Some Baja Ancistracanthae.

dioica dioica SB 1602. North of La Paz. Said to have straight spines, but my plants have both.



dioica dioica L 044 Isla Sanata Magdalena.



dioica dioica DC 385



armillata armillata L 055. San Jose del Cabo

A few more for today..hutchisoniana hutchisoniana SB 1243, Mulege, Baja



and hutchisoniana louisae WK 555 from somewhere along Mex-1, Baja.

Very nice, Mark. As usual, your plants come into flower a bit before mine. I have just been sorting through, cleaning up, and repotting some of my Ancistracanthae, and all my grahamii, sheldonii, mazatlanensis, and dioca are in bud. The only ones out are armillata and goodridgei, but the rest won't be too long behind.

Wonderful flowers Tam !

we found two different forms of M.dioica at Isla Santa Magdalena (compare with L44).





At Cabo San Lucas we found M.armillata at a lot of locations. Here is an example (compare with L55).



Robby

Hi Robby,

thanks for the photo's to compare with.
I am struck by how similar the habitat plant of M.armillata is to that of L 055. L 055 has been in collections for over 30 years, having been collected in 1973 and you may of expected some genetic drift over that period of time.
In my collection the M.dioica L 044 seems to be a smaller and thinner plant which only has a few flowers a time.

2 more in flower today.

M.dioica dioica NPT ( Nigel Taylor ) 067, El Cian, Baja




M.dioica dioica PH ( Paul Hoxey ) 286.01, El Rosario, Baja

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