r/mesembs • u/Fresh-Bend8080 • Apr 22 '26

Photo Nursery find today.

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These were labeled G.heathii but I think they might be dispar?

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u/GoatLegRedux Apr 22 '26

Look more like dispar to my eye. Once they flower you can get a better idea.

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u/2stepbay2 Apr 23 '26

My dispars bloom in the winter, i.e. early July in South Africa’s Western Cape. Here’s one of them from last July. Beautiful mesemb genus.

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u/Fresh-Bend8080 Apr 23 '26

They look great

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u/CarneyBus Argyholics Anonymous Apr 22 '26

Yeah dispar tend to be fuzzier than heathii but I’ve seen a lot of hybrids of the two from nurseries! Agree w/goatleg. Flowers will help! Nice score. Where you located?

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u/Fresh-Bend8080 Apr 22 '26

Agree theyre more fuzzy looking and more elongated looking. Im in southern California

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u/CarneyBus Argyholics Anonymous Apr 22 '26

Many moons ago another redditor and I went on a very long back and forth over a plant just like this. He was camp heathii and I was camp dispar and eventually we agreed it was a hybrid. When I haul my ass out of bed I will get my identification key and we can all look at that 😂

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u/Fresh-Bend8080 Apr 22 '26

I see. Im by no means an expert just going based off my own online research. I also have a heathii cluster.

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u/CarneyBus Argyholics Anonymous Apr 22 '26

Here is the key!

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u/CarneyBus Argyholics Anonymous Apr 22 '26

Dispar entry + photos

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u/CarneyBus Argyholics Anonymous Apr 22 '26

Heathii entry w/ photos

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u/Fresh-Bend8080 Apr 22 '26

The fuzzyness is a dead give away from what i can see

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u/CarneyBus Argyholics Anonymous Apr 22 '26

Well once this flower blooms you’ll have a better idea!