Escobaria Britton & Rose (1923)
named after the brothers Rómulo and Numa Escobar from Mexico City and Juárez,
to honor of their work,
tubercle cactus, globular to cylindrical, small, with a furrow on the tubercles, clumping
radial spines mostly bristly, white, yellow or with a dark tip
central spine absent or only somewhat stronger and darker
flowers small at the crown, white, yellow, pink or purple
fruits red; seeds black |
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Distribution |
USA
northern to central Mexico
warm arid areas |
Growth period |
full sun and warm location, the hottest and sunniest spot is the best, only then they blooming
somewhat sensitive against moisture but constant slightly moisture, with a watering rest in high summer is necessary
keep the root neck dry
by spraying to cater for air moisture |
Winter period |
dry and bright at minimum 4–10°C (39–50°F) |
Substrat |
very porous to water, minerally, gritty with addition of somewhat loam |
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| Escobaria dasyacantha (G. Engelmann) Britton & Rose (1923) |
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Field number |
HK380 - collected by Horst Kuenzler |
Habitat |
USA
Texas -
Presidio County,
Candelaria
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Description |
dense spines Escobaria
at first globular, later to 20 cm (7.8 in) long, 7 cm (2.7 in) Ø
spines numerous, bristly, dense, white
about 9 central spines, somewhat longer, to 2 cm (0.7 in) long, stronger, on the tips reddissh or brownish
flowers pink, sepals with eyelashes
fruits globular, scarlet
seeds 1 mm, black
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Comment |
Escobaria dasyacantha HK380 is with rain protection to about - 20°C (-4°F) winter-hard |
| Synonyms |
Mammillaria dasyacantha G. Engelmann (1856)
Coryphantha dasyacantha (G. Engelmann) C. R. Orcutt (1926)
Escobesseya dasyacantha (G. Engelmann) J. P. Hester (1945) |
| CITES |
Appendix II |
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