Beautiful Melocactus matanzanus form Solved

[James Pickering]

I really love this form with its its striped glaucous plant body. Some plants are just beginning to pop cephaliums:

[Peter]

Rather tasty, James. Not easy to grow them on a patio in Burnley! Mrs T and I have not very fond memories of pushing a pram up a cobbled street in a cold July when we lived nearby many years ago. Two years was enough before we too emigrated (to the warm climes of Cheshire).

[James Pickering]

Rather tasty, James. Not easy to grow them on a patio in Burnley! ……………

Haha, Peter, so very true …………… ah, prams and cobbled streets: brings back fond memories.

[Herts Mike]

Those are certainly beautiful James.

Thank you!

[Cactusgirl]

Awesome plants

[James Pickering]

Those are certainly beautiful James.

Thank you!

And thank you Mike. No answer as to why they have taken on this aspect. They came up this way in a seed flat. All of the seedlings were like this.

[James Pickering]

Thank you Cactus girl.

[Tina]

Hi James
I love the pattern on these its super - very envious !!, it will be interesting to see if seedlings carry the trait. You could give them a cv name and sell em

[James Pickering]

Hi James
I love the pattern on these its super - very envious !!, it will be interesting to see if seedlings carry the trait. You could give them a cv name and sell em

Thanks Tina. Well I don’t sell cacti - but they will make nice gifts. I hope they keep this characteristic - I will keep you posted.

[James Pickering]

Just FYI:

All of my other Matanzanus issues have the "traditional" apple green plant bodies.