Normal behavior for M. lasiacantha?
Normal behavior for M. lasiacantha?
The first picture shows this plant last March.
The second and third show how it looks today.
It's pupping and "dividing." (I don't know the correct term for growing two crowns / apices.)
Is this normal for this species?
The second and third show how it looks today.
It's pupping and "dividing." (I don't know the correct term for growing two crowns / apices.)
Is this normal for this species?
Re: Normal behavior for M. lasiacantha?
dichotomous division - can also go 3 or 4 waysRichR wrote:(I don't know the correct term for growing two crowns / apices.)
I agree it has more of an M. perbella look to it.
All Cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are Cacti
Duly noted, Tumacoc. I'm not sure I really trust labeling from anywhere, including B&B, who often have plants without any labels at all. I even got a plant from (gasp) Mesa Garden recently whose identification (i.e., subspecies) was called into question by a very knowledgeable member of the CactiGuide forum.
Not to demean MG, however. If anyone knows what plants he is selling it's Steve Brack.
I'm still pretty new at this and while I usually check a plant's ID against the various reference books I have, I can't always make distinctions from photos in a book. Not to mention there seem to be a gazillion species of Mammillaria, many of which look the same to a beginner. That's when I like to post it here and almost always get a definitive answer, or at least a highly educated guess.
Not to demean MG, however. If anyone knows what plants he is selling it's Steve Brack.
I'm still pretty new at this and while I usually check a plant's ID against the various reference books I have, I can't always make distinctions from photos in a book. Not to mention there seem to be a gazillion species of Mammillaria, many of which look the same to a beginner. That's when I like to post it here and almost always get a definitive answer, or at least a highly educated guess.
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some of us would buy our plants cause they look nice?
As for that Daiv is correct the "botanical" term for that is "dichotomous division". I think what Daiv is trying to say is that there can be more then one dichotomous division on a plant.
As for that Daiv is correct the "botanical" term for that is "dichotomous division". I think what Daiv is trying to say is that there can be more then one dichotomous division on a plant.
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
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I don't fully agree, as I'm becoming more of a 'grower' there are still a lot of plants I would like to collect and then later grow myself
I don't think that ever ends
I don't think that ever ends
With apologies to the late Professor C. D. Darlington the following misquotation springs to
mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
Re: Normal behavior for M. lasiacantha?
Beautiful plant . . . loves these.
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Re: Normal behavior for M. lasiacantha?
I don't care which Mamm it is, that is a mind-boggling transformation. I'll hope you'll keep updating the thread as it progresses.
Agave
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".