Gymnocalycium ragonesei

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Re: Gymnocalycium ragonesei

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Phil_SK wrote: Fri Jul 23, 2021 6:05 pm Does anyone know if these pink ragonesei are naturally occurring or of hybrid/selective breeding origin?
The entry in Subik and Kunte's book says it "appeared spontaneously in a batch of seedlings from the white flowered form in the collection of Czech grower M. Zubra"
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Re: Gymnocalycium ragonesei

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Thank you!! I don't think I expected anybody to know. :smile: I'm feeling the need to try a ragonesei × stenopleurum cross someday.
Phil Crewe, BCSS 38143. Mostly S. American cacti, esp. Lobivia, Sulcorebutia and little Opuntia
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