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Cintia knizei

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I got this Bolivian curio a few years back at ELK, I think part of it is cristate, it's hard to tell exactly. Being a mountain plant, I keep it near the door so it gets a bit more air than most. Today it flowered for the first time since I acquired it, so I'm very happy. :smile: I have a couple of younger Cintia too, and they tend to succumb to red spider, but not this more mature plant for some reason.
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These are cute little plants even when not in flower. On my plant, the flowers can arrive with very little warning from within the fluff - there are certainly no signs of flowers yet - see pic. Everything's behind this year so it remains to be seen whether they put in an appearance at their usual time... the second pic is from the 1st May 2016 and the larger plant flowered a week later.
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My first bud appeared fully formed overnight in this warm weather, but nothing open yet.
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I saw Martin Lowry's habitat photos today. They are just like fenestrarias. Virtually completely buried and no apical wool.
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I know the New Cactus Lexicon pic (by Ralf Hillmann) is like you describe - appearing as just round pebbles arranged like a clock face in a sea of angular pebbles.
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Hm, something is wrong with mine, its about 10 cms tall. And not etiolated.
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Your problem AnTTun is that you are not growing it at 4000m elevation!
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Terry S. wrote:Your problem AnTTun is that you are not growing it at 4000m elevation!
Oh dear, I can't get any higher than about 15 meters above sea level...
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