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hornet
Number of posts : 112 Location : brisbane Registration date : 2008-04-26
| Subject: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 3:10 pm | |
| This is one of my fave specimens, nice globular cacti, easy to grow and nice pink flowers, all i need to know is what it is. | |
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trigonus Admin & Cactus Fiend
Number of posts : 879 Location : coastal NSW 1°C - 40°C Registration date : 2008-01-23
| Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 3:33 pm | |
| Hmm that looks a lot like a Coryphantha sp., looks like there is a few little pups around the base. I would love a pup or two. Anyone else think it's a Coryphantha sp., was thinking it looked a lot like C. elephantidens. Nice cactus!! | |
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hornet
Number of posts : 112 Location : brisbane Registration date : 2008-04-26
| Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 3:36 pm | |
| never heard of that genus, uncommon? | |
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trigonus Admin & Cactus Fiend
Number of posts : 879 Location : coastal NSW 1°C - 40°C Registration date : 2008-01-23
| Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 3:41 pm | |
| It is a rare collectors plant if it's the one I am thinking it is. Most of the genus is pretty much rare & collectable. Will trade you something nice or so | |
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hornet
Number of posts : 112 Location : brisbane Registration date : 2008-04-26
| Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 3:49 pm | |
| i got it from a collector so quite possibly something you dont see often, he has quite a few good things but not all labled | |
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Kada Calm and Collected
Number of posts : 204 Location : International Registration date : 2008-04-05
| Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 3:56 pm | |
| i think it is corypantha as well. prehaps elephantidens but i am not sure...the spines seem slightly different...but i know little about the genus. | |
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hornet
Number of posts : 112 Location : brisbane Registration date : 2008-04-26
| Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:04 pm | |
| well it looks like it to me | |
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trigonus Admin & Cactus Fiend
Number of posts : 879 Location : coastal NSW 1°C - 40°C Registration date : 2008-01-23
| Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:14 pm | |
| Yeah the one you have Kada looks a lot like the specimen shown in a book I have by Miles Anderson. The one hornet has looks exactly like the specimen in another book I have by Rudolf Subik & Libor Kunte. The latter specimen has a nice big pink flower sitting on top. That said I have never grown them and only know them from the literature and internet. Try having a look through the genus and also Coryphantha elephantidens on the cactaceae here I did it for you. Check this next link: Coryphantha elephantidens | |
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trigonus Admin & Cactus Fiend
Number of posts : 879 Location : coastal NSW 1°C - 40°C Registration date : 2008-01-23
| Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:14 pm | |
| Oops! Double post. EDIT: Might as well just add. I am certain it is a Coryphantha sp., getting the species right could be tricky but I am going with my previous answer. | |
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hornet
Number of posts : 112 Location : brisbane Registration date : 2008-04-26
| Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:27 pm | |
| i have 1 rooted pup for ya and some other unrooted ones that i'm yet to divide, how long till the callus over? | |
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trigonus Admin & Cactus Fiend
Number of posts : 879 Location : coastal NSW 1°C - 40°C Registration date : 2008-01-23
| Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:31 pm | |
| Give them atleast a week to heal after severing from the mother keep them in a nice and dry, but shady area (indoors is probably best). This will give me time to organise your plants anyway. | |
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calycium Moderator
Number of posts : 416 Location : Adelaide, SA Registration date : 2008-04-06
| Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:04 pm | |
| Not wanting to be a leach here, but happy to take a pup off your hands for some of those seeds I mentioned in an earlier post. | |
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hornet
Number of posts : 112 Location : brisbane Registration date : 2008-04-26
| Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:05 pm | |
| yea mate, tomorrow i will get on with taking a few pups off, keen to trade, would like to get my collection up and running | |
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slim6y Calm and Collected
Number of posts : 176 Location : Cairns Registration date : 2008-04-26
| Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:07 pm | |
| Wow Hornet, you're lucky - just you remember who introduced you to this site | |
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hornet
Number of posts : 112 Location : brisbane Registration date : 2008-04-26
| Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:20 pm | |
| lol yea mate, i'll send you some stuff aswell when i cant, i have a few things for ya already | |
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