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 sneedii Britton & Rose (1923) |
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Habitat |
USA
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona
Mexico
Chihuahua
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Description |
named after Mr. J. R. Sneed, the first discoverer of this species
small cylindrical, to 6 cm (2.6 in) long, 1–2 cm (0.4–0.7 in) Ø, massive clumping, clusters with to 50 heads
tubercles to 0.3 cm (0.1 in) long, round
to 20 spines, to 0.6 cm (0.2 in) long, adjacent, dense interwoven to hide the crown, with brown tips
flowers small, yellowish to pink
fruits 0.7 cm (0.3 in) long
seeds brown
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Flowering time |
June–July in cultivation
4–5 years from seed |
| Comment |
Escobaria sneedii is with rain protection to about - 20°C (-4°F) winter-hard |
| Synonyms |
Coryphantha sneedii (Britton & Rose) A. Berger (1929)
Mammillaria sneedii (Britton & Rose) T. A. Cory (1936) |
| CITES |
Appendix II since 01. July 1975; Appendix I since 29. July 1983 |
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