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Went to Tokyo Cactus and Succulent Grand Bazaar today and didn't come home empty handed ;) (i.postimg.cc)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/cactus

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It was very hot, very crowded and yet still worth it - finally got not just one, but both known species of Aztekium without going bankrupt - I wanted one for a long while, but they tend to be stupid expensive in Japan.

Love the two cute jellybeans too - Conophytum burgeri. Hell, love all of them, that's why I bought too many yet again :)

Here are a few closeup shots:

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

both known species of Aztekium

there is also A. ritteri or is there a new name for it? (Llifle, Wikipedia)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Valdezii seems to be a synonym of ritteri, and hintonii is the second one, so unless Wikipedia is wrong (which is of course possible), I got'em both (the one in the back is hintonii, the label is covered from this angle): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztekium

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Thank you for clearing this up. I thought the ritteri is the one with lots of wrinkles. I loved the valdezii for its beauty and the ritteri for its ugliness lol. But perhaps this characteristic is very variable within the species.