What is this Pterocactus please?
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What is this Pterocactus please?
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Re: What is this please?
Here is the rest of the photo of this old plant, MIke, with another of this year's segments + flower and a previous year's segment ....
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(Gasteria, Mammillaria, small Opuntia, Cleistocactus and Sempervivum are my current special interests)
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Re: What is this please?
pterocactus hickenii ,?
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Re: What is this Pterocactus please?
Could it be a form of P. skottsbergii? Based on Elisabeth and Norbert Sarnes' new book on the genus, that would seem to be the closest match - P. neuquensis flowers from lateral stems, and the stems seem too smooth for P. araucanus (although I have a couple of similar looking plants labelled araucanus - must take a closer look at those...).
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Re: What is this Pterocactus please?
Pterocactus neuquensis
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Re: What is this Pterocactus please?
Thanks, Norbert! I was awaiting your reply confirming P. neuquensis before I responded further
It is a plant I obtained as Pterocactus sp.from Paul Hoxey a couple of years ago which he acquired from Chris Holland back in 1998, so it has been in cultivation in the UK for a good while.
Thank you all for your responses.
It is a plant I obtained as Pterocactus sp.from Paul Hoxey a couple of years ago which he acquired from Chris Holland back in 1998, so it has been in cultivation in the UK for a good while.
Thank you all for your responses.
Tony Roberts
Treasurer, Haworthia Society
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Kent
(Gasteria, Mammillaria, small Opuntia, Cleistocactus and Sempervivum are my current special interests)
Treasurer, Haworthia Society
Chairman, Tephrocactus Study Group
Moderator, BCSS Forum
Kent
(Gasteria, Mammillaria, small Opuntia, Cleistocactus and Sempervivum are my current special interests)