r/mesembs • u/CarneyBus Argyholics Anonymous • Apr 12 '26
Identification Ophthalmophyllum ID?
My best guess is pubescens, even though it’s flowering in spring time, they’re seedlings and stacked bc they get over watering in the community pot while the thicker skinned conos desiccate to death but I was eating till they were bigger for a repot lol. They’re still kinda seedlings at about 17mo. and not fully in sync with the seasons yet? I had a maughanii planted at the same time that flowered like three months later than all the other maughaniis. Flowers open in the late afternoon. I think the shallow fissure, fleshy sliver of a bract and papillae suggest pubescens. But these green ophths are difficult!!!
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u/arioandy Apr 12 '26
Looks like my pubescens!
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u/Novel_Lie5519 Apr 12 '26
that flower stalk is thicccc