This is a Notocactus... that much I was sure of...
I wasn't know what species, though I thought N. horstii, so I wait for a flower.
This is the first flower for this beauty...
Can you believe the colour? it's much more brilliant than what I remember of N. horstii.
Anyone care to confirm it's id?
Yesterday, I was a bit overcast so it didn't quite open...
Today there was nothing stopping it.
Enjoy, CP.
Sigh... blink, blink, I think I'm in love...
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Sigh... blink, blink, I think I'm in love...
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G'day from down under in Devonport, Taz, the HEART of Oz.
G'day from down under in Devonport, Taz, the HEART of Oz.
Well CP compare with the one I saw flowering at the huntington:
http://www.cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus ... es=horstii
http://www.cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus ... es=horstii
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Thanks folke I'm glad you share my joy with this pretty little plant, Thanks also daiv for the link to your pics, I'd already checked those out, mine is somewhere in between the pink and the orange. I believe Noto meuglianus is a possible candidate too (which I think is also now synonymous with Parodia (Noto). horstii.
CP
CP
"To be held in the heart of a friend is to be a king!" ...Bruce Cockburn.
G'day from down under in Devonport, Taz, the HEART of Oz.
G'day from down under in Devonport, Taz, the HEART of Oz.