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Collection PlantsCactiAriocarpus agavoides
Ariocarpus agavoides is a distinctive and slow-growing cactus native to northeastern Mexico. It forms a compact, low-growing rosette of elongated, pointed green tubercles, giving the plant an unusual appearance reminiscent of an agave.
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Collection PlantsCactiAriocarpus kotschoubeyanus
The Ariocarpus koschoubeyanus usually grows alone and remains below the soil surface. Its dark olive-green shoots, which are flattened at the tip and slightly sunken in the middle, have a diameter of 3 to 7 cm (1.2 to 2.8 in). The warts are spirally arranged, elongated at the base, …
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Collection PlantsAriocarpusAriocarpus retusus
Ariocarpus retusus is a species of cactus, from the genus Ariocarpus, found mainly in Mexico. It is one of the largest and fastest-growing species in this genus known for a slow rate of growth.Despite its slow growth, often taking ten years to reach flowering age, the retusus is a desirable cactus for cultivation, …
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Collection PlantsCactiEchinocereus 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 …
Collection PlantsCactiEchinofossulocactus 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 …
Collection PlantsCactiGymnocalycium 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 …
Collection PlantsCactiGymnocalycium 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 …
Collection PlantsCactiGymnocalycium 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.
Sun …
Collection PlantsCactiLobivia camataquiensis
Lobivia camataquiensis is a compact, globose to short-cylindrical South American cactus. The stem is green to grey-green and bears numerous low ribs with small, closely spaced areoles. Fine radial spines form a relatively open covering over the body, while central spines may be weak or absent. The species is associated with the highland regions of Bolivia, where Lobivia and related …
Collection PlantsCactiLobivia 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 …
Collection PlantsCactiMammillaria albilanata
This cactus typically grows as a solitary plant with a short, cylindrical form, although it can form clusters in cultivation. It can reach up to 15 cm in height and 8 cm in width. The flowers are small and colorful, ranging from carmine red to purplish pink, and are followed by red fruits with brown seeds. It is …
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