Specific Families and Genera > Cacti and Succulents
a crazy Cactus !
Hans J:
Hi all ,
before some days I have ordered from a german nursery a really strange cacti :
Astrophytum caput -medusae ( = head of medusa )
This plant is realiv new descriptet ....and it was difficould to name it ....
In year 2002 descript it Velasco & Nevarez as Digitostigma ....and in 2003 make Hunt a new combinations as Atrophytum.
It has not any thorns ( very well designed for all cacti lovers which not like thorns ) and it has a roots like a bulbs (very well for all bulb friends ) .....but the flowers is a typical Astrophytum :o !
Enjoy
Hans
I hope to make a pic in some days when the flower is open .... ;D
Maggi Young:
Amazing cactus.... not even like a plant, really, more an alien! ;D
Hans J:
Maggi ;)
I agree with you ....but it is really from Mexico 8)
Tony Willis:
Hans very interesting,it does not look like any other astrophytum.
Paul T:
Fascinating, Hans. Certainly different to the others in that genus. Obviously easier to graft it that grow it on it's own "bulbous" roots?
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