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Spiniflores
Number of posts: 27
Location: Chile
Registration date: 2008-07-08
 | | Subject: Re: Do you like Copiapoa? Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:57 am | |
| but mexico its in north america! In Bolivia and Argentina you can find many different genus in each spot Copiapoa its an extreme pasion!  |
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mutant
Calm and Collected
Number of posts: 285
Location: Greece
Registration date: 2010-01-10
| | Subject: Re: Do you like Copiapoa? Thu Apr 15, 2010 5:46 am | |
|  tell me that this 'rock' is not a copiapoa clump!!! | Quote: | | In Bolivia and Argentina you can find many different genus in each spot |
thanks for the tip |
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Spiniflores
Number of posts: 27
Location: Chile
Registration date: 2008-07-08
| | Subject: Re: Do you like Copiapoa? Thu Apr 15, 2010 11:35 am | |
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mutant
Calm and Collected
Number of posts: 285
Location: Greece
Registration date: 2010-01-10
| | Subject: Re: Do you like Copiapoa? Thu Apr 15, 2010 5:32 pm | |
| awesome... I suddenly have more reasons to visit chile  |
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Lachy
Moderator
Number of posts: 715
Location: Langwarrin
Registration date: 2008-04-05
| | Subject: Re: Do you like Copiapoa? Thu Apr 15, 2010 7:44 pm | |
| That is seriously awesome... a clump-o-cactus that is visible on google earth.  |
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cryptocarpa
Calm and Collected
Number of posts: 151
Location: Melbourne
Registration date: 2009-03-14
| | Subject: Re: Do you like Copiapoa? Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:07 pm | |
| It is time that I confessed....I too am a copiapoaholic. I was lucky to get some choice plants from Rudolf Schulz and Attila Kapitany several years ago. The seeds were collected in '96 and '98. Most of the plants have GPS reference. Maybe one day I'll get a chance to see the parents of my beauties in habitat. I really admire this genus. They are an acquired taste but to me they are the most noble of cacti. They are the most drought tolerant genus in a drought tolerant family. C. solaris is my vote for toughest perennial plant in existence. First photo is my collection.  Next are some favorites up close. Front is lightly spined hasseltoniana. Then from left to right we have C. columna alba, C. longistaminea (Cifuncho coastal form), C. cinerea ssp.albispina.  Spineless form of Hasseltoniana from San Ramon valley, the plan is to graft a few offsets of this one next spring for propagation.  C. tenebrosa from top of Mt Perales.  C. solaris I am in awe of this species.  Some nice C. cinerea first one is getting the waxy epidermis second has a purple body colour.   |
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Hellonasty
Admin
Number of posts: 1249
Location: NSW
Registration date: 2008-04-04
| | Subject: Re: Do you like Copiapoa? Fri Apr 16, 2010 5:34 pm | |
| I can't say i'm a huge fan of copiapoa but that huge clump is just awesome. _________________ My Cacti Blog, please come visit me.
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mutant
Calm and Collected
Number of posts: 285
Location: Greece
Registration date: 2010-01-10
| | Subject: Re: Do you like Copiapoa? Fri Apr 16, 2010 8:00 pm | |
| Awesome collection...
Are eriosyce a chilean genus too??? |
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cryptocarpa
Calm and Collected
Number of posts: 151
Location: Melbourne
Registration date: 2009-03-14
| | Subject: Re: Do you like Copiapoa? Sat Apr 17, 2010 8:45 pm | |
| Yes Eriosyce come from Chile too. They are very closely related to Copipoa. From memory I think the main feature that distinguishes between the two genera is that the fruits of Eriosyce open at the base and Copiapoa at the top. I have tried a few intergeneric hybrids but no luck so far.
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Lachy
Moderator
Number of posts: 715
Location: Langwarrin
Registration date: 2008-04-05
| | Subject: Re: Do you like Copiapoa? Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:13 pm | |
| I'm loving these Copiapoas - particularly the C. cinerea. The black spines seem so striking against the waxy skin of the plant. |
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mutant
Calm and Collected
Number of posts: 285
Location: Greece
Registration date: 2010-01-10
| | Subject: Re: Do you like Copiapoa? Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:55 pm | |
| | Quote: | Yes Eriosyce come from Chile too. They are very closely related to
Copipoa. From memory I think the main feature that distinguishes between
the two genera is that the fruits of Eriosyce open at the base and
Copiapoa at the to. I have tried a few intergeneric hybrids but no luck
so far. |
cool to know, thanks |
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cactusjd
Number of posts: 33
Location: Pakistan
Registration date: 2010-05-24
| | Subject: Re: Do you like Copiapoa? Mon May 24, 2010 11:23 pm | |
| aajooo very good collection. i have one copiapoa dealbata |
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Marianne N Belyaev
Number of posts: 12
Location: Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Registration date: 2010-05-25
| | Subject: Re: Do you like Copiapoa? Tue Dec 07, 2010 3:27 pm | |
| Great photos! Now I have one more reason to visit Chile too Though for a cacti lover this is very risky, because I guess once you get there you wouldn't like to go back... We have Copiapoa in the collections of St.Petersburg Cacti Club members also. Here is one:   |
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tripsis
Number of posts: 82
Location: Gondwana
Registration date: 2009-11-12
| | Subject: Re: Do you like Copiapoa? Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:14 am | |
| That massive Copiapoa clump it incredible!
I too love Copiapoas, there are some really beautiful species in the genus.
I love the pic of that C. tenebrosa HN. |
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