Lobivia  tiegeliana
This taxon has lots of synonyms (like most Lobivia) whit several controversial varieties and subspecies.

The plant depicted in this page (Field number HS 50) was at first described by Heinz Swoboda as  Lobivia cinnabarina ssp. prestoana v. draxleriana fma. Locality: Aiquile - Mizque km 20, Campero, Cochabamba, Bolivia 2400-2700m.
 

Description: Small globular-flattened cactus.
Stems: Dark green, spherical up to 15 cm in diameter. It has 20 ribs spirally arranged with raised tubercles between which the areoles appear.
Spines: Arranged like little spiders, brownish, turn greyish eventually.
Flowers: Deep red.

Cultivation: It is a summer grower species that offers no cultivation difficulties.  Water regularly in summer (but do not overwater ) needs good drainage and very porous,  keep rather dry in winter. Feed with a high potassium fertilizer  in summer. It is quite frost resistant if kept dry (hardy to  -12° C).  Need a bright exposure, full sun or half shade in summer.

Propagation: Direct sow after last frost, offsets (if available)

Conspecific taxa, varieties, forms an cultivars:

• Lobivia tiegeliana
• Lobivia tiegeliana v. cinnabarina
• Lobivia tiegeliana forma cristata

Scientific name:  Echinopsis tiegeliana (Wessner) D. R. Hunt 1991

Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Trichocereeae

Origin:  Southern Bolivia, northern Argentina)

Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 2.

Synonyms:

• Echinopsis tiegeliana (Wessner) D. R. Hunt 1991
• Lobivia tiegeliana Wessner 1939
• Hymenorebutia tiegeliana (Wessner) F. Ritter 1980
• Lobivia peclardiana Krainz 1948
• Lobivia pusilla F. Ritter 1966
• Hymenorebutia pusilla (F. Ritter) F. Ritter 1980
• Mediolobivia hirsuttissima Cárdenas 1971
• Lobivia fricii Rasuch 1973
• Echinopsis fricii (Rauch) H. Friedrich 1974

"Clone V001"  a selected plant with darker flowers and nice stamens arrangement.

An uncommon variegated specimen