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Two Opuntia and one Mammillaria
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2023 4:54 pm
by dmcac
Hello! I would like to verify the identity of the following cacti that I bought without any identifications. Thank very much in advance! DM
Here are my guesses:
1. Opuntia decumbens
2. Opuntia monocantha
3. It looks like Mammillaria sempervivi but I am not sure
Re: Two Opuntia and one Mammillaria
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2023 7:49 pm
by anttisepp
3 M karwinskiana/nejapensis
Re: Two Opuntia and one Mammillaria
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:54 pm
by dmcac
Thank you very much! I have Mammillaria that was sold as M. nejapensis and it looks somewhat different. Could you please check it on the photo below. Are they that variable or this is a different species? Thanks ahead, DM
Re: Two Opuntia and one Mammillaria
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 5:23 am
by anttisepp
M pringlei
Re: Two Opuntia and one Mammillaria
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 10:21 am
by greenknight
Agreed, that last one is M. pringlei - or, as the lumpers would have it, M. rhodantha ssp. pringlei:
http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACT ... ._pringlei
It's a very distinctive and very popular cactus, I can't understand how they misidentified it.
Re: Two Opuntia and one Mammillaria
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 5:21 pm
by dmcac
Many thanks for your identifications! Will have to double check everything I bought here at a local store.
