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Yavia cryptocarpa |
Yavia cryptocarpa in flower. This most interesting species
is characterized by the small hidden fruits which are sunken
into the stem for several months. In late spring, when new buds
develops, they drop out. The new buds are yellow to lime green! |
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Y.
cryptocarpa |
Yavia cryptocarpa with its
beautiful pink flowers (ca 20 mm in diam). |
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Y.
cryptocarpa |
Plant flowering in habitat, west
of La Quiaca at the border Argentina - Bolivia. |
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Y.
cryptocarpa |
Note the sunken apex. Almost looking
like a Rebutia heliosa ... or Epithelantha ...
or Frailea ... or Lobivia famatimensis! |
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Lobivia
pugionacantha v. versicolor RH 1989a |
Long spined Lobivia pugionacantha
v. versicolor from NE Ocuri at 3850 m in Dept. Chuquisaca,
Bolivia. |
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Lobivia
pugionacantha v. versicolor RH 1989a |
Stem totally covered by sharp spines! |
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Lobivia
pugionacantha v. versicolor RH 1993a |
A dark and long spined form growing
at 3450 metres around Chini Mayu-Culpina, Dept. Chuquisaca, Bolivia. |
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Lobivia
pugionacantha v. versicolor RH 1993a |
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Lobivia
spec. RH 2222a |
A new fascinating form of Lobivia
haematantha with blue epidermis and yellow flowers from Famatima-Carrizal,
Prov. La Rioja in Argentina!
[Note from Martin
Lowry: The "Lobivia haematantha with blue epidermis from
La Rioja" is in fact a form of Acanthocalycium glaucum.
We also saw the plant last year just west of Carrizal. It grows
alongside L. famatimensis, L. formosa and Pyrrhocactus
straussianus. Omar Ferrari and Roberto Kiesling (and therefore
probably WR) have known about it for some time.]
Ralf is still
convinced this is not Ac. glaucum:
The same meaning
was first Winkler and Rausch, because the Ferrari plant was without
any sign of buds. Look the buds at the plants, not any sign of
spines. The bud is very similar of v. hualfinensis. And the plant
has a typical haematantha taproot!
Two photos of Lob. haematantha
v. hualfinensis is also added (01-04-08) for comparison, see
further down on this page. |
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Lobivia
spec. RH 2222a |
Plant in bud. Springtime in Argentina. |
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Lobivia
spec. RH 2222a |
Plant in flower! |
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Lobivia
haematantha v. hualfinensis RH 2237a |
Lobivia haematantha v. hualfinensis RH 2237a with bud. |
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Lobivia
haematantha v. hualfinensis RH 2237a |
Another dry and thirsty Lobivia
haematantha v. hualfinensis in habitat. Waiting for the rain. |
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Pterocactus
megliolii RH 2194b |
Pterocactus megliolii with a hairy bud from Termas la Lajas,
700 m, Prov. San Juan, Argentina. |
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Pyrrhocactus
megliolii 'vertongenii' RH 2194a |
Beautiful plant but not that
easy in cultivation. I have tried to sow it twice but the seedlings
rot very quickly!
[Note from Martin
Lowry: "The Pyrrho at Las Lajas is of course just another
location of P. megliolii"]
Pyrrhocactus
megliolii
is in Fred Kattermanns book "Eriosyce" placed as synonym
to Eriosyce bulbocalyx. In "Cites Cactaceae checklist"
the correct name is Eriosyce vertongenii. |
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Pyrrhocactus
megliolii 'vertongenii' RH 2194a |
Close up of buds and flowers. |
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Rebutia
pygmaea 'v. colorea' RH 1106 |
Reb. pygmaea v. colorea showing its reddish flowers in habitat
at Yunchara, 3700 m, Dept. Tarija, Bolivia. |
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Rebutia
pygmaea 'v. crassa' RH 1100 |
Plant in full flower at Yunchara,
3700 metres! |
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Rebutia
pygmaea RH 1094 |
Reb. pygmaea in flower in cultivation. The flowers
of Reb. pygmaea (syn. haagei) and its varieties (forms?) vary
a lot. From white to pink, red and orange. This form comes from
Dept. Tarijas, Patillas at 4000 metres. |
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Lobivia
formosa RH 2207 & Ralf Hillmann |
Ralf Hillmann admires a Lobivia
formosa growing high up in the San Juan mountains. What a
scenery! |
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