still need ID on this one

Bill in SC · Post by **Bill in SC** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:35 pm

Is this far enough along in bud for anyone to recognize it? It is going to be spectacular!! I have counted over 20 buds so far..

Post by **daiv** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:47 pm

How about Eriosyce senilis? This would be a good one for Juan y Florencia

Bill in SC · Post by **Bill in SC** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:56 pm

I sure hope so Daiv.. From the online pics I just looked at, it will indeed be spectacular if that's what it is. It's a very photogenic plant..
BB in SC

Post by **daiv** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:58 pm

Could also be E. kunzei -one of my all time favorites!

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:16 am

Well I can't help on the ID but I'm in love with the spination of it

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:37 am

Is this one of what used to be called a Pyrrhocactus? And weren't they Weingartias before that? Anyway, it's a lovely plant even without flowers, good job Bill.

Peterb

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:44 am

Maybe a neoporteria napina.

Mark

eduart · Post by **eduart** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:54 am

Hi there,

I would say it's Eriosyce senilis... although very variable and taxonomically still a bit unclear (I think... for me... at least)

Here's Neoporteria multicolor aka Eriosyce kunzei "multicolor" for some aka Eriosyce senilis (one of the forms):

http://www.cactusi.com/cactus.php?name= ... e&pid=5147

Cheers,

Eduart

cactuspolecat · Post by **cactuspolecat** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:12 am

I'm with eduart, I think it's Eriosyce (Neop.) multicolour too, I think from memory it was also referred to N. nidus or N. senilis and are now place under Eriosyce senilis.
They were also also known as N. senilis-nidus, and sometimes N. nidus-senilis

a few hundred years ago when I had my first one ...well ...would you believe twenty years ago?
here are a couple of forms from back then!!

CP

YumAz · Post by **YumAz** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:48 am

My Eriosyce is doing that too. It's a few days from blooming, I can't believe some of them have the energy to do it, this time of year. I'm getting a plethora of blooms right now. The stenocactus, the echinopsis aurea, a few mams, (the Mam. hahniana is going nuts) and the notocactus haselbergi is about to open some little orange blooms. It was 85 degrees yesterday, I guess spring has sprung.