Tavaresia x meintjesii

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Tavaresia x meintjesii

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Nice to see this in flower today! Supposedly a hybrid of Stapelia gettlifei and Tavaresia barklyi. Showing hybrid vigour, maybe?
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A rather cool image too
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Lovely!

Bet it’s easier than Tavaresia barklyi...
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Herts Mike wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 5:07 pm Lovely!

Bet it’s easier than Tavaresia barklyi...


Of course!
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Are you sure? I've managed to kill both... :???: :sad:

The good news I have some T. barkleyi seedlings coming up.
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Ooh, put my name down for one, Ralph!
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Get in the queue..,,
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Names put down. I just have to get them big enough to post first, before a mishap...

Incidentally, Diane, I suspect your plant could be Tavaresia angolensis rather than T. x meintjesii - while they are quite similar, Tavaresia angolensis seems to have more prominent tubercles:

Edited: No, I was not correct. See Colin's comments later in this thread.
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I think you might be right, Ralph!
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Hi Diane,

Your plant is definitely the intergeneric hybrid: Stapelia gettlifei x Tavaresia barklyi.

This was originally published as a species: Tavaresia meintjesii.

Because it's an intergenic cross, Gordon Rowley published the name x Staparesia, so your clone has the name x Staparesia meintjesii.

The true Tavaresia angolesis has a longer narrow tube, somewhat akin to that of T. barklyi. Your plant has the bell-shaped (campanulate) corolla of the hybrid.

In my experience T. angolensis is actually rarely seen in cultivation.
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