Photographs of Turbinicarpus species belonging to the Macrochele aggregate

The vast majority of the plants pictured here were acquired from the specialist Turbinicarpus nursery of Paolino Panarotto. If you are interested in the genus Turbinicarpus, including Gymnocactus, I cannot praise the service and quality of plants of this nursery highly enough. There are also a few interesting forms, which are not found anywhere else, originating from another excellent source of plants and literature, Whitestone Gardens.

If you are interested in knowing where a particular plant originated from then feel free to email me.

Photographs of Macrochele aggregate. Select thumbnail for larger picture.
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[T. macrochele : (500 x 375)] T. macrochele
This plant is approximately 3cm Ø x 2cm high. If you look carefully near the base of the bud, you should just be able to make out a split fruit with seeds.
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[Flower of T. macrochele : (500 x 337)] Flower of T. macrochele
The flower is approximately 2.5cm Ø
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[Flowers of T. macrochele : (500 x 412)] Flowers of T. macrochele
The flowers are approximately 2.5cm Ø
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[T. macrochele (El Fraile, Dr. Arroyo) : (500 x 402)] T. macrochele (El Fraile, Dr. Arroyo)
This plant is approximately 2cm Ø x 1cm high. This particular plant seems to want to grow submerged no matter how I pot it.

This taxa is supposedly a form of T. macrochele ssp. frailensis coming from Dr. Arroyo, NL. From the appearance of the flowers (particularly the stigma) in the following pictures, this is really only a form of the type species.
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[Flower of T. macrochele (El Fraile, Dr. Arroyo) : (500 x 469)] Flower of T. macrochele (El Fraile, Dr. Arroyo)
The flower is approximately 2cm Ø
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[Flower of T. macrochele (El Fraile, Dr. Arroyo) : (500 x 358)] Flower of T. macrochele (El Fraile, Dr. Arroyo)
The flower is approximately 2.5cm Ø
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[Partly opened flowers of T. macrochele ssp. frailensis Z 70 : (500 x 319)] Partly opened flowers of T. macrochele ssp. frailensis Z 70
The flowers are approximately 1cm Ø
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[Flower of T. macrochele ssp. frailensis Z 70 : (500 x 359)] Flower of T. macrochele ssp. frailensis Z 70
The flower is approximately 2cm Ø. This plant is really this almost black colour.
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[Flower of T. macrochele ssp. frailensis Z 70 : (500 x 387)] Flower of T. macrochele ssp. frailensis Z 70
The flower is approximately 2cm Ø
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[Flower of T. macrochele 'Buena Vista' : (500 x 436)] Flower of T. macrochele 'Buena Vista'
The flower is approximately 2cm Ø. Buena Vista is a locality in SLP about half way between the type localities of T. macrochele and macrochele var. polaskii and this taxa is believed to be a transitional form between them.
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[Flower of T. macrochele 'Buena Vista' : (500 x 413)] Flower of T. macrochele 'Buena Vista'
The flower is approximately 2cm Ø
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[T. macrochele var. polaskii : (500 x 358)] T. macrochele var. polaskii
This plant is approximately 5cm Ø x 3cm high. In the past this species has been confused with T. schmiedickeanus ssp. klinkerianus fa. schwarzii. If your schwarzii looks like a big, brownish, bloated, blob, instead of a velvet skinned plant with angular tubercles, you need a new label !!
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[T. macrochele var. polaskii : (500 x 375)] T. macrochele var. polaskii
© K. Trout
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[T. macrochele var. polaskii : (500 x 411)] T. macrochele var. polaskii
© K. Trout
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[Flower of T. macrochele var. polaskii : (500 x 339)] Flower of T. macrochele var. polaskii
The flower is approximately 2cm Ø
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[Flower of T. macrochele var. polaskii BZ 46 : (500 x 446)] Flower of T. macrochele fa. polaskii BZ 46 'La Bonita'
The flower is approximately 2.5cm Ø
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[Flower of T. macrochele var. polaskii 'SW La Bonita' : (500 x 446)] Flower of T. macrochele fa. polaskii 'SW La Bonita'
The flower is approximately 2cm Ø
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[Flower of T. macrochele var. polaskii 'SW La Bonita' : (500 x 473)] Flower of T. macrochele var. polaskii 'SW La Bonita'
The flower is approximately 2cm Ø
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[Juvenile plant of T. macrochele var. screvispinus] Juvenile plant of T. macrochele var. screvispinus
© Carlos Jiménez

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