The CoronaCactus misc. thread 2009

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:48 am

So i figured i'd go back to my all-in-one thread. Rather than starting a bunch of new threads, i'll stuff this one with all my flower pics, new additions, etc... The last thread got pretty large and i got off track, but having it all in one thread makes it easy to search for later.

I'll start this off with some new additions.

Echinocereus dasyacanthus v. rectuspinus
Form #1

Echinocereus dasyacanthus v. rectuspinus
Form #2

Echinocereus pacificus
Form #1

Form #2

Neochilenia glabrescens
(=Eriosyce napina ssp. glabrescens)
Form #1

Form #2

Epithelantha micromeris v. uguispina

Escobaria strobiliforims
(=E. tuberculosa)

Glandulicactus mathssonii
(=Scelerocactus uncinatus)

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:49 am

Mammillaria hernandezii

Mammillaria saffordii
(=M. carretii)

Mammillaria schwarzii

Parodia maxima
(=P. commutans)

Turbinicarpus polanskii

Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus v. macrochele

Cleistocactus baumannii ??

Echinocereus spinigemmatus L1246

Cylindropuntia caribaea

Opuntia chaffeyi

Copiapoa mollicula

cactuspolecat · Post by **cactuspolecat** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:17 am

I got RSI just scanning up and down the page and I don't know which 'ooh' to gurgle first. That's quite a heap of newbies and nice choice specimens too.

CP

Andy_CT · Post by **Andy_CT** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 1:17 pm

Nice, I really like the toothpick spines on the Cylindropuntia Caribaea

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:18 pm

Great new bunch, Darryl. The Echinocereus dasyacanthus v. rectispinus caught my eye. Didn't know of that form. I'll be interested to see a flower.

peterb

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 4:17 pm

Thanks guys

It's been awhile since i posted up new additions, so get ready, that was the first wave

But i'll give you some time to rest!

Peter, I was hoping you may know more about that dasyacanthus rectuspinus. I've never heard of it either. Going strictly off the many listings in Ralph Martins field number query, it comes from pretty much the same area; North of Flores Magon, Chihuahua, Mexico. I'm pretty sure there is a collection number to go with them, but can't read the label.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 4:19 pm

Darrel wrote,

"Rather than starting a bunch of new threads, i'll stuff this one with all my flower pics, new additions, etc... "

Are you sure there's enough room on the new server D?

I dont recall seeing that Eulychnia over there, thats cool.

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 4:23 pm

lol... pics are on my server

C And D · Post by **C And D** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 4:57 pm

I thought the Neochilian glabrescens didn't have spines. Yours looks a lot like aerocarpa.

I'm not sure about my IDs, but if you got new info, let me know.

vlani · Post by **vlani** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:14 pm

Does not look like Eulychnia is it. Very wrong flowers. The right ones are hard not to recognize - they are like nothing else
http://www.atacamaphoto.com/atacama-flo ... lora88.htm

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:41 pm

Craig,
Well, thats the label it came with and the pics i've seen, they both have spines...

They did vary quite a bit in spine length, color and body shape, but none were spineless. (thats why i got 2

)

Vlad,
You're right, the flower looks very different. However, some of the E. ritteri pics i saw, the flower looks similar. (long tube like) The stem and spines look alot like Eulychnia. Maybe those pics weren't correctly ID'd...?

John C · Post by **John C** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:18 pm

Nice additions man!

The 1st echinocereus and the 2nd have some major differences even though they are the same.!

The 2nd looks more like a long central spined Echinocereus Reichenbachii v. albertii.

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:28 pm

Thanks John.
The first 2 are still kinda small 3-4inches tall, so they may look more like each other over time...but i liked both types, so i got both

Thats just what i thought when i first saw it (v. albertii) but when i looked more closely, i saw the differences.

vlani · Post by **vlani** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 7:17 pm

Can not find the picture, so from "The Cactus Family":
..Flowers white to pinkish, to 6-7.5 cm (1.4-3 in)long ans 1.5 cm (0.6 in) in diameter; floral tubesand pericarpels with white wool and green scales..

That is - they are longer-nerrower that of E. breviflora, but have the same characteristic wooly look and basicaly white

Post by **daiv** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 8:38 pm

Great pics and additions Darryl!

I think your Cylindropuntia chaffeyi is actually Opuntia chaffeyi - no "cylindr" needed.

Yes, that cannot be a Eulychnia based on the flower. The New Cactus Lexicon has all the species pictured and the flowers are all like the ones vlani pointed out. They have E. iquiquensis ssp. ritteri instead of stright E. ritteri, but if the flowers were that different, there is no way that they'd change E. ritteri to a subspecies of iquiquensis.