Bridgesii monstrose?

[Quixote]

Saw this at a florist today, could it be a monstrose Echinopsis - perhaps a Bridgesii? Or is it simply a lookalike?

Edited March 5, 2012 by Quixote

[poisonshroom]

Cereus monstrose =] Looks nice though

[Quixote]

Cereus monstrose =] Looks nice though

 

Thanks, I'm really curious about how to tell that it's a Cereus, since what I usually look for is the rib shape to discern between the two. But with monstrose forms, it hardly has any ribs, its all just one big.. glob

So how did you determine it's a Cereus instead of a Bridgesii?

[poisonshroom]

Monstrose bridgesii doesnt have any ribs (except when the pups first emerge) and the spines are only at the base of the segments. It basically looks like a bunch of dicks growing off each other (hence the common name penis plant)

[Quixote]

Thanks for helping out

Too bad it wasn't a Bridgesii, but my regular Pachanoi is already getting plenty of comments from female visitors..

[poisonshroom]

Its a lovely cactus anyway. The only place i can find them around here (especially at that size) is in rich people's yards

[Quixote]

It's a fascinating plant, but also pretty grotesque.. I can't shake the feeling that each time I look at it, it whispers "kiillll... meeee...."

[incognito]

Now that's dramatic lol never thought of it like that before.