Contest 56 : Discussion and related Pictures

Jens · Post by **Jens** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:55 pm

This is the place to talk about the pictures and topics of the running contest. Have fun doing it.

iann · Post by **iann** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:19 pm

I don't have a lot of Argentinians, and I can't believe this one wasn't my pick for the contest. From Banos de Lajas, San Juan province.

Jens · Post by **Jens** » Sat Jul 02, 2011 7:30 am

Pyrrhocactus villicumensis isn´t it?
They both have beautiful flowers. I personally would have picked the photo ot T. geometricans too.
Those flowers are unusully pretty and a good contrast to the rather shaggy apearance of the plant body. And they are hard to flower aren´t they?

Jens · Post by **Jens** » Sat Jul 02, 2011 4:05 pm

Red on green what a clash!
Great plant Daiv

Jens · Post by **Jens** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:34 pm

Very nice flower Ralf! I always missed mine when it flowered.

Echinopsis (from Argentina) can be nice plants too - allthough it´s not my favourite genus

Two Hybrids

Post by **daiv** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:44 pm

Ralf,
I almost posted the same species because that was my first to flower from seed, but the pictures were not good "indoor" shots - so I went with the Tunilla.

Daiv

iann · Post by **iann** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:30 pm

Jens wrote:Pyrrhocactus villicumensis isn´t it?
They both have beautiful flowers.

Absolutely. Eriosyce villicumensis

Although it came labelled as P. megliolii. This is collection VS29 which Ralpha Martin's database now shows as P. villicumensis.

This was the first flower from seed at 2 1/2 years old, and it wasn't a fluke. It is now covered in buds and several other seedlings have buds too.

Jens wrote:I personally would have picked the photo ot T. geometricans too.
Those flowers are unusully pretty and a good contrast to the rather shaggy apearance of the plant body. And they are hard to flower aren´t they?

I find them hard to flower and I think they are generally quite reluctant in the UK. A surprising number of growers this year have flowers. Many of them attribute this to the cold winter, but then most of them heat their greenhouses so I don't know

Maybe more people are growing them

cooky173 · Post by **cooky173** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:32 pm

Is this Argentinian? Don't want to enter it if it isn't...

Jens · Post by **Jens** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:34 pm

Nice cactus there, I´m not really sure where it´s from/ what it is, because I´m not into Echinopsis very much. Does it have a lable in the pot ?

In general I would think it would be sufficient enough for a photo to qualify for this picture contest if the species can be found somewhere in Argentina. It doesn´t necesarily need a field number or other habitate data to it.
It is a contest for nice pictures after all.

iann · Post by **iann** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:09 pm

I'm going to guess it is a hybrid Echinopsis.

CactusJordi · Post by **CactusJordi** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:49 am

Got this recently from Woody as Gymnocalycium riojense. Very nice plant, but I doubt the ID because it has too many radials and even one central spine.
Any idea what it might be?

Jordi

masscactus · Post by **masscactus** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:19 am

I have a similar plant from Miles labeled riojense, but as you point out there are features that dont fit the original description. Here it is last week.

Jens · Post by **Jens** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:05 pm

@cookie173: since many if not most Echinopsis species indeed are from Argentina, I ´m saying this would be a legal entry for the argentinnian cacti contest.

@Buck: You really do like this plant, don´t you (in fact I do too).

@Jordi and Bryan:
This what I got on ebay for G. riojense

, but don´t know if it comes closer to the original description. I presume it won´t nearly flower that nice though

Ralf · Post by **Ralf** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:06 pm

@Jens
You'll enjoy the coming blossoms!

@Daiv
It's so easy to grow this species. Every blossom produce so many seeds. They germinate and grow very quick without any problems.
It's a good species to get experiences with sowing if you don't have any therewith.

Jens · Post by **Jens** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 2:18 pm

Just for inspiration: here are some more inhabitants of Argentina.