Big-flowered Copiapoa

[iann]

Copiapoa grandiflora by name, Copiapoa grandiflora by nature

This one would have looked even more impressive if you could tell there were three flowers

[rodsmith]

That's nice. I'm a fan of copiapoa flowers but I find the plants themselves can get a bit manky over the years. Perhaps it's just the way I treat them.

[Smel]

Hi,
Yes a great flower but like Rod I find they never last more then a few years and do get a bit tatty! Perhaps they need a bit more shade then I give them!

Mel.

[iann]

Copiapoa tenuissima?

[iann]

Copiapoas don't have to get tatty at the base, but they can do and they grow quite slowly so they show any damage for a long time.

[Eric Williams]

Here is my old Cop. taltalensis around thirty year old, and confined to its pot as I have no room for if I re potted it. The base does not look tatty in my opinion, but it's no show plant for sure lol. Cheers

[DWDogwood]

Grand flower indeed iann.
Glad to see the forum back up! I kept getting an error message when checking in from my old bookmark, but snuck in by accident.
Copiapoa haseltonia in (large) flower from a couple days ago. One I grew from seed in 1992 or so. Fast grower!

[juster]

Goodness that's an amazing plant DW, I've had one of these for years and it's still a single head. Obviously I'm doing something wrong, or you have better conditions there. Whatever the reason, it's great to see.

[Tina]

Here's a shot of my few copiapoa, has anyone got an idea for ID on the lime green one, sold to me as c cinerea but it's such a different colour I'm doubtful but it does look the right shape.

[RAYWOODBRIDGE]

Tina; I think it is C. cineracens and not cinerea ( faded label ? )

DW; Beautiful plant, I have a few of these under the name C haseltoniana var.gigantea grown from seed and they are all starting to offset around the base, if one looks like yours in a few years I will be more than happy.