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    Echinocereus reichenbachii subs. Baileyi

    This very interesting species was collected in August 1906 by Vernon Bailey, for whom it was named, in Wichita Mountains, Oklaoma. The following August it flowered and then died. It was  supposed that this was only collection known, but while re-studying the genus, it was found that a plant sent by Mr. Merkel from Oklahoma flowered in July …

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    Echinocereus reichenbachii subs. Baileyi

    This very interesting species was collected in August 1906 by Vernon Bailey, for whom it was named, in Wichita Mountains, Oklaoma. The following August it flowered and then died. It was  supposed that this was only collection known, but while re-studying the genus, it was found that a plant sent by Mr. Merkel from Oklahoma flowered in July …

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    Echinofossulocactus pentacanthus v. Tulensis

    It is a small cactaceae plant with a solitary habit, which can occasionally cluster at the base. Its stem, light green, tending to olive green, concave at the apex, has multiple slender, well furrowed ribs of a very wavy shape, equipped with white downy areoles. The radial spines are thin, of a greyish color, while the central ones …

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    Echinofossulocactus pentacanthus v. Tulensis

    It is a small cactaceae plant with a solitary habit, which can occasionally cluster at the base. Its stem, light green, tending to olive green, concave at the apex, has multiple slender, well furrowed ribs of a very wavy shape, equipped with white downy areoles. The radial spines are thin, of a greyish color, while the central ones …

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    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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    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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    Notocactus schlosseri

    Usually solitary spherical to shortly cylindrical, upright cactus. It is related to Parodia mammulosa and with its very dense, reddish-spined young growth is an attractive plant, even without the shining lemon-yellow flowers with red stigma. This plant is very old, and has corking at the bottom which is a sign of old age.

    Care guide:

    Soil: Well drained

    Watering:  No water in …