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Have you been able to look again at your plant labelled subsp. icosagonus? I'm curious about whether it really is this or whether it's subsp. humboldtii, though I realise it wouldn't be so easy without flowers. From what GC says, subsp. icosagonus is so uncommon in cultivation that it would be great to see a real one. He indicates that he has only a single plant though as he illustrates plants of GC1107.01 in habitat bearing fruit I would think he will now be raising/distributing seedlings.Colin Walker wrote: ↑Sat Aug 06, 2022 7:15 am Has anyone flowered B. icosagonus subsp. icosagonus? My plant is much slower growing and hence smaller than subsp. roseiflorus. The stems are also significantly thicker so it doesn't flop around in quite the same way.
Phil, my plant of B. icosagonus subsp. icosagonus came from Graham 8 years ago with his collection No. given above and the locality Rio Leon Valley, Ecuador, 2405m. Obviously till it flowers I'm not 100% sure of its ID.Phil_SK wrote: ↑Sun Aug 14, 2022 7:17 amHave you been able to look again at your plant labelled subsp. icosagonus? I'm curious about whether it really is this or whether it's subsp. humboldtii, though I realise it wouldn't be so easy without flowers. From what GC says, subsp. icosagonus is so uncommon in cultivation that it would be great to see a real one. He indicates that he has only a single plant though as he illustrates plants of GC1107.01 in habitat bearing fruit I would think he will now be raising/distributing seedlings.Colin Walker wrote: ↑Sat Aug 06, 2022 7:15 am Has anyone flowered B. icosagonus subsp. icosagonus? My plant is much slower growing and hence smaller than subsp. roseiflorus. The stems are also significantly thicker so it doesn't flop around in quite the same way.
Good to know that your plant has flowered at a relatively small size. It's clearly not ssp. roseiflorus but is it ssp. icosagonus or humboldtii? Maybe the former 'cos it doesn't have the extra bristles?Tony R wrote: ↑Sat Aug 27, 2022 10:00 am A cutting from an old rescued-plant from a few years ago (originally labelled as Haag. aureispinus (sic) which it clearly isn't) has just flowered. Main stem is ca. 9 inches tall.
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Thanks, Ralph and Colin, that was my diagnosis too.ralphrmartin wrote: ↑Sun Aug 28, 2022 3:37 pm I'd go with ssp. icosagonus - it looks different to my plant.