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Eriosyce multicolor is a heavy bloomer.
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Growth Habits:
Stems are purplish and
solitary,
globose to short
columnar, 18 cm tall, 8 cm in diameter; 13 to 21
ribs.
Spines: Very dense variable colour, from blond/white to almost
black, with darker tips; curly and glassy, obscuring the plant body and
becoming long with age; 20
centrals; 15 to 40
radials.
Flowers:
Tubular bright purple-pink with clearer throat in the
spring, 2.5-5 cm, 1-3 cm wide;
Cultivation: Need
Full sun to
bright shade,
root prone, needs good
drainage
Frost Tolerance: -4°C.
Propagation:
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(Left) A specimen with brownish-black spines and (Right) one with
white/pastel spines.
Photo of conspecific taxa,
varieties, forms and cultivars of
plants belonging to the
Eriosyce senilis
complex
(This
Taxon
has lots of synonyms
(like many other cacti) with several controversial varieties and subspecies,
and comprises a multitude of different forms, but where each form
is linked to others by populations of plants with intermediate
characteristics):
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Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
Family)
Scientific name: Eriosyce senilis (Backeb.) F.Kattermann
1994
Origin: Chile
Conservation status: Listed in
CITES Appendix II
Habitat: These plants live among small valleys
and traverse to the
sea.
Synonyms:
- Echinocactus senilis
Phillipii (Nom
illeg.)
- Neoporteria nidus
Britton & Rose
- Neoporteria nidus v.
multicolor (Ritt.) Hoffmann
- Neoporteria nidus var.
gerocephala
- Neoporteria senilis
Backeberg 1935
- Neoporteria gerocephala
Y.Itô (Nom
illeg.) 1957
- Neoporteria multicolor
Ritter 1963
- Neoporteria robusta
F.Ritter 1963
- Neoporteria coimasensis
var. robusta
- Eriosyce kunzei 'multicolor'
(Ritter)
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Frequently offered on sale with the nursery name "Neoperteria multicolor"
in reference to the very variable coloured spines. |
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