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Tue, Nov 20, 12 at 3:40
| I bought these two cactus from a home improvement store. The one in small pot on the right has a tag. It is a Pseudo epostoa melanostele. But the one in big pot on the left has no tag. I wonder they are the same species. The one in small pot seems to have fuller hairs than the other one.
I hope someone can help me to identify the one in big pot. Thanks in advance.
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- Posted by wantonamara 8bTx (My Page) on Tue, Nov 20, 12 at 9:01
| They look the same to me. Thickness of hair could be natural variation or environmental difference in soil and light of the growing conditions. Hard to say. |
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- Posted by cactusmcharris 4 / Interior BC (My Page) on Tue, Nov 20, 12 at 11:51
| And are those really Espostoas? They don't look right to me. (Pseudo)Espostoa melanastele is a valid species, but those look more like Oreocereus. |
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- Posted by wantonamara 8bTx (My Page) on Tue, Nov 20, 12 at 12:06
| Oreocereus usually have larger thicker needles sticking through the fluff. |
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- Posted by cactusmcharris 4 / Interior BC (My Page) on Tue, Nov 20, 12 at 13:27
| And Espostoas have crinkly, rough wooly surfaces with small spines, not at all like the wooly mammoths pictures above. |
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