6 July 2008
Maihueniopsis minuta WG299
Posted by Stuart under: Cacti .
I recently picked up a small collection of opuntioids that were being disposed of – a handful of tunillas, a very short-spined form of Cumulopuntia sphaerica, a Tephrocactus molinensis and this Maihueniopsis minuta WG299 (the WG number indicating a René Geissler accession code).
Quite where it had been growing, I’m not sure, but it clearly hadn’t had enough light.
If you think the basal joints are elongated you should have seen the top growth that I pruned off it!
However, it’s obviously a pretty robust specimen as just a few weeks later it has sprung into growth, and this time round it’s up on the top shelf, and the new segments are that pleasing egg-shape that they’re supposed to be.
For contrast, here’s a plant that I’ve had for years, bought directly from René Geissler himself, which I’ve grown in strong light throughout. As a result its habit is far more compact.