Echinopsis Oxygona?

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Echinopsis Oxygona?

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Hi all,

Purchased a pup the other day from this plant (it was going cheap & I couldn't resist!). The seller doesn't know the ID, only that the mother plant is at least 10years old.

With so many hybrids about its always hard to know, but I think this is probably Echinopsis Oxygona, however I thought the flowers of this species had a touch of purple to them normally. I don't really mind not knowing the name, but like lots of us on the forum I have a desire to label plants correctly if I can!

Photos below of the mother plant - can anybody with more knowledge than me help confirm the ID?

Thanks,

Alex
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Hi BB, sorry I can,t help you with the ID, but someone will know on the forum. It's a stunning plant in or out of flower, and a great picture too. Cheers
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Echinopsis eyriesii (tu)
Etelä-Karjala, Suomi-Finland
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Amazing flowers. Have you got any idea of the age of the big plant?
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Many thanks for your replies....looking forward to watching it grow!
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Mike - the seller told me the mother plant was at least 10years old...I’m hoping it’s worth the wait if the pup ends up looking so good!
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10y. Ok! So my last season seedlings will need a while!
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The shortness of the spines and the whiteness of the flower suggest eyriesii - but you don't mention scent. It should have a very beautiful, sweet, scent, which isn't strong close to, but pervasive at a distance enough to fill a house! If it doesn't have a scent, it is perhaps a hybrid, possibly with oxygona, which hasn't. Multiplex may be an intermediate form, less scented than eyriesii and with longer spines.
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