PB's flower pics '09 update 8/26

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Sun May 31, 2009 3:02 pm

Thanks, D-man, yeah the spines on G, wrightii are just awesome.

peterb

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:25 pm

A few shots of a young Echinocactus horizonthalonious ssp. nicholii, rescued from the Silver Bell mines area north of Tucson by the Tucson CSS. I didn't realize these flower so young, an adaptation called "progenesis" that helps keep numbers up in marginal populations. ssp. nicholii is dramatically more shaggy/fierce in spines and has a slightly different flower, and is geographically very separate from ssp. horizonthalonious.

The only other news at the moment is several of what look like flower buds on Peniocereus maculatus.

peterb

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:48 pm

Awesome flower and plant. The spines are incredible!

Can't wait to see that Penio.

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:27 am

Loving that Echinocactus Peter

vlani · Post by **vlani** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 4:31 am

Peter do you know how to tell apart ssp nicholi from the texan variety by its appearance? I got couple plants from Cactus Joe's but the new owners had no idea where the plants come from.

Good looking plant by the way, adapted well to the new life. Hope you've got a mate for it

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:56 pm

Vlad, I'd look for more shaggy spines, standing out more from the plant body, less recurved or flat. The flower is a lighter pink also for nicholii.

peterb

CelticRose · Post by **CelticRose** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:04 pm

Nice flowers and plants, Peter.

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:55 pm

It's been awhile since I've had much to show. There's always a serious lag after the spring flowers. Some of the summer stuff has been great around here though. It's been slightly cooler than usual, with cooler nights.

Mamillaria grahamii, love the flowers of this very common cactus, very reminiscent of Baja Mams:

Very fragrant Mammillaria longimamma, love these flowers:

Huge strange bug on Echinomastus laui:

A few of another favorite, Coryphantha scheeri (robustipsina ssp. scheeri)

Cory no ID, probably hybrid:

Went shutter-crazy on a mass of Thelocacus bicolor flowers, a few different ssp. in these pics:

A few of a new one for me, Echinocereus scheerii "ssp. obscurensis," from Bach's, via the DBG gift shop a couple years ago. Can't find anything on "obscurensis." Note how long the flower tube is. Wild sort of coccineus-like flowers. The overall depth of field a major challenge for my camera, lol.

Still waiting on Peniocereus maculatus, the buds are just kind of sitting there.

peterb

iann · Post by **iann** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:34 pm

Thirsty fly

Arzberger · Post by **Arzberger** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:48 pm

Amazing flowers and great shots!!

Regards
Alex

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:03 am

Cool, that is a very interesting Echinocereus flower.

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:21 am

yes, I was excited to see the scheeri flower. Anderson does list "obscuriensis" as a synonym, apparently it's published in Blum and Rutow's book, which I really should have bought when it was in print.

peterb

CelticRose · Post by **CelticRose** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:57 am

Nice plants and flowers, Peter!

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 2:26 am

Thanks Rose! I wonder when the monsoons will kick in here....

peterb

CelticRose · Post by **CelticRose** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 2:34 am

peterb wrote:Thanks Rose! I wonder when the monsoons will kick in here....

peterb

They're saying Monday or Tuesday, but you know how it is...