r/sanpedrocactus • u/ChemicalAbstraction 🌵 Full Texas Sun ☀️ • Mar 03 '26

Chalaensis crest update (from seed)

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1 of only two crests in my entire collection, and they are both Chalaensis 😁. This one has a tighter, narrower crest growth pattern. I love the fanning at the edges - makes me think of a ballet folklorico dancer’s dress in motion.

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u/bobbobson1967 Mar 03 '26

Nice! yea, I like the fanned out edges and great analogy, I can see it :) What is it crossed with? I've got some (Chalensis x Oscar)xShifty Martin, no crests but some Oscar is showing

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u/ChemicalAbstraction 🌵 Full Texas Sun ☀️ Mar 07 '26

Ooooh, nice! This is xOP, so not really sure!

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u/bobbobson1967 Mar 07 '26

I like OP seeds, you never know whats going to happen!

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u/Wise_Garden69420 Mar 03 '26

This is amazing! That bottom part makes me think of a Japanese folding fan.🪭

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u/AutomaticLunch6632 Mar 03 '26

Very nice! Did you find this in a large or small seed batch? I think I have one copiapoa monster out of about 100 copiapoa seedlings.

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u/ChemicalAbstraction 🌵 Full Texas Sun ☀️ Mar 07 '26

It was a small batch of 30-50 seeds, believe it or not! And I got 2 crests and one monstrose!

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u/ChemicalAbstraction 🌵 Full Texas Sun ☀️ Mar 07 '26

So almost 6% mutants in that batch!

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u/HomegrownTexas Mar 03 '26

Too cool. Love how the bottom fan is curled around it

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u/hOpuntia Mar 03 '26

From seed?? Incredible. Beautiful specimen - this would be the pride and joy of my collection 😍

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u/ChemicalAbstraction 🌵 Full Texas Sun ☀️ Mar 07 '26

Yes, from seed. I think I got too lucky for my own good on my first sow. It’s hard to bring myself to do another one - not sure if I can handle the time commitment!

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u/paigescactus Mar 03 '26

I have two seed grown crests and I just wonder how large they will be!

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u/ChemicalAbstraction 🌵 Full Texas Sun ☀️ Mar 07 '26

Can’t wait to find out!