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Thelocactus conothele subsp. argenteus

Thelocactus conothele v argenteus SB311 Ascencion, NL, Mexico
with a dense covering of short white spines and pink flowers.

Description: Usually solitary or slowly branching from the base whit globose or cylindrical stem with the tubercles mostly obscured by spines.
Spines: The central spines are creamy-white and shredding with age. It has ± 20 glassy-silvery-greyish-white radial spines.
Flowers: Deep pinkish and/or pink-purple.
 

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.

Propagation: Nearly always from seed, since the plant rarely produces plantlets.

Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and cultivars of (Thelocactus conothelos complexcomplex):

• T. conothele var. argenteus
• T. conothele var. aurantiacus
• T. garciae (T. conothelos subsp. garciae)
• T. flavus (T. conothelos ssp. flavus = T. longispinus)
• T. macdowellii (T. conothelos var. macdowelii)

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Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)

Scientific name:  Thelocactus conothelos ssp. argenteus (Glass & R.C.Foster) Glass 1998

Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 2.

• Torreycactus conothele var. argenteus (Glass & Foster) Doweld 1998
• Thelocactus conothele var. argenteus Glass & Foster 1972

The flowers are a deep pinkish and/or pink-purple.

Spines are shiny white and glassy.

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