tumamoc wrote:Nice picture show!
I would have assumed the Mammillaria hybrid was heyderi. Anyway, looks a lot like those near the Pima-Cochise County line.
Does M heyderi have a big root? I've got one but haven't dug it up since it was a seedling.
A few more pictures from yesterday...
Gymnocalycium mesopotamicum
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Escobaria sneedii - with a few more flowers open.
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L. willy
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Thelocactus hexaedrophorus
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Disclaimer: I'm in sunny Arizona, so any advice I give may not apply in your circumstances.
I thought I posted this question earlier, but I guess I didn't. Greg, I don't think heyderi grows as far west as the Pima County line. heyderi bullingtoniana occurs sporadically in Cochise County east of Douglas and supposedly in Tombstone. everything west of this area is macdougalii, I think. Could be wrong.
To compare Mammillaria macdougalii Pima County, east of Tucson. The yellowish flowers are typical for this species.
More details thereof are at my website.
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Tim's "hybrid" have also some similarity to Mammillaria roseoalba. It have also a taproot.
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Great looking plants! I always love the Mammillaria habitat pictures. Especially big ones!
I got the hybrid from Miles. He doesn't have it listed anymore, so I can't find any more info on it. I thought he had some location info in the original listing.
Disclaimer: I'm in sunny Arizona, so any advice I give may not apply in your circumstances.
I just can't get enough of this plant when it's flowering...
I can imagine why! what a beautiful clump!
With apologies to the late Professor C. D. Darlington the following misquotation springs to
mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)