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Photo
and © copyright by Andrea (Bologna, Italy)
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http://www.cactusfriends.com/Andrea/index.html )
F. peninsulae var. townsendianus
(or whatever the synonym is)
It is a beautiful plant with Blue/green body and stout, fierce red
spines.
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Description: Solitary,
up to 50 cm tall,30 cm in diameter, with a slightly glaucous body
Spines: red, dense, stout and hooked.
Flowers: pale yellow to deep orange with
darker orange mid-stripes. It blooms
in late summer, early fall and stay in flower for several weeks.
The fruit with scales is fleshy, yellow or
yellowish green.Cultivation:
Slow growing to start but does well under cultivation.
Use very draining soil, water during the aestival
growth cycle (this plant need plenty of water) But needs to be avoided
wetting the bodies of these plants while they are in sunlight. A wet
cactus in the sun light can cause sun burning which can lead to scares
or even fungal infections and death.
Needs full sun. Keep dry at
10°C in winter, but can tolerate sporadic light frost.
Reproduction:
Seeds are the only way of reproducing. |
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Photo of conspecific taxa,
varieties, forms and cultivars of
plants belonging to the
Ferocactus peninsulae
complex
(This
Taxon
has various synonyms
(
like many other cacti) whit 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:
Ferocactus
peninsulae var. towsendianus
(Britton & Rose) N.P. Taylor, stat. nov., Engelm.
Origin: Mexico South of California (Baja
California) (Magdalena Plain, Santa Margarita,
Magdalena Islands).
Synonyms: Ferocactus townsendianus
Britton & Rose
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The flowers are yellow to deep orange with
darker orange mid-stripes.
It
blooms in late summer, early autumn and stay in flower for several
weeks.
Photo
and © copyright by Andrea (Bologna, Italy)
(
http://www.cactusfriends.com/Andrea/index.html )
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