Unknown cacti

Joined : 26 Apr 2008 Posts : 112 Location : brisbane

This is one of my fave specimens, nice globular cacti, easy to grow and nice pink flowers, all i need to know is what it is.

Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:33 pm

Hmm that looks a lot like a Coryphantha sp., looks like there is a few little pups around the base. I would love a pup or two.

Anyone else think it's a Coryphantha sp., was thinking it looked a lot like C. elephantidens.

Nice cactus!!

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Joined : 26 Apr 2008 Posts : 112 Location : brisbane

never heard of that genus, uncommon?

Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:41 pm

It is a rare collectors plant if it's the one I am thinking it is. Most of the genus is pretty much rare & collectable. Will trade you something nice or so Wink

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Joined : 26 Apr 2008 Posts : 112 Location : brisbane

i got it from a collector so quite possibly something you dont see often, he has quite a few good things but not all labled

Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:56 pm

i think it is corypantha as well. prehaps elephantidens but i am not sure...the spines seem slightly different...but i know little about the genus.

Joined : 26 Apr 2008 Posts : 112 Location : brisbane

well it looks like it to me

Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:14 pm

Yeah the one you have Kada looks a lot like the specimen shown in a book I have by Miles Anderson. The one hornet has looks exactly like the specimen in another book I have by Rudolf Subik & Libor Kunte. The latter specimen has a nice big pink flower sitting on top.

That said I have never grown them and only know them from the literature and internet. Try having a look through the genus and also Coryphantha elephantidens on the cactaceae here I did it for you. Check this next link: Coryphantha elephantidens
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Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:14 pm

Oops! Double post.

Embarassed

EDIT: Might as well just add. I am certain it is a Coryphantha sp., getting the species right could be tricky but I am going with my previous answer.
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Joined : 26 Apr 2008 Posts : 112 Location : brisbane

i have 1 rooted pup for ya and some other unrooted ones that i'm yet to divide, how long till the callus over?

Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:31 pm

Give them atleast a week to heal after severing from the mother keep them in a nice and dry, but shady area (indoors is probably best). This will give me time to organise your plants anyway.
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Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:04 pm

Not wanting to be a leach here, but happy to take a pup off your hands for some of those seeds I mentioned in an earlier post.

Joined : 26 Apr 2008 Posts : 112 Location : brisbane

yea mate, tomorrow i will get on with taking a few pups off, keen to trade, would like to get my collection up and running

Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:07 pm

Wow Hornet, you're lucky - just you remember who introduced you to this site Wink

Joined : 26 Apr 2008 Posts : 112 Location : brisbane

lol yea mate, i'll send you some stuff aswell when i cant, i have a few things for ya already