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 orcuttii var. koenigii Castetter & al. (1975) |
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Field number |
SB92 - collected by Steven Brack |
Habitat |
USA
New Mexico -
Luna County
around 1500 m (4920 ft) altitude
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Description |
named after the first located habitat the Koenig Ranch in the Florida Mountains
ovate, to 6 cm (2.3 in) high, silver-white
numerous radial spines, to 0.8 cm (0.3 in) long, thin, white
to 15 central spines, thereof 1–2 in the center somewhat stronger and longer,
with a darker tip
flowers to 1.5 cm (0.6 in) large, pink
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Comment |
Escobaria orcuttii var. koenigii SB92 is with rain protection to about - 20°C (-4°F) winter-hard |
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