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hornet
Number of posts: 112 Location: brisbane Registration date: 2008-04-26
 | Subject: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:10 pm | |
| 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.  |
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trigonus Admin & Cactus Fiend

Number of posts: 881 Location: coastal NSW 1°C - 40°C Registration date: 2008-01-23
 | 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!!  _________________ コレクタ
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hornet
Number of posts: 112 Location: brisbane Registration date: 2008-04-26
 | Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:36 pm | |
| never heard of that genus, uncommon? |
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trigonus Admin & Cactus Fiend

Number of posts: 881 Location: coastal NSW 1°C - 40°C Registration date: 2008-01-23
 | 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  _________________ コレクタ
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hornet
Number of posts: 112 Location: brisbane Registration date: 2008-04-26
 | Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:49 pm | |
| 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 |
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Kada Calm and Collected

Number of posts: 209 Location: International Registration date: 2008-04-05
 | 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.  |
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hornet
Number of posts: 112 Location: brisbane Registration date: 2008-04-26
 | Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:04 pm | |
| well it looks like it to me |
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trigonus Admin & Cactus Fiend

Number of posts: 881 Location: coastal NSW 1°C - 40°C Registration date: 2008-01-23
 | 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 _________________ コレクタ
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trigonus Admin & Cactus Fiend

Number of posts: 881 Location: coastal NSW 1°C - 40°C Registration date: 2008-01-23
 | Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:14 pm | |
| Oops! Double post. 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. _________________ コレクタ
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hornet
Number of posts: 112 Location: brisbane Registration date: 2008-04-26
 | Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:27 pm | |
| i have 1 rooted pup for ya and some other unrooted ones that i'm yet to divide, how long till the callus over? |
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trigonus Admin & Cactus Fiend

Number of posts: 881 Location: coastal NSW 1°C - 40°C Registration date: 2008-01-23
 | 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. _________________ コレクタ
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calycium Moderator

Number of posts: 423 Location: Adelaide, SA Registration date: 2008-04-06
 | 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. |
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hornet
Number of posts: 112 Location: brisbane Registration date: 2008-04-26
 | Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:05 pm | |
| 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 |
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slim6y Calm and Collected

Number of posts: 176 Location: Cairns Registration date: 2008-04-26
 | 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  |
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hornet
Number of posts: 112 Location: brisbane Registration date: 2008-04-26
 | Subject: Re: Unknown cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:20 pm | |
| lol yea mate, i'll send you some stuff aswell when i cant, i have a few things for ya already |
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