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Collection PlantsCacti
Echinofossulocactus phyllacanthus
Echinofossulocactus phyllacanthus is a round cactus with the upper central spines three-pronged long, flattened grass-like and numerous wavy ribs, it is distinguished from similar wavy ribbed species by its small yellowish flowers and few radial spines. Older plants sometimes get corky near the base. This plant was sown in 2014.
Care guide:
Soil: Well drained
Watering: No water in winter. Weekly …
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Gymnocalycium accorugatum
Solitary plant with fairly heavy spines bent backward in a distinctive fashion. It is found and very common on rocky patches, gravelly slopes, granite or on red sandstone mountains in scarce and almost deprived of nutrients soil, with summer daily temperatures raising above 40° C. The species grows between dense, spiny bushes in chaco forest
Care guide:
Soil: Well drained
Watering: No water in …
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Gymnocalycium bicolor v. simplex
Gymnocalycium bicolor v. simplex is a solitary cactus species with a flattened dark green stem usually less than 13 across. The ribs are broad and obtuse with a small sharp chin below each tubercle. The horn-coloured spines take a nice red colouring when wetted. Its pale rose-pink blooms are profusely produced during the growing season.
Care guide:
Soil: Well drained
Watering: No water …
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Gymnocalycium Neuhuberii
Gymnocalycium neuhuberi is a highly prized and critically endangered globular cactus native exclusively to a restricted altitudinal range (800–1,550 meters) within the granite soil grasslands of San Luis Province, Argentina. Discovered and described in 1992 by Hans and Walter Till, it stands out among the “Chin Cacti” for its unusual combination of dense, amber-yellow spines and beautifully fragrant, fuchsia-purple blooms.
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Gymnocalycium nigriareolatum
Gymnocalycium nigriareolatum is a compact globose cactus native to Argentina. The stem is dull green to grey-green, generally solitary but capable of forming small clusters, and develops approximately ten strongly defined ribs with shallow transverse divisions. The areoles are characteristically darker, giving rise to the specific epithet nigriareolatum, meaning “black-areoled.”
Care guide:
Soil: Well drained
Watering: No water in winter. Weekly in spring/summer.
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Gymnocalycium vatteri subs. Altautinense
Highly distinctive and sought-after variant of the classic Gymnocalycium vatteri. Discovered near Altautina in the Córdoba province of Argentina, this subpopulation is celebrated for its extreme minimalist morphology, often producing fewer spines and a flatter, more subterranean growth habit than the type species.
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Lobivia huascha var. Rubriflora
The species grows in monte shrubland and chaco forest, on rocky grassy slopes. Where it grows the climate is dry and warm with both daily and seasonal remarkably wide temperature range, and poor rainfalls concentrated in the summer season.
Care guide:
Soil: Well drained
Watering: No water in winter. Weekly in spring/summer.
Sun exposure: Full sun, partial shade.
Photographed in 11x11cm pot, plant …
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