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Re: Cactus ID help , please
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:01 am
by 7george
Look here:
http://cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus=Parodia
Something from the Notocactus group.
Re: Cactus ID help , please
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 2:06 pm
by Nopaltzin
Thanks for this George !
, I think pompoms suggestion that it is Parodia rutilans is probably correct , it seems to have a lot of characteristics of that species. So , an Uruguayan cactus , cool !
Re: Cactus ID help , please
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 4:13 pm
by greenknight
Pompom may well be correct that it's Parodia rutilans, definitely correct that flowers will help.
Re: Cactus ID help , please
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 7:22 pm
by Nopaltzin
greenknight wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2018 4:13 pm
Pompom my well be correct that it's Parodia rutilans, definitely correct that flowers will help.
The flower bud is growing everyday
so I'm hoping that it will bloom as we enter Spring so that its identity is revealed, although I have to admit I quite like it being a bit of an enigma too
Re: Cactus ID help , please
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:45 am
by DaveW
Not sure it is Parodia (Notocactus) rutilans since that has more of a fine N. mammulosus type spination and is one of the few Notocacti with reddish rather than the usual yellow flowers. "Rutilans" means reddish, a reference to the flower, so your flower colour should decide.
Notocactus rutilans.
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"Cactus in habitat" sinks many Notocactus names including N. rutilans under synonymy of Parodia (Notocactus) mueller-melchersii, being just spine and flower colour variants. Certainly like many genera Notocactus is over split. If you click on their different accepted species you will see they do a lot of "lumping" of Notocactus names.
http://www.cactusinhabitat.org/index.ph ... id=97&l=en
The difference between the N. mueller-melchersii and the N. mammulosus/submammulosus group seems to be they have normal circular section central spines, whereas the mammulosus/submammulosus group has flattened centrals.
Re: Cactus ID help , please
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 8:39 am
by ElieEstephane
What about some form of concinnus?
Re: Cactus ID help , please
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 8:33 pm
by Nopaltzin
DaveW wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:45 am
Not sure it is Parodia (Notocactus) rutilans since that has more of a fine N. mammulosus type spination and is one of the few Notocacti with reddish rather than the usual yellow flowers. "Rutilans" means reddish, a reference to the flower, so your flower colour should decide.
Notocactus rutilans.
rutilans.jpg
"Cactus in habitat" sinks many Notocactus names including N. rutilans under synonymy of Parodia (Notocactus) mueller-melchersii, being just spine and flower colour variants. Certainly like many genera Notocactus is over split. If you click on their different accepted species you will see they do a lot of "lumping" of Notocactus names.
http://www.cactusinhabitat.org/index.ph ... id=97&l=en
The difference between the N. mueller-melchersii and the N. mammulosus/submammulosus group seems to be they have normal circular section central spines, whereas the mammulosus/submammulosus group has flattened centrals.
Hi Dave ,
Sorry about my late reply. I'm not too sure about it being a Parodia either , time will tell I guess. As of yet, the flower still hasnt bloomed but I can see that it seems to be a red/ pinkish coloured bud. I have been quite concerned about this particular plant lately, because the skin itself seems to have gone a darker shade of green.
Re: Cactus ID help , please
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 8:38 pm
by Nopaltzin
ElieEstephane wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2018 8:39 am
What about some form of concinnus?
You mean Notocactus concinnus ?
Re: Cactus ID help , please
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 8:51 pm
by ElieEstephane
exactly