Back in January 2015 I sowed some seed that I had bought as Cleistocactus strausii x Matucana madisoniorum.
Most of the resulting plants are sickly, yellow-green bodied columnar plants that seem very reluctant to keep their roots. But one is noticeably more healthy and vigorous - perhaps three times the size of its siblings, and has finally just flowered. I'm not sure it looks that much like either parent, but the flowers are a really good deep magenta, and certainly more widely open than C. strausii.
I wonder does anyone else have an Clesistocactus x Matucana hybrids that have flowered, to compare this one to?
Mike
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Cleistocactus x Matucana hybrid
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Re: Cleistocactus x Matucana hybrid
Interesting looking plant and flowers.
I've been trying very unsuccessfully to make such crosses.
I've been trying very unsuccessfully to make such crosses.
Endeavouring to grow Aylostera, Echinocereus, Echinopsis, Gymnocalycium, Matucana, Rebutia, and Sulcorebutia. Fallen out of love with Lithops and aggravated by Aeoniums.
Currently being wooed by Haworthia, attempting hybridisation, and enticed by Mesembs.
Currently being wooed by Haworthia, attempting hybridisation, and enticed by Mesembs.
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Re: Cleistocactus x Matucana hybrid
Hi,
Lovely flowers and nice to see a cereus type flowering. It looks to me more like a Cleistocactus x Oreocereus, but short of testing it we will h ave to take it on face value.
We have a hybrid Cleistocactus x Morawetzia which is flowering very well for us at the moment but is not an erect plant, it sprawls around and could do with a trim. Perhaps you would like a cutting, it came from Terry Smale originally, it got too big for him.
PM me if you are interested.
Suzanne
Lovely flowers and nice to see a cereus type flowering. It looks to me more like a Cleistocactus x Oreocereus, but short of testing it we will h ave to take it on face value.
We have a hybrid Cleistocactus x Morawetzia which is flowering very well for us at the moment but is not an erect plant, it sprawls around and could do with a trim. Perhaps you would like a cutting, it came from Terry Smale originally, it got too big for him.
PM me if you are interested.
Suzanne
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Re: Cleistocactus x Matucana hybrid
Hi,
I looked at the label and realised that my previous post was wrong the bybrid is between a Matucana and Bolivicereus samaipatanus, or so it states.
Suzanne
I looked at the label and realised that my previous post was wrong the bybrid is between a Matucana and Bolivicereus samaipatanus, or so it states.
Suzanne