Berengar Posted July 5, 2014 Any guesses? I am now strongly leaning towards one species, and I want to see what you all think before giving more info and back story. Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Berengar Posted August 4, 2014 I don't think that's O. compressa, it has larger and thicker pads, and a lot more glochids than my 'real' O. compressa, but is otherwise very similar. I'd probably bet some small amount of money on the scion being a hybrid, my initial ID was chilensis, but now I'm starting to doubt that, it's growth habit, general appearance, spine colour and arrangement is significantly different from all my other chilensis seedlings. And epidermis colour and texture make me think it has some pasacana genes rather than tersheckii. It should be very fun observing it's development. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Evil Genius Posted August 4, 2014 Yes , first one from Tangich is a Chilensis! ha ha ha. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Optimystic Posted August 5, 2014 (edited) these still have me shaking my head and whether or not they are the same as yours Tangich just further complicates my thought tracks... looking at my younger ones makes me think the Ibloc and Wss ones I got are all the same... my first batch of grafts were all blondes and I guess that threw me off lol but then again i've seen red spines turn blonde another thing to note is that scions can look different with different stocks... I've got a single peru on an opuntia stock and its starting off totally different than the pereskie grafts of the same clone... I can sorta see chilensis in there but I dunno time will tell .. i've ruled out pure bred Pascana on mine tho if im wrong oh well eh most of the chilensis I see when I search have defined marks and the aereoles tend to be shield shaped... So far the adult looking aereoles on these spiny ones are all round shaped.. not that its an indicator (shrugs) and who knows they might stretch out in time... ultimately im leaning towards the tacaquirensis camp... I do have an Opuntia called Devils Tongue/Humifusa(Syn Compressa) but maybe mislabeled, tho theres many types of the sort... I have another that is for sure true compressa/humifusa and in the winter it shrivels up and goes purple like its supposed to, but the devil's tongue one doesn't.... I haven't grafted to it but i've got a pad ready to go so any day now i'll give compressa a shot... the devil's tongue one looks similar to your stock but hard to tell with opuntias especially without seeing a mature plant, but if your opuntia is a crawling variety then perhaps they're similar.. mine has gone a bit yellow I guess with too much sun or maybe the soil I dunno, but has been that way for over a year and growing okay ... Edited August 5, 2014 by Spine Collector Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Berengar Posted September 8, 2014 Probably the last pictures of the season. The more it grows, the less of a f*#&ing idea I have about what it is. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Any guesses? I am now strongly leaning towards one species, and I want to see what you all think before giving more info and back story.
Thanks!
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