confirmation on astrophytum, etc

luigonz · Post by **luigonz** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 7:01 pm

hello everyone,
Looking for help on some new cacti I have had for a while.

thanks for the input!

Post by **DaveW** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:40 am

Hard to tell the "Lizard Skin" looks more like a monstrose Lophophora from the picture? You probably need flowers to be certain.

adetheproducer · Post by **adetheproducer** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 12:09 pm

DaveW wrote:Hard to tell the "Lizard Skin" looks more like a monstrose Lophophora from the picture? You probably need flowers to be certain.

Its does look quite lophish the tufts of hairs are not very astrophytumy.

luigonz · Post by **luigonz** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:38 pm

http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACT ... ikko_Nudum

found this... under A. asteria Kikko nudum

not sure about the source though.. I'll upload a picture when it flowers

Post by **DaveW** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:28 am

Maybe they crossed asterias with a Lophophora!

Interested to see the flowers when it blooms.