Chile 2015

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At a second Huanta site we found our first Copiapoa which I was told was Copiapoa wagenknechtii.
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Super plants and photographs, Dave, despite the (three) Colins :wink: Thank you for sharing.
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Don't know why it is Tony but the pictures are a lot sharper if you double click on them to enlarge them. I presume it must be the board scaling them down that reduces sharpness?

You should all worry, I have around another 350-400 images to go if needed, even though I pruned some from the slide show! :lol:

Makes a difference to the old film days with 36 exposures on a roll plus cost of processing, as I can now get 1,400 images on a small memory card in the camera with no processing costs, plus reuse the card later after transfer to the computer, so we no longer have any excuse these days for not taking pictures when the opportunity arises.
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At the same site we found Neoporteria setosiflora.
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And one I am sure is a Trichocereus Phil from the flower.
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DaveW wrote:Don't know why it is Tony but the pictures are a lot sharper if you double click on them to enlarge them. I presume it must be the board scaling them down that reduces sharpness?
Indeed they are! The pictures as displayed on the Forum pages are scaled down to a max. of 700 pixels across, compared to your photos which are typically 1100 pixels across, so will always lose some definition when compared with the 'full size' images.
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20/10/15 Choros today. Neoporteria simulans is usually reddish flowered, but I did find this yellow one. N. simulans is often confused with the local yellow flowered Copiapoa out of flower, hence the name "simulans", but Copiapoa flowers are usually naked and if you enlarge the image I think you can see hairs on the flower tube of this yellow flowered plant..
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Hallo Dave,

I am rather sure your last Trichocereus shows an Eulychnia again.
Do you have a picture that shows the flower from the side?

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A thoroughly enjoyable thread Dave, with some lovely photos of superb plants. Must have been a marvellous trip. Thanks for posting.
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Afraid not Nobby. I was going on the fact the other Eulychnia's I saw had woolly flowers therefore presumed that would still remain on the fruits.. As you can see the fruits are not woolly, but you may be right however.

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https://zoom50.wordpress.com/2011/12/01 ... -philippi/

Again I was dependant on the list of species Roger gave us which we saw at each locality, but I may have found one he did not list. Also with so many images I have not always been able to confirm their identity with him.
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Roger asked us what we were particularly interested in seeing. The others just had a general interest, but Colin Norton was interested in Copiapoa's and Roger knows my main interest, as is his, is Eriosyce sensu Kattermann, or Neoporteria sensu Donald and Rowley, particularly Thelocephala.

20/10/15 Our first Thelocephala. Was it tenebrica or riperia (napina ssp. riperia) at this locality?
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As small plants it is often hard to tell the other seedling Neoporteria's growing among them from Thelocephala's until they develop more pronounced spines, as the one in the image below.
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As you can see the plants are far more turgid than would be normal since from the cracks in the ground it is obvious they had been flooded in this exceptionally wet year.
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