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Pediocactus peeblesianus var. fickeisenii

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Pediocactus peeblesianus var. fickeisenii
SB468 Fredonia, AZ. 
(Navajoa peeblesiana ssp. fickeisenii)
 

Description: The plants are globose solitary or clustered
Stem: 6-7 cm tall, 5-6 cm in diameter.
Spines
: Corky/spongy, not obscuring the stem; a central spine 0.5-2,5 cm long, mostly 0,5 mm wide at the base, white to pale grey, ascending; radial spines 3 to 7, 0,2-1 cm long, white to pale grey, recurving.
Flowers
: up to 2.5 cm in diameter, cream, yellow or yellowish-green; outer petals pink or green with a darker mid-strip; stamens yellow; stigma yellow.
Flowering time: Open during the day, blooms in spring.
 


 

Cultivation: Very rot prone and difficult  to grow from it's own roots in cultivation; best and very easy if grafted on a short hardy Opuntia stock. It needs regular water in late winter, early spring, and also in the fall, when flower buds are produced and it starts growing. The flower buds stay dormant on the plant apex all winter.  They will then open in spring when the temperatures rise. To avoid any damage to the buds, don’t let  the grafted plants completely dry, that stay in the heated green house.  Some light watering in winter is useful for keeping the flower hydrated and healthy.

Very frost hardy, above approx -12C (down to - 20 if kept completely dry in a ventilated place).  The plants grafted on Opuntia are suitable for outdoor cultivation in raised beds, rock gardens, balconies, window sills etc…
 

 

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Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)

Scientific name:  

Origin:  Grand Canyon Area, Arizona, USA

Habitat:

Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 1.

Common NameFickeisen Plains Cactus

Synonyms:
  • Toumeya fickeisenii W.H. Earle 1963
  • Pediocactus fickeisenii W.B Benson 1962
  • Navajoa fickeisenii Backeberg 1960
  • Navajoa peeblesiana ssp. fickeisenii
  • Utahia peeblesiana fickeiseniae
  • Echinocactus peeblesianus (Croizat) L. Benson

The rounded buds just before opening in April

 
 


Flowers


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