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 leei Rose ex Boedecker (1933) |
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Habitat |
USA
New Mexiko -
Eddy County, Guadalupe Mountains
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Description |
named after Mr. Lee
small, only 1.5 cm (0.6 in) high, about 0.5 cm (0.2 in) Ø, clumping
numerous spines, to 3 cm (1.2 in) long, white
spines backward curved and directed to the plant, primarly at young plants
flowers brownish pink
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Comment |
Escobaria leei is with rain protection to about - 20°C (-4°F) winter-hard |
| Synonyms |
Coryphantha sneedi var. leei (Rose ex Boedecker) L. D. Benson (1969)
Mammillaria leei (Rose ex Boedecker) Weniger (1970) (nom. inval.)
Escobaria sneedi var. leei (Rose ex Boedecker) D. R. Hunt (1978)
Escobaria sneedi ssp. leei (Rose ex Boedecker) D. R. Hunt (1997)
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| CITES |
Appendix II since 01. July 1975; Appendix I since 29. July 1983 |
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