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  Eriosyce strausiana
(Syn: Pyrrhocactus strausianus)
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E. strausiana (ex: Pyrrhocactus strausianus R542 Quebrada del Toro - Cacheuta, Mendoza, Argentina )
 

Description: Eriosyce strausiana is a solitary or slowly clumping cactus with very strong spines. Flowers grow up at the top.
Stem: Globose to to sub-globose or cylindrical as it becomes old, up to 20 cm tall and 8-15 cm in width, dark green to olive green.
Roots: Fibrous from a short tap root.
Ribs: 12 to14 in adult specimens. Obtuse and somewhat notched.
Areoles: Oval, woolly and hairy when young (with yellowish felt), later naked.
Radial spines: 8 to 14 about 25-30 mm long, Mostly curved upward, subulate, base swollen, dark greyish-black or dark horn coloured with black tips. Young spines are almost black (with a dark purple base), while older ones turn grayish.
Central spines: 1 to 8 longer and stouter (approx 30-40 mm long) similar in colour and shape to the radials.
Flowers: 3-4 cm long, 3,5-5 cm in diameter. Apical, broad funnel-form, straw coloured to dirty amber-yellow . Pericarpel and floral tube with wool and bristles.
Fruit: Only about 7-10 mm long, egg-shaped, greenish with thin wall, opening at maturity from a basal pore.

VARIETIES:

var. straussianus: 20 cm tall and 8-15 cm in diameter with 6-8 central spines, flowers 4 cm in diameter. Origin: San José de Jachal
var. pachoensis: 10 cm tall and 8 cm in diameter 1-2 central spines, flowers 3,5 cm in diameter. Origin: Pachaco.
 

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plants belonging to the Eriosyce straussiana
complex  (This taxon has lots of synonyms (like most Eriosyce) whit several controversial varieties and subspecies):

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Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)

Scientific Name: Eriosyce strausiana  (K.Schum.) Kattermann
In: Eriosyce (Cactaceae): The genus revised and amplified 1: 117, 1994

OriginLa Pampa, San Juan and Mendoza, Argentina, South America.

Conservation status: Listed in CITES Appendix II

Synonyms:
  • Echinocactus strausianus  K.Schum. 1901
  • Pyrrhocactus strausianus  (K.Schum.) A.Berger 1929
  • Neoporteria strausiana  (K.Schum.) Donald & G.D.Rowley 1966

Heterotypic synonyms:

  • Echinocactus catamarcensis Spegazzini 1905
  • Malacocarpus catamarcensis (Spegazzini) Britton & Rose 1922
  • Pyrrhocactus catamarcensis (Spegazzini) F. Ritter 1959
  • Neoporteria catamarcensis
  • Cereus catamarcensis
  • Echinopsis catamarcensis
  • Echinocactus sanjuanensis Spegazzini 1905
  • Pyrrhocactus sanjuanensis (Spegazzini) Backeberg 1939
  • Neoporteria sanjuanensis (Spegazzini) Donald & G. D. Rowley 1966
  • Malacocarpus sanjuanensis
  • Pyrrhocactus strausianus var. sanjuanensis
  • Pyrrhocactus vollianus Backeberg 1957
  • Neoporteria volliana (Backeberg) Donald & G. D. Rowley 1966 Pyrrhocactus pachacoensis Rausch 1975
  • Eriosyce strausiana var. pachacoensis (Rausch) Kattermann 1994 Pyrrhocactus platyacanthus F. Ritter 1980
  • Pyrrhocactus setiflorus,
  • Neoporteria setiflora,
  • Pyrrhocactus atrospinosus,
  • Neoporteria backebergii

Etymology: Named after Mr. L. Straus (1862-1934), German merchant and cactus hobbyist in Bruchsal near Baden and co-founder of the Deutsche Kakteen-Gesellschaft DKG.
 

 


 

Cultivation:   This slow growing cactus is kept for the beauty of its form and flowers. It is a summer grower species. Easy to cultivate but somewhat rot prone if kept in a non ventilated place. Require a very fast draining drying soil, water regularly in summer, but do not overwater.
Needs a full sun exposure, but
must be protected from excessive heat and sun in summer, and seems to do best in cultivation with a bit of shade.  Good heat tolerance. Keep warm and dry in winter (5 to10°C) to avoid rot.  Not highly tolerant of a great deal of frost. (Frost tolerance -5°C or less for shot periods)

Propagation: Usually propagated from Seeds. (seldom produces offsets)
Grafting is
sometime used to speed growth rate and to create a back-up to plants in collection.

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