This species is unusual taxonomically, as there are apparent cultivars that have areoles packed with golden glochids. These plants resemb...Read Morele etiolated O. microdasys. Yet the wild form of schickendantzii that grows in dry, steep valleys in Northern Argentina does not appear to have these golden glochids. In fact the species in habitat is rather plain.
So I wonder, is the golden cultivar just a selected form, or (considering that most I have seen are sterile) is it a hybrid?
This species is unusual taxonomically, as there are apparent cultivars that have areoles packed with golden glochids. These plants resemb...Read More