san p Posted April 23, 2010 these two just arrived in the mail yesterday from a recent trade.can any one confirm the i.d is correct? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutant Posted April 23, 2010 Nice! They do look like tricho crests, but can't help more.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PD. Posted April 23, 2010 Look alot like my shickendantzii(sp) crests. Nice plants Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
san p Posted April 23, 2010 cheers for the comments,im pretty stoked to score them,ill let them grow for a year or so and probably propagate from them.do you have a pic of your crests pd? san p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kadakuda Posted April 23, 2010 nice looking plants. i had some very similar onesthat camelebeled (commercially) as T. huascha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
san p Posted April 24, 2010 nice looking plants. i had some very similar onesthat camelebeled (commercially) as T. huascha hi kadakuda,yeah i have seen your t.huascha crest pic on your website but couldnt get it to enlarge so i could get a closer look at it, so thanks for the comment .you have some really amazing crests on your site!im trying to find out what i need to do to import some plants into new zealand,so you might here from me soon about a monstrose and crest order san p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hellonasty Posted April 24, 2010 Yeah crests are very hard to ID from a photo. It does Look a bit like a Cleistocactus (Borzicactus) crest and also looks similar to Spach crest, see below. http://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/CLEISTOCACTUS/Cleistocactus_sp/Cleistocactus_sp._cristata_clone_1/Cleistocactus_sp_cristata_clone_1.htm http://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/TRICHOCEREUS/Trichocereus_spachianus/Trichocereus_spachianus_cristatus/Trichacereus_spachianus_cristata.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
san p Posted April 24, 2010 thanks for the links man,i had a closer look at the spination on mine and they dont quite match either of those two crests. i cant find pics of any t.strigosus plants on the net anywhere,mine came from a nursery thats probably new zealands biggest cactus nursery,so i think its pretty safe to take their word for now on the i.d. cheers san p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hellonasty Posted April 24, 2010 (edited) Here is one http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2772591440106380484QSwlzS and more http://cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus=Echinopsis&species=strigosa Edited April 24, 2010 by Hellonasty Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kadakuda Posted April 24, 2010 i found the best way to get a true ID on crests is graft some areoles and grow them up. they tend to grow normal, not cristate, so it should be a good method in IDing crests. the disadvantage is it is time consuming... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
san p Posted April 24, 2010 (edited) hellonasty,this is the best pic i could get of the spination with my crappy camera.on average it has about 16spines per areole.,which i think is a fair few more than the spach and Borzicactus crest pics show. thanks kadakuda,ill have to try that out next summer,so do you mean just a tiny piece with one areole on it? cheers san p Edited April 24, 2010 by san p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
