intriguing photo

[trucha]

Whatever is in this image looks interesting.

http://holiday.monacoeye.com/monaco_jardin_exotique.php

Ritter sent his scopulicola to them, Backeberg gave copies of his 1931 collection pachanoi to them as well.

They opened in 1933.

Don Fernando Riviere de Caralt was the owner and he usually was the source who furnished Ritter's material to NMCR

Anyone out there heading to Monaco?

[solomon]

This flickr search turned up quite a few photos, just hunting through them now for Trichos..

I wonder if this is the one in the b&w picture?

this is pretty:

Huge crest

Edited April 15, 2011 by centipede

[George]

That place is too beutifull.

[bℓσωηG]

Huge crest

that crest is pornographic!!!!

Edited April 15, 2011 by bℓσωηG

[strangebrew]

Good find centipede, looks like a match.

Whatever it is the branching habit is nothing like Australia's scopulicola.

[trucha]

It would be nice to visit the gardens what all is still there.

Backeberg and Ritter both gave them specimens not limited to the two I mentioned but including all of Ritter's more interesting trichs.

Ritter clearly collected pachanoi seed and distributed it commercially.

I'm not remembering who told me or posted this as its been around couple of years ago but someone at this forum had found Ritter was likely Field's (the elder not the son) early 1930s source for pachanoi and peruvianus Field distributed in Oz. I was told that Field and one or more other professional cactus person financed Ritter's trip in exchange for many crates of live plants being shipped to Oz. I was wondering if any more details were learned about that?

Don Riviere was also NMCR's source for riomisquiensis as well and, as mentioned elsewhere, UC's source for a clone of Backeberg's uyupampensis.

Interesting Fields was a provider of a number of the interesting questions that NMCR sold.

Edited April 15, 2011 by trucha

[M S Smith]

Both of those look a lot like the way Pachycereus (Stenocereus, Lemaireocereus) marginatus would grow.

~Michael

[trucha]

That is always possible. Pachanoi branches tend to be more towards parallel. Bridgesioids often have a habit with branches that spread like this but its clearly really short spined. It would be nice to get a closer view.

[M S Smith]

This is the same plant centipede shared, and is clearly P. marginatus.

~Michael~

[trucha]

Yes, most definitely.

That said, I would love to see what of Backeberg's and Ritter's collections still exists there.

[M S Smith]

I've been on a hut for photos of Trichocereus in that collection and have pored over quite a few shots with little luck with the exception of T. pasacana, T. terscheckii, and this awesome plant...

~Michael~