Number of posts: 913 Location: NSW Registration date: 2008-04-04
Subject: Re: turbinicarpus id Sun Jan 10, 2010 3:43 pm
Bit of a tricky one, I would think it belongs to the T. schmiedicheanus species group and schwazii is a good a guess as any. Turbs are a difficult species to id in Australia because there are many hybrids.
Number of posts: 852 Location: Melbourne Registration date: 2008-05-07
Subject: Re: turbinicarpus id Sun Jan 10, 2010 6:13 pm
Hey HN,
I think you are definitely on the right track on it being part of the T.schmiedickeanus group. I'm thinking it could perhaps be schwarzii or polaskii, or a hybrid.
Number of posts: 106 Location: Gippsland Registration date: 2008-12-03
Subject: Re: turbinicarpus id Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:24 pm
I just think it has form/lines that resemble polaskii in it's younger stages. but hard to take a guess from that photo. but the flower form is similar to polaskii i own and have seen in the past. however it is more a lean/guess than an answer... Thing is I have also seen polaskii with petals elongated as well as short and fat
As you suggested before it can be so hard with the hybrids we have here. very hard to obtain pure strains or turb seeds in local shores I check tomorrow and see if my small polaskii is in flower. if so i try post a pic.