Eriocactus Backeberg (1942)
(Greek erion = wool; Greek kaktos = thistle, cactus)
wool cactus, bristle cactus
differences to Notocactus is the stigma, it is never in red,
the wooly crown and the smaller brown seeds
bulky columnar, crown sloping, wooly; flowers broad funnel form, tubular short, brown wooly
fruits globular, dry opens at the base |
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Distribution |
south Brazil, Paraguay
mountains and high mountains |
Growth period |
sunny and a location outdoor is possible, hardly sensitive against moisture
in summer a constant slight moisture |
Winter period |
cool, dry, bright and airy location at minimum 6–10°C (42–50°F)
at to low temperatures plants get blackish coldness blotches, or the plants could die
in spring time the plants slowly adapt on sun |
Substrat |
nutritious, humos, good permeability to water
addition of coarse sand, clay and peat |
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| Eriocactus leninghausii (K. Schumann) C. Backeberg (1942) |
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Habitat |
Brazil
Rio Grande do Sul -
on steep rock walls and in moist canyons |
Description |
named after Federico Lenninghaus
at first roundish to broad globular, later columnar, to about 1 m (3.3 ft) tall, 10 cm (4 in) Ø,
strong branching at the base and forming clusters, crown bristly wooly,
in age is the crown slant and directed to the sun
ribs about 30, flattened;
areoles at first white
to 15 radial spines, bristly thin, yellow
3–4 central spines, to 4 cm (1.5 in) long, bristly, easily breaking, usually golden-yellow, sometimes bright
flowers 4 cm (1.5 in) long, 5 cm (2 in)
Ø, flat over the crown, yellow, sepal greenish
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Synonyms |
Pilocereus leninghausii K. Schumann (1895)
Malacocarpus leninghausii (K. Schumann) Britton & Rose (1922) (incorrect name)
Notocactus leninghausii (K. Schumann) A. Berger (1929)
Eriocephala leninghausii (K. Schumann) W. Heinrich (1940)
Parodia leninghausii (K. Schumann) F. H. Brandt (1982)
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CITES |
Appendix II |
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| Pictures from the plants inventory, of Kakteen-Haage, Germany with courtesy to use for release made available. |
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