That downward curl is intersting. Wonder if it will still grow like that in pot culture.

Great shots! Andy. it look like they prefer limestone habitat, right?

I wouldn't have a clue what it is, Andy - but certainly cool! Maybe it's Hechtia siekkineniana, just waiting to be described and published?

K :)

Ha ha ha ha. I have actually joked about that Kerry. And that was the name that I was laughing about. Just to make people (try to) say that! Ha ha. Not sure if I could get over the tacky feeling of self-naming something. But still funny to laugh about.

Hi Andy,

Great pics again. I especially like those red droopy ones. Since they look like a whole lot of octopuses stuck headfirst to the cliff, how about Hechtia octopusilithocephala? That one's not bad to say either.

Cheers, Paul

Only a matter of time before Guy Wrinkle is selling that plant.

Well, note why I didn't give the location Chris. Something rubs me wrong about collecting plants to sell directly. Especially when there are cool plants like this that might only be in this colony and no where else. After digging around and looking at as many pictures as I can find of all hechtia species I can find (and with some feedback from some people) I think it may be Hechtia rosea, or a form of it. The leaves share some of the characteristics, the inflorescence looks to be on the right size scale...but just a working hypothesis at this point.

Excellent name Paul, might need to throw in a rubra or purpurea in there also though. And how would purple-*week-old*-octupus-head-in-rock translate to latin?
-andy

Hi Andy, my thinking precisely!

How about Hechtia octopusilithocephala-purpureodorifera? (I've always admired those double-barrelled names)

Cheers, Paul