A couple of turbinicarpus

[ianstrutt]

Hi all,

Haven't seen many of these on the forum so thought I'd post these... a couple of flowers from my collection this week.

Turbinicarpus dickinsoniae:

Turbinicarpus flaviflorus:

A couple of my others have shrivelled away to nothing over the last month, which is a shame. Not sure what happened there...

[el48tel]

The handwriting on the labels looks familiar

[ianstrutt]

Neither are my handwriting - from memory one came from Caistor Cacti and one came from Williams Cactus over the last 2 or 3 years.

[el48tel]

Neither are my handwriting - from memory one came from Caistor Cacti and one came from Williams Cactus over the last 2 or 3 years.

I guessed correctly .... Williams.

I have plants labelled with an identical hand

[Stuart]

It doesn't look like Dickisoniae, that species has longer, thin curled upright spines and is quite distinctive, and named for a lady which doesn't happen too much in the cactus world. The one from Caistor Cacti will have the correct name though.

Stuart

[TomInTucson]

Since the 1st one has a tag which says Aramberri it might be Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus ssp. gracilis. Turbinicarpus dickisoniae also comes from Aramberri, Nuevo Leon.

#2 looks properly named.

[Rob]

It doesn't look like Dickisoniae, that species has longer, thin curled upright spines and is quite distinctive, and named for a lady which doesn't happen too much in the cactus world. The one from Caistor Cacti will have the correct name though.

Stuart

Thanks Stuart,

The 'dickisoniae' looks to me like a hybrid, probably with T.dickisoniae as the mother.

[ianstrutt]

Thanks everyone - really appreciate the input.