bit Posted July 27, 2013 Hi Guys Wonder if you could give me an ID for this prickly fellow. Originally thought it was terscheckii, but it doesn't look anything like the seed grown terscheckii I have - it's spines are much more robust. Cheers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Evil Genius Posted July 28, 2013 Hi Bit, ts definately from the Terscheckii/Pasacana/Werdermannianus Group. It reminds me a lot about the werdermannianus i had but since this name is kinda numen nudum, its actually irrevelant cause most of these Plants cant really be ID´d correctly if they dont come in their mature stage including flowers. There are so many Varieties. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 M S Smith Posted July 29, 2013 I'm with eg about the variety in these sorts of plants, and get mightily confused by the group, but I'm a little more inclined to thinking T. werdermannianus falls in with T. tacaquerensis/taquimbalensis. ~Michael~ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 CβL Posted July 29, 2013 I think it looks most like a Candicans, but that's partially based off my own potentially mis-IDed juvenile plants. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 solomon Posted July 29, 2013 I think it looks most like a Candicans, but that's partially based off my own potentially mis-IDed juvenile plants. Are those from the seedlings I had a heap of? would be interested to see what they turned out like if so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 CβL Posted July 30, 2013 (edited) I still have those guys I'll take a photo right now of some plants.But they actually came from a small-scale supplier to certain NZ gardening stores, who had relatives travel to South America and collect seed. Plants from centipedeWhat I think is a CandicansWhat could also be a CandicansA Chiloensis for good meashA WerdermanniusA Taquimbalensis (many of the spines were clipped off to allow it to be moved in a sedan)In light of the spine color, I don't think bit's plant is archetypal Taq or Werd as the new growth is yellow coloured spines, not red coloured. But it does look fairly unique, which I suppose can be expected from how rare these plants tend to be. T. chilensis (Colla) Br. & R. (2)Bo. columnar, branching from the base, to over 3 m h.; branches numerous, stout; Ri. to 16-17, low, broad, tuberculate; Rsp. 8—12, to 4cm long.; Csp. 1, short, to 4—7(—12) cm long.; Sp. amber at first, or blackish, tobacco-brown or intermediate shades, later whitish-grey, often darker-tipped; Fl. to 14cm long., concolorous white; Sep. reddish or brownish-white; Sti. cream; Fr. spherical.—Chile (Prov. Atacama to Prov. Curico, with a distribution measuring 600 km from N. to S.). My new growth spines on the Chiloensis are actually greenish-yellow (the brown is an aging effect). So it's quite possibly another Knize cuzco mutt! >_< Edited July 30, 2013 by CβL 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hi Guys
Wonder if you could give me an ID for this prickly fellow. Originally thought it was terscheckii, but it doesn't look anything like the seed grown terscheckii I have - it's spines are much more robust.
Cheers
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