haseltonianas and other names.
I use haseltoniana for the plants growing along most of the coast going north from Taltal,
With a small location of giganteas at about 25 16' South.
eremophila inland as ian said, but high up in the mountains above Paposo.
and finally tenebrosa, high and low in the region of San Ramon.
Although they are all good lumped as haseltoniana,
I still prefer to use all the names above, as they make good handles for differing populations.
And like i said before, a collector/grower of Copiapoas misses out on so much
if they have a check list of 'wants' and 'gots', based on a very short lumped list of species.
You can fill a greenhouse or two, entirely of different Copiapoas
Many of my haseltonianas even have just place names on the labels,
like Caleta Oliva and Santo Domingo.
The bumpy 'road' to El Cobre.A must though for any traveller in the region,
as i hope you had time to stop at Botija
Benjy
