I believe these to be all chimeras. Each has a stripe of different color.

Sometimes sellers don't have a picture of a mature plant so must use whatever they can legally find.

I sell on Ebay and use a picture either of the plant that is being sold or a picture of its mother in bloom.

Nancy

Hi,

I've emailed a few sellers about cacti/succulents that were mislabeled and got very nice responses back saying they had no clue what the name of the plant was. I even made friends w/one person, I'm IDing some cacti for her and she's sending me some free plants. They shouldnt be offended you are just helping if they are wrong.

Jen

Hi, Nancy:

I knew at link was to chimeras. It's was because 'Pony Ride,' 'Circus Boy' and 'Pixie Runaround (Sport)' look identical (even the foliage) that I was questioning them. Healthy-looking plants, though.

I collected old photos and postcards of German Shorthaired Pointers for the book I am writing. I used to send emails to people who id'd the wrong breed as Shorthairs and, like Jen, several have become really good "friends" and still send me scans to help them get the right doggie id which = more $$$ :-)

I was more irked with those who identify fantasies as chimeras. One seller labelled a couple of trailers as "chimeras" but in the body of the auction gave the description with the blooms correctly id'd as "fantasy."

What made me even think about this was a newbie friend who didn't know any better and bought a "chimera" from someone on eBay; it was a fantasy.

To give this seller credit, she honestly didn't know the terms aren't interchangeable and was appreciative when I emailed her ~ nicely :-) ~ and sent her to the AVSA web site with the names of some chimeras and some fantasies so she could see the difference. She tried to refund the $$ but my friend was so happy with the plant she refused it.

Back to potting up my trailers!

Enjoy the weekend.

Linda

Interesting read about Chimeras.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(plant)

Here is a link that might be useful: Chimeras