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Echinocactus grusonii fruits

At Pinya del Rosa Exotic garden, Spain.
Fruits were apparently never harvested.


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Stefan, Great banner! Are the fruits the brown prickly parts in a ring around the cream colored center?
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Dec 8, 2020 1:32 AM CST
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lauriemorningglory said:Stefan, Great banner! Are the fruits the brown prickly parts in a ring around the cream colored center?


Yes, well sort of, the fruits of (what used to be) echinocactus grusonii are part brown prickly dried flower bud, part woody husk.
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