looking for the name of this one?
christmas cactus
well 39 people look at this.but nobody now the name of it?
Just learning more about the schlums, but personally, from what I've run across, I think it is not always possible to accurately label/name them based on a picture of the flower. There appears to be a lot of hybridization and there is some variability in the appearance of the flowers.
When a name is assigned incorrectly, and the plant propagated, damage is done to those who have purchased a validly named plant, own a patent or otherwise have taken due care to assure that they have a properly named selection. Confusion about names does not serve us as a community.
Phrases like "looks like 'name'" or 'similar to "name"' or might be "name" seem OK to me, but to actually assign a name to something received as unnamed gives me concern unless the person doing the naming is an expert in that area. And sometimes, even the experts will refuse an opinion, due to difficulties in making ID's
Other types of plants have this same naming issue, such as rhipsalis, sempervivium, to name a couple.
This is an open call for responsibility regarding names and not meant as criticism towards anybody. I think we all would like to know the names of what we have, but we have to accept that some must go nameless because of lost labels, faulty memories or other weaknesses.
This may be the reason that many have looked at the picture but declined to name. They are just being responsible in not knowing what it is.
Last time I checked there were something like 3000 different Schlums! And some of the colors ( named) are only a slight difference so it is very hard to ID a flower. I love that color!
Yes, I have been working on it. Check the web for Schlumberga and Zygocactus wholesalers.
It's not always easy to ID some plants. This goes for a number of different plants out there.
Krowten: You are so right in what you have said about assigning names to plants without certainty. I have learned not to buy epies that "look like" or "are really" named when, in actuality, are most likely incorrectly named. bob
Thank you. It can be frustrating for me to see ID's given out by well meaning people who are not experts as I really like to know what I have. I have a number of sempervivums acquired over the years that don't have proper names. One in particular is a wonderful, unique looking plant that is really very nice, but I have not been able to find its name and probably will never be able to get an ID for it, due to the mess found in the namespace for sempervivums. I have two other lines of plants, that look identical grown side by side. One is named, the other is a no-id, yet am afraid to assume that the no-id is the same as the named one, due to the subtle variance that just might not be noticeable to me in my environment. I guess we will always have this mess until we can cheaply and routinely gene map our plants. That technology is coming, but it could be decades away.
nice epies.
Sorry, Dori, I did not mean to hijack your thread. It is always a fair question to ask about ID's, just that some kinds of plants can be difficult to ID because we gardeners like to mess with them. It can be easy to ID the plant species, but when it comes to named cultivars within a species or cross species hybrids, things can get messy.
krowten.its fine.......but do like flower.am just starting to grow them too.
I like it too, yours is very pretty
Dori, here is the hot pink I sent you.
and the noid red, it has a tinge of violet in the center. Can't seem to get a good picture.
and this is Harmony, the only one I have an id tag - red with white center.
and the white, but it has some pink in it. Hope you are not disappointed.
never seen a white one.turn so pink.but pretty
litimerci.i have alot of new colors
Dori, that is very exciting. I can not wait to see what you have. May be the 'white' should be labeled light pink instead of white. I think last year, it had a generic white tag on it when I bought it. I have a coral one waiting to open. All of them are the ones I sent you and all the new ones are the ones you sent me. We will have to compare note next year to see what we have and don't have. Hee hee.
yes we will.come on spring.i have a pink one.that the bloom is 4 inch long.here it is.
