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Melocactus
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Cactus Jack
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Melocactus
Would anyone know which Melo. this is ?? Local garden center purchase no label but good size, now filling a nine inch pot . photo quality poor sorry.
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Stephen.. Bangor. N. Ireland.
Re: Melocactus
Nice looking plant Stephen
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Mainly Haworthia and Gasteria, a few other South African succulents and the odd spiky thing.
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Mainly Haworthia and Gasteria, a few other South African succulents and the odd spiky thing.
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Vic
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Re: Melocactus
Check out Melocactus bahiensis on google images Stephen - some plants look very similar to yours.
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James Pickering
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Re: Melocactus
Cactus Jack Wrote:
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> Would anyone know which Melo. this is ?? Local
> garden center purchase no label but good size, now
> filling a nine inch pot . photo quality poor
> sorry.
Great looking plant, Stephen! IMO Melos are never easy to ID until fully mature, but I will throw my hat in the ring for M. zehntneri (Taylor):
[img]http://jp29.org/mlzehn01.JPG[/img]
James
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> Would anyone know which Melo. this is ?? Local
> garden center purchase no label but good size, now
> filling a nine inch pot
. photo quality poor> sorry.
Great looking plant, Stephen! IMO Melos are never easy to ID until fully mature, but I will throw my hat in the ring for M. zehntneri (Taylor):
[img]http://jp29.org/mlzehn01.JPG[/img]
James
[img]http://jp29.org/dischead01.JPG[/img][img]http://jp29.org/dischead07.JPG[/img][img]http://jp29.org/dischead04.JPG[/img][img]http://jp29.org/dischead05.JPG[/img][img]http://jp29.org/dischead06.JPG[/img]
Re: Melocactus
Not sure what it'd be, but it certainly is an impressive looking plant - cephalium starting and all...
Trevor
With a 'Downunder' collection of Cacti and Succulents in Melbourne, Australia.
With a 'Downunder' collection of Cacti and Succulents in Melbourne, Australia.
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Cactus Jack
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Re: Melocactus
Stephen,
I dont want to confuse things even more, but I think it is probably "INTORTUS". It is a lovely plant for sure
I dont want to confuse things even more, but I think it is probably "INTORTUS". It is a lovely plant for sure
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Bill in SC
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Re: Melocactus
Hi
Please post close up pictures of the cephalium, the spines and the measurements (height, diameter, number of spines in a cluster length of spines) the colour of the flowers and fruits can also help in ID's
Melo's are difficult to identify, I?ve got 3 I?m still trying to ID, (had them for a number of years) narrowed them down to a choice of 3, but unless I have access to an electron microscope to look at the pollen, I doubt I?ll get any closer.
Picture of my Melocactus Intortus .
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Please post close up pictures of the cephalium, the spines and the measurements (height, diameter, number of spines in a cluster length of spines) the colour of the flowers and fruits can also help in ID's
Melo's are difficult to identify, I?ve got 3 I?m still trying to ID, (had them for a number of years) narrowed them down to a choice of 3, but unless I have access to an electron microscope to look at the pollen, I doubt I?ll get any closer.
Picture of my Melocactus Intortus .
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