Hi all
I received this plant from a friend, I'm sure there was talk about this & the unofficial name was gymnocalycium horizontalonius , when I search the forum no results so am I having a bimbo moment.
It's on a huge long graft so next year I'm going to chop it down maybe off.
Tina
varied collection of succulents and cacti but I especially like Euphorbia's, Ariocarpus and variegated agaves.
G. spegazzinii in general can get to six inches wide, but it is quite slow. The natural form is flat. The graft should be unnecessary other than to speed up growth and produce a ball instead of a pancake, but I don't know how easy it would be to re-root them.
Tony Roberts
Treasurer, Haworthia Society
Chairman, Tephrocactus Study Group
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Kent
(Gasteria, Mammillaria, small Opuntia, Cleistocactus and Sempervivum are my current special interests)
Hi Ian
No I wouldn't bother grafting Gymno's but that's how it came, I think they should root easy enough.
Definitely seed worth growing, Phil who did you get yours from ?.
Thanks for the link Tony a good new addition to the collection.
Tina
varied collection of succulents and cacti but I especially like Euphorbia's, Ariocarpus and variegated agaves.
I got the first one from Andreas Wessner,but then i found that they are as easy from seed as any gymno,and not all that slowgrowing. There were plants for sale atELK under the name G. spegazzini v.brevispina
Growing mostly globular,smallgrowing cacti north of Stockholm
very nice 
