe, though. Why not look for it over there?
Re: Source for Uebelmannia pectinifera?
I don't think it is easy to import plants from Europe to the USA due to CITES regulations, or vice versa from USA to EU Aiko. Seed should be no problem though and freely pass from the EU to America. I don't think they take that long to grow from seed in a warm climate.
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Re: Source for Uebelmannia pectinifera?
I think you may be looking for this:mikej wrote:I'm having a hard time finding a source in the US for Ueblemannia pectinifera, specifically the form with shorter spines, like this:
Uebelmannia_pectinifera.jpg
(Source: arctic_fx on Flickr under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, cropped and resized)
It looked like gosucculent.com might have it, but they're out of stock, and Daniel said there's just not enough demand to bring it back in stock. Does anyone know of anywhere else in the US I should check?
http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACT ... lticostata
Darryl Craig at CoronaCactus is selling them on eBay as U. pseudopectinifera:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Uebelmannia-pse ... Sw2xRYllsB
Not sure where he's getting "pseudopectinifera" from, because I can't find it as a recognized species name anywhere -- could be simply a misidentification on his part. Anyway I have a U. pectinifera multicostata in the collection, and from my experience, full sun all day is what brings out their attractive brown/brownish-purple skin.
Hopefully I'm pointing you in the right direction here.
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My location: Los Angeles, CA (Zone 10b)
My location: Los Angeles, CA (Zone 10b)
Re: Source for Uebelmannia pectinifera?
Uebelmannia pseudopectinifera is longer spined than the original short comb like spined U. pectinifera. There are quite a few U. pectinifera variants such as pseudopectinifera and multicostata
http://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/UEBELM ... nifera.htm
http://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/UEBELM ... nifera.htm
http://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/UEBELM ... ostata.htm
Whilst Uebelmannia's look different as small plants they all tend to look very similar as tall fully mature ones in habitat. An interesting new novelty is Uebelmannia eriocactoides, which is a beautiful gold as a seedling or small plant, but looks just like a long black spined pseudopectinifera as a fully adult plant.
See:-
http://www.cactiguide.com/cactus_co/New_Uebelmannia.pdf
Names in botany do not have to be appropriate, but it is interesting in the comparison table in the link above that "multicostata" = many ribs, has fewer ribs on average than the others.
http://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/UEBELM ... nifera.htm
http://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/UEBELM ... nifera.htm
http://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/UEBELM ... ostata.htm
Whilst Uebelmannia's look different as small plants they all tend to look very similar as tall fully mature ones in habitat. An interesting new novelty is Uebelmannia eriocactoides, which is a beautiful gold as a seedling or small plant, but looks just like a long black spined pseudopectinifera as a fully adult plant.
See:-
http://www.cactiguide.com/cactus_co/New_Uebelmannia.pdf
Names in botany do not have to be appropriate, but it is interesting in the comparison table in the link above that "multicostata" = many ribs, has fewer ribs on average than the others.
Re: Source for Uebelmannia pectinifera?
Thanks! I see that they say they accept wish lists and may have unlisted plants, so I'll get in touch with them (and keep an eye on their availability list).Aiko wrote:Keep an eye out on http://www.canddplants.com/seed-list/ or http://www.canddplants.com/cactus-for-sale/
Not available now, but could be later this year?
Thanks for the suggestion; I went ahead and bought some seed. I've been really getting into growing from seed, so this could be fun.DaveW wrote:I don't think it is easy to import plants from Europe to the USA due to CITES regulations, or vice versa from USA to EU Aiko. Seed should be no problem though and freely pass from the EU to America. I don't think they take that long to grow from seed in a warm climate.
Thanks, I appreciate it. I have a saved search on eBay for Uebelmannia pectinifera, but I'll have to expand it a bit to catch plants that may be listed slightly differently.Steve Johnson wrote:I think you may be looking for this:
http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACT ... lticostata
Darryl Craig at CoronaCactus is selling them on eBay as U. pseudopectinifera:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Uebelmannia-pse ... Sw2xRYllsB
Not sure where he's getting "pseudopectinifera" from, because I can't find it as a recognized species name anywhere -- could be simply a misidentification on his part. Anyway I have a U. pectinifera multicostata in the collection, and from my experience, full sun all day is what brings out their attractive brown/brownish-purple skin.
Hopefully I'm pointing you in the right direction here.
Thanks, that PDF looks very interesting! I also didn't realize that the fully mature adults tend to look similar; that's good to know. I think it's really interesting how variable the same species can be.DaveW wrote:Uebelmannia pseudopectinifera is longer spined than the original short comb like spined U. pectinifera. There are quite a few U. pectinifera variants such as pseudopectinifera and multicostata
http://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/UEBELM ... nifera.htm
http://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/UEBELM ... nifera.htm
http://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/UEBELM ... ostata.htm
Whilst Uebelmannia's look different as small plants they all tend to look very similar as tall fully mature ones in habitat. An interesting new novelty is Uebelmannia eriocactoides, which is a beautiful gold as a seedling or small plant, but looks just like a long black spined pseudopectinifera as a fully adult plant.
See:-
http://www.cactiguide.com/cactus_co/New_Uebelmannia.pdf
Names in botany do not have to be appropriate, but it is interesting in the comparison table in the link above that "multicostata" = many ribs, has fewer ribs on average than the others.
Re: Source for Uebelmannia pectinifera?
I also didn't realize that the fully mature adults tend to look similar,"
Mind you it takes a long time to get them that big, so most of ours will retain their juvenile characteristics for as long as we have them.
Mind you it takes a long time to get them that big, so most of ours will retain their juvenile characteristics for as long as we have them.