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L. albolanata R585a Santa Victoria, Quebrada del Toro,
Salta, Arg.
(A beautiful nine years old specimen)
Flowers are big and yellow
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Description:
Solitary or slowly branching white woolly form of
L. densispina
Stem: 3-6 cm in diameter, 4-10
cm tall, Short columnar, somewhat woolly, especially near the crown of
the plant. Epidermis glaucous-green to dark purplish red coloured
in full sun.
Ribs: Not very prominent, vertical and shortly tuberculated.
Areoles: Fluffy white.
Radial spines: 12-20 or more, short
up to 1 cm (usually less) very fine, flexible, whitish and almost
pectinated.
Central spines: Usually absent, but occasionally 1 or 2 stronger
and darker.
Root: Fat tuberose tap root
Flowers: Golden yellow. It's
supposed to be free flowering but plant start flowering only when 4-5
years old.
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Cultivation: It is a summer grower species
that offers no cultivation difficulties.
Lobivia albolanata has a fairly large
tap root, and should be kept in a deep pot with a very draining mineral
substrate. Water regularly in summer (but do
not overwater ) keep dry in winter. Feed with a high potassium
fertilizer in summer.
Repot yearly until reaching about 100 mm in
size, then every two or three years will suffice. Repotting is best done
at the end of winter but can be done at other times. Do not water for a
couple of weeks after repotting to reduce risk of root rot via broken
roots. Repotting will increase size of stems. It
is quite cold tolerant if kept dry (hardy to -5° C). Need a bright
exposure, full sun or half shade in summer.
Propagation: Seed, grafting, cutting.
(seldom produces offsets)
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The strong tap root system. |
The crested form
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Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
Family)
Scientific name:
Lobivia albolanata (Buining) Krainz
In: Mitt. Schweiz. Kakt. -Ges. 1946, 33, 1941
(White wooly form of L. densispina)
Synonyms:
- Lobivia densispina forma
albolanata (A.F.H. Buining) A.F.H. Buining
In: Sukkulentenkunde 7/8: 96.,
1963
- Lobivia haematantha fa albolanata
- Lobivia pectinifera v. albolanata
- Lobivia haematantha v. rebutioides f. albolanata
Conservation status: Listed in
CITES appendix 2.
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Woolly hairs on the areoles & strong tuberose root.
Very nice plant also without flowers
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Photo of
plants belonging to the Lobivia
(Echinopsis) haematantha
complex
(This taxon has lots of synonyms (like most Lobivia) whit several
controversial varieties and subspecies):
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