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Like most Turbinicarpus species, this is a handsome cactus with
beautiful spine patterns. |
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Growth Habits: Usually solitary occasionally
clustering, globose to slightly cylindrical cactus, bluish to greyish to
yellow-green, up to 7 cm tall , 4,5-5 cm in diameter; apex with white
wool and dark spines; tubercles angular conical pyramid to 3-6mm long;
no central spine; 6 or 7 straight radial spines, up to 2 cm long.
White flowers with darker midribs, 18-20mm long, 20mm in diameter.
Root- Swollen bundled.
Cultivation: This species is easy to cultivate
and fast growing. Requires full sun or Light shade and careful watering
to keep plant compact. Hardy to -4°C for a short period |
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Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
Family)
Scientific Name: Turbinicarpus
gielsdorfianus (Werderm.) John & Riha 1983
Conservation status: Listed in
CITES appendix I
Synonyms:
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Echinocactus gielsdorfianus
Werderm. 1929
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Neolloydia gielsdorfiana
(Werderm.) F.M.Knuth 1935
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Thelocactus gielsdorfianus
(Werderm.) Borg 1937
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Gymnocactus gielsdorfianus
(Werderm.) Backeb. 1951
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Pediocactus gielsdorfianus
(Werderm.) Halda 1998
Distribution: Native to the Valley of
Jaumave, (near Cerritos) in the state of San Lois Potosi (Mexico).
The Jaumave Valley in Tamaulipas is important for its considerable
concentration of endemic species such as Obregonia denegriiand
Turbinicarpus gielsdorfianus, among others
This plant is recognizable without
problems for the blue-grey body, short dark black spines,
areoles with white
wool (when
young), soon becoming bare and white flowers.
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