I recently purchased four Copiapoa off ebay and was wondering if anyone could help decipher who's who?
First one was named as coquimbana, but after some digging it looks more like a bridgesii?
Two and three could maybe be montana? As for the fourth, I have no idea but rubriflora seems to come up when searching for red flowering copiapoas. Any help would be much appeciated, otherwise it's the "it's always humilis" maxim which will apply.
(These are ebay pictures, all have been repotted in a nice free draining JI2 and molar clay mix.
I agree with the above.
I’m amazed at some of the prices Copiapoas are fetching recently on eBay. I can heartily recommend a trip to Southfield nurseries if you want Copiapoas and are within travelling distance.
Thank you for the help guys. I very much agree about some of the prices on eBay. Being a tight fisted so and so, I didn't pay much at all for these. I notice Cinerea especially are going for extortionately high amounts. I feel this could be the Instagram effect?
The neochilenia ID makes a lot of sense, the spination did have me wondering if it was something else.
Are we happy that the coquimbana is correctly named?
Coquimbana could be right but it can be quite variable. However, Bridgesii is a variety of Marginata which becomes heavily felted on the ribs and crown so probably not that. Unfortunately some Copiapoa's are almost indistinguishable when young.
