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 hesteri (Y. Wright) Buxbaum (1951) |
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Habitat |
USA
Texas - Brewster County, Mount Ord
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Description |
named after J. P. Hester
small, 0.8–1.6 in (2–4 cm) Ø, clumping, cluster to 11.8 in (30 cm) Ø, at the apex spines very dense
tubercles to 0.5 in (1.2 cm) long, conical
14–16 radial spines, not always in one layer, especially at above some additional fine spines,
to 0.6 in (1.5 cm) long, glassy light to brown
flowers ca. 1 in (2,5 cm)
Ø, light purple
sepals sepals with a fringed margin
fruits green
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| Synonyms |
Coryphantha hesteri Y. Wright (1932)
Escobesseya hesteri (Y. Wright) Hester (1945) (nom. inval., Art. 34.1)
Mammillaria hesteri (Y. Wright) Weniger (1970) (nom. inval., Art. 33.3) |
| CITES |
Appendix II |
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