I got this one tagged as "Austrocylindropuntia lagopus v aurea", but it looks more like floccosa to me. I know synonyms can get a bit blurry on these, but I was hoping for some input.
Opuntia/Tephrocactus lagopus?
Opuntia/Tephrocactus lagopus?
"Horticulture, after all, is a mode of articulating and feeling time."
Re: Opuntia/Tephrocactus lagopus?
I'd say floccosa. Lagopa is in a separate genus now, not a big surprise.
Last edited by vlani on Mon Aug 17, 2015 6:18 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Opuntia/Tephrocactus lagopus?
Yes, floccosa. The confusion arose because Rauh and Backeberg got them mixed up and published lots of floccosa forms as lagopus (it's never lagopa, by the way). They are often still labelled as this today.
Re: Opuntia/Tephrocactus lagopus?
See:-
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Re: Opuntia/Tephrocactus lagopus?
Thanks for the replies and links. The side-by-side photos of floccosa and lagopus always seem to show floccosa with white spines, which was part of my initial uncertainty. I also have a small plant recently grafted, which I got as T malyana. I guess I need to change the tag on it to Punotia lagopus.
"Horticulture, after all, is a mode of articulating and feeling time."
Re: Opuntia/Tephrocactus lagopus?
I always called the yellow haired plant malyana and thought it was a re-description, therefore synonym, of lagopus?
Re: Opuntia/Tephrocactus lagopus?
I think of A. floccosa as always having white hairs. Mine certainly do.
--ian
Re: Opuntia/Tephrocactus lagopus?
Some of mine don't!