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George Simian

crazy looking, labeled loph sp

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bought this on the weekend at the cssa spring thing,

the lady who sold it to me had less of an idea about what it was than i did. any ideas?

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Maybe its some kind of hybrid? Looks strange, but definitely resembles lophophora in a weird way, could even be the progeny of a hybrid that looked completely like a loph (ie the person who grew it didnt realize it was a hybrid, then it produced seed and thats what came out)

How big is it?

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i was going to suggest perhaps a matucana sp (or submatucana). before but was not (and still not) convinced, however i keep coming back there. perhaps a funky hybrid or semi monstrose variety. looks like an awesome and old specimen anyway, cool plant

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it kinda looks like a succulent , was it truley labelled Lophophora?

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well I have taken some more photos, tags included

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Its got what looks like a little dried up flower on it

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speaking of matucana i also picked up this ripper ;)

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Im pretty stoked about these two!

And it was $15 for both, I highly recommend these events for wicked cacti

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i remember picking that "loph" up on the weekend and having a real good look at it

was going to query the lady....

but decided to put it down and walk off with a chuckle.

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Bit of diggin later, Euphorbia gymnocalycioides?

i was thinkin along the euphorbia line aswell, shame theres not a pic of the flowers , it may well be a mutant loph , but looking at the centre of it id say uh uh

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im not good with cacti id, but is it a larryleachia cactiforme?

 

i see some flower buds so maybe we'll find out in a month or two,

make sure to let us all know when it flowers george_667

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pretty sure it's an alien egg...

betta set it on fire

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Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure...

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hill billy is on it!

this is a succulent from.... Namibia if i remember correctly

Larryleachia/Trichocaulon cactiforme.

Definitely a slower grower, but one of my favourites in the collection!

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Thanks guys, lets hope its got the cool rafflesia looking flower.

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wouldI be able to get seed? If so ill give some out to everyone who posted in this thread.

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post!! ;)

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Fucking crazy mate, gorgeous plant I can't wait to see the flowers now.

"im not good with cacti id, but is it a larryleachia cactiforme"

Nice ID, I originaly thought you were taking the piss, reminded me of the song minnie the moocha, larry the leachia, but it turns out I was just high... LOL

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Yahoooo!

The other photos are too big, I'll try and put them up somewhere :wacko:

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I pollinated with a little brush, have no idea if it will work though. the flowers seem very rigid, kinda like plastic!

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This plant has a highly specialized pollination biology, that depends upon flies which are deceived, partially trapped and used as collectors of the pollinia which they transport to a cyathium (Flower) on another plant.

wtf? do the flowers smell?

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Hmmm well they must have pretty retarded flys in Africa because these things would not be easy to get trapped in.

They do smell, funnily enough, like man juice.

Actually that makes me very worried about the flys....

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