Publication: 1982, notvalidly published
Description
Echinopsis cinnabarina var. acanthoplegma, best known as Lobivia acanthoplegma is small cactus species with colourful flowers ranging from orange to dark violet-red with contrasting white throat.
Habit: It is a small, low growing cactus that grows usually solitary (unless damaged).
Stem: Spherical-flattened to spherical, 15 cm diameter.
Ribs: Aprrox. 26 with noticeable tubercles up to 15 mm long.
Radial spines: Approx. 10, up to 20 mm long, awl-like, lying flat to the body, more or less interlaced.
Central spines: Usually absent.
Flower: Arising from the basal tubercles on the side of the plant, up to 5 cm long and in diameter, unscented, orange to dark violet-red, throat usually lighter or white.
Fruit: Globose to oval, semi-dry and perpendicularly splitting.
Seed: Spherical, rough, grey, covered with skin remainders.
Origin and Habitat
Higher Andes of Southern Bolivia, Cochabamba to La Paz and adjacent area.
Altitude: 2300-3500 metres above sea level.
Habitat and Ecology: The species occurs in pre-Puna and on rocky lands within shrubby vegetation in seasonally dry inter-Andean valleys. It grows together with Echinopsis obrepanda.
Cultivation and Propagation
Echinopsis cinnabarina var. acanthoplegma is a summer grower species that offers no cultivation difficulties. Water regularly in summer (but do not overwater ) needs good drainage and very porous, keep rather dry in winter. Feed with a high potassium fertilizer in summer. It is quite frost resistant if kept dry (hardy to -12° C). Need a bright exposure, full sun or half shade in summer.
Propagation: Direct sow after last frost, offsets (if available).
Bibliography
Major references and further lectures
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James Cullen, Sabina G. Knees, H. Suzanne Cubey “The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-Doors and Under Glass” Cambridge University Press, 11/Aug./2011
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David Hunt, Nigel Taylor “The New Cactus Lexicon” DH Books, 2006
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Edward F. Anderson “The Cactus Family” Timber Press, 2001
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Walter Rausch in: Kakteen And. Sukk. 28(4): 75. 1977
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Walter Rausch “Lobivia 85.” Rudolf Herzig Verlag, Wien. 1986.
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Walter Rausch “Lobivia: The Day Flowering Echinopsidinae from a Geographical Distribution Point of View” Volumes 1-3 R. Herzig, 1975
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Brian Lamb “Letts guide to cacti of the world” Letts, 17/ott/1991
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Lowry, M. 2013. Echinopsis cinnabarina. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 12 January 2014.
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