Lobivia tiegeliana forma cristata

	Lobivia tiegeliana forma cristata (Syn: Echinopsis tiegeliana cristata)	CACTUS ART NURSERY Cultivation and Mail Sale of Cacti and Succulents.

L. Lobivia tiegeliana forma cristata

Description: Dark green ribs with flat 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 ) keep rather dry in winter. Feed with a high potassium fertilizer in summer. It is quite frost resistant if kept dry (hardy to -5° C). Need a bright exposure, full sun or half shade in summer.

Propagation: Grafting, cutting.

Conspecific taxa, varieties, forms an cultivars:

Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)

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

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

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

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