Hi,
could you please help me with id the following cactus which just bloomed with this magnificent red flower which only lasted a day.
Thanks
Pierre
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Re: cactus with red lower - id request
Some beautiful hybrid Echinopsis eg Cabaret, Temptress, Antares, Firelight etc
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Re: cactus with red lower - id request
Yep. There are so many of these hybrids that it's often impossible to determine which you've got if it's unlabeled. I really love the color of this one, though, wish I knew its name.
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Thanks both. You guys/girls rock !
Re: cactus with red lower - id request
I would also say Lobivia, impossible to say at first glance what species it may be and/or if it's a hybrid
This comment needs correction though, since the DNA-research of Schlumpberger et al. in 2018 Lobivia is no longer lumped under Echinopsis
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)
mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
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Re: cactus with red lower - id request
Lobivia acanthoplegma was the closest to a match that I could find, but it doesn't quite fit - I think it's more likely a hybrid.
Spence