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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 doctortofu@reddthat.com to c/cactus@sh.itjust.works

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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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[–] eldoom@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What is the one in the back to the left called?? It looks amazingly alien! I love it!

[–] doctortofu@reddthat.com 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's actually a type of Echeveria called Culibra - looks like a bunch of alien trumpets, doesn't it?

[–] eldoom@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

It really does! Like something I'd see on Pandora or in no man's sky. Almost looks like it wants to be carnivorous!

Cacti and succulents are my favorite, so many just absolutely strange looking plants.

[–] jxk@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The Conophytums are surreal

[–] doctortofu@reddthat.com 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They really don't look like actual plants even up close - more like glass or plastic beads. I hope they grow nice - there were bigger specimens available for ridiculous prices too, but decided to get these two tiny ones and try to grow them myself.

[–] jxk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

They remind me of cuberdons

[–] biokernel@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago

Exactly 😮 just impressive

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago

i wish i was a cactus :(

[–] biokernel@discuss.tchncs.de 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)

[–] doctortofu@reddthat.com 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

[–] biokernel@discuss.tchncs.de 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.