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by Cyrill
Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:38 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Argentina & Chile Day 12
Replies: 3
Views: 1247

Tills

Hi Mike ,

i love the Quebradada de Toro, is a very interesting Spot if you go away from the "Main-Street".

The pink Tillandsia is T. argentina
Pics in situ

the white one is T. xiphioides

Cheers
Cyrill
by Cyrill
Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:01 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Opuntia IDs
Replies: 13
Views: 2230

Re: Opuntia IDs

Hi Chris,

the first one is a Tunilla soehrensii.
The Ritter s Name for it is Platyopuntia ianthinantha.

Cheers
Cyrill
by Cyrill
Sun May 24, 2009 6:28 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: A good year for opuntia flowers
Replies: 22
Views: 3505

Re: A good year for opuntia flowers

Dear Tony, Thats a small form of platyacantha. I think the actual Name for this Group is Maihueniopsis darwninii var platyacantha, I found similar Plants near this Population of bigger segmentet Plants: Maihueniopsis darwinii var. platyacanthus in situ Here is a Picture from a Plant that grow my Fat...
by Cyrill
Sun May 17, 2009 4:38 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Opuntia ???????
Replies: 12
Views: 2917

Tunilla

Hi Mike and all others,

Here are a similar Plant collectet by Ralf Hillmann

Tunilla soehrensii RH 2215

On the West-side of the Famatina Mountains are this Types of Tunilla also widespraed, flowered from red to orange to yellow.

Cheers
Cyrill
by Cyrill
Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:40 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Opuntia ID
Replies: 23
Views: 4107

Re: Opuntia ID

Hi Chris, This is a Tunilla (ex Airampoa) in my collection all Plants was only labelled with the Fieldnumbers and i call them all Tunilla soehrensii. If we should gives old Name s from Books, then i must described a lot of new Species :-) PS.I cultivated up to 200 Clones from the Tunilla-Group and i...
by Cyrill
Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:41 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Day 8 San Pedro de Atacama to Susques
Replies: 2
Views: 781

Re: Day 8 San Pedro de Atacama to Susques

Very nice Plants , Thank you for show us !

The red flowering Plants are Cumulopuntia ignescens.
The small one is Maihueniopsis conoidea aka M.glomerata sensu lato.
and the other small one with round with Spines are a Maihueniopsis camachoi.

Cheers
Cyrill
by Cyrill
Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:54 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Tephrocactus (Puna) bonnieae
Replies: 25
Views: 4067

Puna subterranea

Hi friends, I travelled the whole January in the Northwesternpart`s of Argentina and see many interesting Things. The Plant of the first Picture above was the southernmost Population of P.subterranea that i have ever seen. Near the Type Population. Thats the "real" P.subterranea sensu Frie...
by Cyrill
Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:23 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Tephrocactus (Puna) bonnieae
Replies: 25
Views: 4067

Re: Tephrocactus (Puna) bonnieae

Dear Friends,

i`am back from Argentina and proudly to present :

[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3309/327 ... 894d_o.jpg[/img]

whats thaat?
Punas are one of the most beautiful Genus in the Opuntia-Family, of course!

Cheers
Cyrill
by Cyrill
Sun Dec 21, 2008 8:28 pm
Forum: Travelogues
Topic: A few Argentinian Epiphytes
Replies: 23
Views: 5929

Re: A few Argentinian Epiphytes

There`s a Acanthostachys strobilacea on Picture Nr.3 (PIC8034.jpg)
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae)
Acanthostachys at ZSS

Thanx for the nice Pics

Cyrill
by Cyrill
Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:05 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: pterocactus or what?
Replies: 11
Views: 3107

A true Species , whats that?

@ Bill G I think the mess between and inner the Pterocactus Group is the extremly geographic Distance in where they live`s.I see of a distance of ca.500Km very different Forms of valentinii and fischeri . Particulate on the same Spot! And of course Pt.auraucanus is also a hickenii or skottsbergii. C...