Overcast but surprisingly warm and humid today. This Copiapoa from Bob must think it is back home. I had C. montana in my head for some reason but the label says C. marginata.
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Copiapoas don't need no stinking sun
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You can't see so well with the flowers wide open but the outer petals have distinct red tips.
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Re: Copiapoas don't need no stinking sun
Nice photos Ian! I love Copiapoa flowers!
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, particularly Gymnocalyciums, Rebutias, Sulcorebutias, Echinopses, Thelos, Feros and Mamms (and anything else I like the look of!) all in an 8 x 6 polycarb greenhouse and a few windowsills!-
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Re: Copiapoas don't need no stinking sun
Beautiful. I love the higgledypiggledyness of those stamens/stigmas.
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Re: Copiapoas don't need no stinking sun
Iann, I have 2 Copiapoa tenuissimas. One is olive green and solitary.
The other is much greener and and offsetting from almost every areole.
Which is correct?
The other is much greener and and offsetting from almost every areole.
Which is correct?
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Re: Copiapoas don't need no stinking sun
I wouldn't normally use green and tenuissima in the same sentence. Except I just did! Its variable but not usually green. Black, brown, just maybe very very dark green, but who knows, maybe yours were grown in a cupboard, maybe they are very young. Photo as always has a much better chance of an ID. From someone else, not me, I think all Copiapoas look alike. "Alike" in the sense that two plants of different species can look more similar than two plants of the same species!
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Re: Copiapoas don't need no stinking sun
Can't send photos I'm afraid Iann.On office computer.
Both about 10 years old from the same batch of seeds.Both flowering for some years both look alike in shape,size,spination, flower etc. and size of main body.
Mike.
Both about 10 years old from the same batch of seeds.Both flowering for some years both look alike in shape,size,spination, flower etc. and size of main body.
Mike.
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Re: Copiapoas don't need no stinking sun
Acouple of sites if you want to identify Copiapoas:-
http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... f%26sa%3DG
And one for both Eriosyce and Copiapoas. Just scroll down and click on "English".
http://www.eriosyce.info/
DaveW
http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... f%26sa%3DG
And one for both Eriosyce and Copiapoas. Just scroll down and click on "English".
http://www.eriosyce.info/
DaveW
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Re: Copiapoas don't need no stinking sun
I know what you mean Ian, one of mine decieded to flower again.
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A lot of all sorts
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