6 July 2008
Are these the same?
Posted by Stuart under: Cacti .
I’m becoming more and more convinced that the plant I have labelled as Selenicereus pteranthus is in fact the same thing as the one I have labelled as Selenicereus spinulosus. The "pteranthus" has proved to be self-fertile, with almost identical flowers, and it looks as though even the fruits are identical.
On the left, Selenicereus spinulosus, with a fruit from last year, and on the right, S. "pteranthus".
2 Comments so far...
Anonymous Says:
6 July 2008 at 4:17 pm.
Hello again,
naming Selenicereus is a difficult task, the genus is poorly understood and there can be alot of variation even in one plant, i can however tell you that both your plants are neither S.pteranthus nor S.spinulosus. The latter is a very short spined plant with 4-6 ribs and a (small) distinct flower. If you can post a picture of the flower of both plants it could help in identifying them.
Good luck
Stuart Says:
6 July 2008 at 5:00 pm.
Well they’re clearly very poorly understood by me! I’ll have to email the various people I’ve given cuttings to and let them know that they’re misidentified.
I don’t currently have photos of either in flower - I missed the plant on the right, but it has another couple of flowers to come; the one on the left hasn’t obliged yet but is in bud, but it’ll be a couple of weeks before the buds are mature.