Kew Gardens

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And Opuntia monacantha. I wish mine would flower like this.
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And floering outside (I usefully cut didn't get the flower in the shot) an Aloe (humilis?).
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And in the Alpine house we have Maihuenia patagonica.
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I'm looking forward to my rooted cutting growing up to look like this.
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And then moving into the nursery area we have Tephrocactus weberi.
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And following on from the wacky melocactus thread I found two more. Starting with a double cephalium.
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And then this wonderous beast.
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Mike P Wrote:
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> And in the Alpine house we have Maihuenia
> patagonica.
>
> I'm looking forward to me rooted cutting growing
> up to look like this.

Doesn't look very patagonica-like to me. I'd say that was standard-issue poeppigii.
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How about this one?
I just noticed that I seem to have slipped into the vernacular with that post.....
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The first one is definitely Maihuenia poeppigii. The second one might possibly be M. patagonica but I'd say its just a very old M. poeppigii. M. patagonica is a larger plant with longer less branched stems, usually fewer spines, and stubby leaves. The two lateral spines on M. patagonica, when they are present, tend to be more erect than on M. poeppigii. Also it may just be my imagination, but M. patagonica always seems to look brown while M. poeppigii is much greener.
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No imagination involved at all Ian, you're right - patagonica always looks slightly knackered, I think.
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