Thelocactus
conothele v argenteus SB311 Ascencion, NL, Mexico
with a dense covering of short white spines and pink flowers.
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Description:
Usually solitary or slowly branching from the base whit globose or cylindrical stem with the tubercles mostly
obscured by spines. The central spines are creamy-white and shredding
with age. It has ± 20 glassy-silvery-greyish-white radial spines. The
flowers are a deep pinkish and/or pink-purple.
Reproduction: Nearly always from seed, since the plant rarely
produces plantlets.
Cultivation:
Easy to cultivate. Water moderately from Spring to
Autumn. Keep dry in winter, can tolerate frequent moderate frost, above approx
-7C, Sun Summer grower needs full sun exposures.
Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and
cultivars of (Thelocactus
conothelos
complexcomplex):
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Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
Family)
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Scientific name:
Thelocactus conothelos ssp.
argenteus (Glass & R.C.Foster) Glass
1998
Conservation status: Listed in
CITES appendix 2.
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Synonyms:
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Torreycactus conothele var. argenteus
(Glass & Foster) Doweld 1998
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Thelocactus conothele var. argenteus Glass
& Foster 1972
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The flowers are a deep pinkish and/or pink-purple.
Spines are
shiny
white and glassy. |
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