Coryphantha echinus

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:21 am

I was looking over the photos of Coryphantha echinus here on the guide and it seems there is something odd about both of Ed Utley's plants. I'm not entirely sure either photo is of echinus. The photo of the plant from Dagger Flat, for example, or from Tony's collection, etc., these are classic echinus. My photo from Brewster County we went around a few times on, with my reference to the obscure name Coryphantha scloymoides in Weniger's book (he has it under Mammillaria). Any opinions on the two photos from Ed?

peterb

king_hedes · Post by **king_hedes** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:54 am

that first pic to me looks a little different with hooked central spines but i'm not very good at identifying cactus

MildBill · Post by **MildBill** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:02 am

Ancistrocactus brevihamatus v. brevihamatus I think.
Bill

iann · Post by **iann** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:18 am

Don't look like C. echinus do they. Altogether not enough spines and that central seems too hooked.

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 2:07 pm

Interesting! I hadn't even considered Ancistrocactus brevihamatus for Ed's first photo, and that's what it seems to be. Cool.

Ed's second photo, I'm still not sure. It seems like a very young plant. A puzzler.

peterb

Post by **daiv** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:07 pm

Hi guys, I moved Ed's first picture. If the other picture continues to be elusive, I will pull it off the site to avoid confusion.