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E. ochoterenanus "rosasianus"
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Description: Solitary ,
globose, vivid green with a flat tops up to 8 cm tall, 10 cm in
diameter;
Flowers: Pale to bright pink, 2.5 cm long. Greenish fruit with
whitish scales.
Cultivation: Small growing and easy to to care and
flower. Because of it’s small size makes a great potted plant specimen,
great for beginning collectors. It needs regular cacti soil with good
drainage. Propagation: Seeds (usually) or by the shoots of adult plants
(if available). Exposure: need some direct sun but is tolerant and
prefers light shade during the hot Summer months, allow to dry between
watering. Watering should be curtailed during the winter months. Frost
Tolerance -5°C if kept dry.
Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and
cultivars of plants belonging to the
Echinofossulocactus ochoteraneus
complex
(This
Taxon
has lots of synonyms
(like most Echinofossulocactus) whit several controversial varieties and subspecies): |
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Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
Family)
Scientific name:
Echinofossulocactus ochoterenanus (Or ochoterenaus)
Tiegel)
H. C. Whitmore 1934
TAXONOMICAL NOTE: E. rosasianus
nowadays is not considered a distinct species or variety but only one
of the variable
phenotypes
of this this
clinal
species.
Tribe: Cacteae -- Subtribe: Echinocactinae
Origin: Mexico (Hidalgo, Queretaro,
Guanajuato)
Synonyms:
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Echinofossulocactus ochoterenanus (Or ochoterenaus)
(Tiegel) H. C. Whitmore 1934
= Stenocactus ochoterenanus Tiegel 1933, (Mexico)
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Echinofossulocactus heteracanthus (Muehlenpfordt) Britton et
Rose 1922
= Echinocactus heteracanthus Muehlenpfordt 1845
= ?Stenocactus heteracanthus (Muehlenpfordt) A. Berger 1929
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Echinofossulocactus bustamantei (Bravo) Croizat 1942
= Stenocactus bustamantei Bravo 1937
ocactus lexarzai Bravo 1937
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Echinofossulocactus lexarzai (Bravo) Croizat 1942
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Echinofossulocactus densispinus Tiegel ex Pechanek 1965
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Echinofossulocactus rosasianus H. C. Whitmore ex Pechanek 1965
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Echinofossulocactus parksianus C. Schmoll ex Pechanek 1971
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This species has peculiar erected and stiff spines.
Flowers are bright pink in summer.
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