A slightly different version. this one lit from the front and converted to toned mono in photoshop, just how Blossfeldt might have seen it!
christmas Cactus pad strike 2
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christmas Cactus pad strike 2
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Ever tried to get hold of documented starts Cyclops of Zygocactus (now lumped into Schlumbergera) from authentic collected material? The normal cultivated forms are often hybrids. This is what I was quoted for unrooted two segment cuttings from Holland. (€1 = $1.4356 = £0.7905)
"They can obtained here.
we have S. truncata, unrooted cuttings, 2 segments, from Mrs. Beatrix Orssich who collected it in Tereiopolis.
We have S. russelliana collected by D. Hunt
We have Schlumbergera orssichiana from Mrs. Orssich (the original plant)
All two segments
S. truncata: euro 10
S. russelliana: euro 6
S. orssichiana: euro 25
Excluding registered shipping"
At £19.76p ($35.89) for two unrooted segments of S. orsichiana, a large plant must be worth a fortune! No I did not buy any!
DaveW
"They can obtained here.
we have S. truncata, unrooted cuttings, 2 segments, from Mrs. Beatrix Orssich who collected it in Tereiopolis.
We have S. russelliana collected by D. Hunt
We have Schlumbergera orssichiana from Mrs. Orssich (the original plant)
All two segments
S. truncata: euro 10
S. russelliana: euro 6
S. orssichiana: euro 25
Excluding registered shipping"
At £19.76p ($35.89) for two unrooted segments of S. orsichiana, a large plant must be worth a fortune! No I did not buy any!
DaveW
Crikey Dave thats a ridiculous amount of money for a christmas cactus segment! I doubt that many would be able to tell the difference between a modern plant and one of the original Zygocacti anyway! There may be slight differences in the shape of the segments but the flowers will be similar. I believe the original plant had red flowers (mine is pink-watch this space!) but the shape will be more or less the same!
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At least 20 years ago, when I was actively collecting epiphytic cacti, there was a genetically manipulated yellow form which cost a small fortune.
In those days Zygocactus,with its zygomorphic flowers, was considered distinct from Schlumbergera. There was an active specialist group in the UK, run by John Horobin , whose speciality was Schlumbergera.
http://www.jhorobin.freeserve.co.uk/
Harold
In those days Zygocactus,with its zygomorphic flowers, was considered distinct from Schlumbergera. There was an active specialist group in the UK, run by John Horobin , whose speciality was Schlumbergera.
http://www.jhorobin.freeserve.co.uk/
Harold
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