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  Astrophytum capricorne var. aureum
(Syn: Astrophytum senilis var. aureum)
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Astrophytum capricorne aureum
 

Description: Plant with sharp ribs that differs from the type species for the absence of white flocks.
Stem: Globular to short cylindrical with age up to 35-40 cm tall and 15 cm in diameter. The epidermis is green/bluish sometime tinged in purple.
Spines: Up to 20 per areole characteristically golden yellow when young, but as they ages become greyish like in the other capricorne. They similar in shape to those of A. senilis , bristly, flexible, 5 to 7(-10) cm long and pointing in all directions that often form up spirals, they are so densely nest wrapped that the body is hardly visible and looks like a dry grass bundle. The lateral ones grows horizontally sideways at first and then buckle while the others point +/-upwards. After rain they wet and become very flabby.
Flowers: Diurnal yellow with a red centre (like in the type species).
 


Cultivation:
Easy to grow. Use mineral well permeable substratum (rot prone). Water sparingly from March till October and keep perfectly dry in winter at temperatures from 5 to 15 degrees centigrade. (but it is Hardy to -7°C for short periods) In the rest period no high atmospheric humidity!! Sun Exposure: Light shade to full sun.

Propagation:
They can be propagated from seed.

 

Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and cultivars of Astrophytum capricorne:


 

 


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Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)

Scientific name: Astrophytum capricorne v. aureum (MOELLER) OKUMURA
HOOCK, H. 1992 . Kakt. and. Sukk. Band: 43 Heft (3) Seite 58-63 Das Gold der Sierra Paila:

Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 2

Origin:  Sierra de la Paila (between Viesca and Parras de la Fuente) Coahuila, Mexico

Habitat: it grows in a very arid area near to the habitat of A. capricorne senilis ( rain about 200mm/annun and irregular with less than 10 mm in January). The daily and seasonal temperature fluctuation is considerable, and in winter it is not infrequent a night frost followed by a hot temperature the same day.


A young Astrophytum senile var. aureum (sensu Backeberg)
P 289 alfresco.
Photo and © copyright by Konstantin V. Korotkov.
 (Sergiev Posad, Moscow reg., Russia)
 

 

 

Synonyms:  

  • Astrophytum aureum (Backeb.) Halda & Malina 2005a
  • Astrophytum aureum HAAGE, W. 1981
  • Astrophytum capricorne aurea BOMMELJE, C. 1951
  • Astrophytum capricorne aureum BACKEBERG, C. (OKUMURA) 1961
  • Astrophytum capricorne f. aureum DONALD, J.D. (KRAINZ) 1975
  • Astrophytum capricorne v. aurea MARSHALL, W.T.; BOCK, T.M. 1941
  • Astrophytum capricorne v. aureum BORG, J. 1951
  • Astrophytum capricorne v. aureus GILKEY, J.E. 1944
  • Astrophytum capricorne v. luteum NOYES, F.B. 1943
  • Astrophytum senile f. flavispina HAAGE, W.; SADOVSKY, O. 1957
  • Astrophytum senile v. aureispinum SADOVSKY, O. 1951
  • Astrophytum senile v. aureum BACKEBERG, C. 1937
  • Echinocactus capricornis v. aureum MEGATA, M. 1944
  • Echinocactus capricornis v. aureus BERGER, A. 1929
  • Echinocactus capricornus v. aurea SUHR, R. (zit.: GASSER, J.) 1925
  • Echinocactus capricornus v. aureus  MÖLLER, H. 1925


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