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Olga Calm and Collected
Number of posts : 229 Location : Melbourne Registration date : 2009-11-08
| Subject: Oreocereus? Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:10 pm | |
| OK I am collecting some of the 'hairy' species at the moment, I bought this one last week and thought it had no tag. I just noticed it this morning but it says it's a Morawetzia sericota? (click on the thumbnail) i saw that it was a synonym for oreocereus but this doesn't have the same spines as the one they pictured. I was wondering which species it might be | |
| | | blowng Calm and Collected
Number of posts : 256 Location : Mellville Registration date : 2008-10-28
| Subject: Re: Oreocereus? Sat Nov 21, 2009 2:00 pm | |
| hi olga , i have a few myself..sooo cute! this info is from http://cactiguide.com/ Acepted Name | Synonyms | Oreocereus doelzianus | Morawetzia doelziana, Borzicactus doelzianus, Morawetzia sericata | Oreocereus varicolor | Arequipa varicolor, Morawetzia varicolor, Oreocereus leucotrichus |
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| | | Olga Calm and Collected
Number of posts : 229 Location : Melbourne Registration date : 2009-11-08
| Subject: Re: Oreocereus? Sat Nov 21, 2009 2:04 pm | |
| Excellent, thank you Yes I love them, and I think my partner who normally makes fun of my cacti likes them too, he always has a smile for the fluffy guys. | |
| | | scarab
Number of posts : 70 Location : NSW Registration date : 2009-08-22
| Subject: Re: Oreocereus? Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:13 pm | |
| have you seen the cristate fluffy guys? they look like teddy bears | |
| | | Olga Calm and Collected
Number of posts : 229 Location : Melbourne Registration date : 2009-11-08
| Subject: Re: Oreocereus? Sun Nov 22, 2009 12:05 am | |
| No lol, now I want one I always feel like giving them a pat. | |
| | | scarab
Number of posts : 70 Location : NSW Registration date : 2009-08-22
| Subject: Re: Oreocereus? Sun Nov 22, 2009 12:33 am | |
| yeah here he is ... turns out to be an Espostoa so cute , reminds me of those really old fashioned stiff koala bear toys | |
| | | Olga Calm and Collected
Number of posts : 229 Location : Melbourne Registration date : 2009-11-08
| Subject: Re: Oreocereus? Sun Nov 22, 2009 1:18 am | |
| I must have one of those, what a beauty! | |
| | | blowng Calm and Collected
Number of posts : 256 Location : Mellville Registration date : 2008-10-28
| Subject: Re: Oreocereus? Sun Nov 22, 2009 4:11 pm | |
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| | | Olga Calm and Collected
Number of posts : 229 Location : Melbourne Registration date : 2009-11-08
| Subject: Re: Oreocereus? Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:56 pm | |
| Collector's Corner has one on display, none for sale, with a 'no small plants' sign I think it's called an Espostoa 'nana' if I figured it out correctly, now to find one... | |
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