Ian
LF1725 is indeed from 6km S Inca Huasí 3010m. I think I also have the Heger & Alber one you are referring to, but this one has superior flowers in my opinion...

I thought this was an entry for the Turner Prize when I first looked at the picture...

The Chinese also have quite a few things of this general kind. I quite fancy some of their L. arachnacantha hybrids.

Super! Mine's not a patch on that...

How about this one for a cracker
Aylostera aff. dutineana LF1725

They dont like it too hot...

The buds are quite attractive, whatever the flowers do...

It's a whopper.

Backeberg goes to great length to state that the "proper" R. krainziana has long spines, and the imposter usuall doing the rounds as R. krainziana is actually a form of R. senilis which he calls v. breviseta. The true R. krainziana is closer to R. marsoneri; both being self-infertile, whil...

edds wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 9:11 pm
I thought that was a Mediolobivia! Or is that subsumed under Aylostera?

Yes, Mediolobivia is now included in Aylostera