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skopjecollection

Dec 1, 2018 2:06 PM CST

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Name: Stefan
SE europe(balkans) (Zone 6b)

I dont get. The shape of the tubercules, the spines or the flowers?

| @skopjecollection | Post #1864984 (1)

Dec 1, 2018 2:38 PM CST

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Name: Ângelo
South Jordan, Utah, USA (Zone 7a)
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I think it's because some species in the genus have a bump in between the tubercules that apparently some people think looks like a chin, I'm not totally sure.

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