id help possible loph's

[myco]

hey all i found these in a nursery 2day i had a few lophs yrs ago

they were alot more healthy than these though

im not to sure wat they are to me they look like peyote

any help id these lil ones would be great thanks

[Evil Genius]

Hi myco, looks not like a loph should look like. I rather think they are Turbinicarpus. If they are Lophs, they have some serious issues.

[incognito]

i think they r lophs. i would stop watering so much though. looks like they are overwatered going by the algae growing ontop of pot, winter is generally a no water time.

[myco]

Hi myco, looks not like a loph should look like. I rather think they are Turbinicarpus. If they are Lophs, they have some serious issues.

 

hey just checked some pics of Turbinicarpus they do look similar

but they all seem to have spines in the pics im seeing even the smallest ones

while the ones i have dont have any spines not a single one

is there any spineless Turbinicarpus or do they not have spines till they get older maybe???

[myco]

i think they r lophs. i would stop watering so much though. looks like they are overwatered going by the algae growing ontop of pot, winter is generally a no water time.

 

thats what i thought the nursery i found them at they were outside

with no cover im assuming they have been there all winter

and thats why they look so unhealthy

[nothinghead]

The shape looks a little like turbinicarpus longispinus, though by the size they are they should have spines if they are a variety of turbinicarpus. The crown definitely doesn't look like lophophora to me.

[incognito]

let em dry out completely i rekon

[PD.]

they not loph

when im sober ill tell ya wot they be, cbf goin out in tha cold and checkn tags rite now.

you suck balls incog

[incognito]

ive got my 5'er on lophs.

u must admit though PD, i do it damn well. its all in the wrist action.

[Pacha]

What's up with you guys, can't see it's a Tephrocactus?

[Evil Genius]

 

LOL

Edited August 8, 2010 by Evil Genius

[incognito]

gad zooks. see what happens when u become out of the loop?

so yeah what are they then smarty puntses??

ario? tephrocactus? loph??

[myco]

well it seems like they cant really be positively id'd at this point

so i guess only time will tell i'll do my best to revive them and see wat happens

i will hopefully be getting some lophs soon and would like to try some grafting so if they turn out not to be lophs

maybe they'll be some good grafting practice

if there is any west aussies that have some lophs for sale please let me know

i was contacted by someone a while bak but havent heard from them in a while so yeh

i will message them an see what happens but if anyone has any for sale (WEST AUSSIES ONLY PLEASE)

send me some pics and prices thanks for the help all

[PD.]

Tephrocactus

that be it.

[incognito]

i want to get some seed then! cool lookin cactus! very loph like!!!

does anyone here have any cintias? been trying to get my hands on som seed for ages.

uber cool cacti

[occidentalis]

Tephrocactus ;)

[paradox]

looks like Tephrocactus with all it's knobs pulled off to make it look like a loph. or perhaps thats just cause people yoinked all the knobs off as free cuttings lol

[PD.]

i want to get some seed then! cool lookin cactus! very loph like!!!

They arent all that loph like when they have a few more segments on them mate. I got a few spare chunks sittn around man, ill send ya one or two.

[paradox]

They arent all that loph like when they have a few more segments on them mate.

 

no but a seriously cool looking genus nonetheless!

[Sola]

They're interesting cacti nonetheless if you do ever get seed I'd be interested. Can't see any spines but hard to

tell if you can't be sure of growing conditions. Look pretty lophy tho.

Sola

[mutant]

lol, good thread

My opinion was they were probably dehydrated and quite biggy L.diffusas, but when I read the tephrocactus comment I said: that explains it

goot call pacha ;)