M platyacantha

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M platyacantha

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If only mine would flower as well as this!
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Or grow quite as tightly.
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Excellent, Mike, must have been a rewarding trip to Patagonia then?
What was its location?
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What sort of altitude was this plant growing at Mike.
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This was the highest we saw them at. The Strava app records the altitude as 7,377ft.
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And another one.
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