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Pediocactus peeblesianus var. fickeisenii
SB468 Fredonia, AZ.
(Navajoa peeblesiana ssp. fickeisenii)
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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.
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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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Photo of conspecific
taxa, varieties, forms and
cultivars of Pediocactus peeblesianus:
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Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
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Origin: Grand Canyon Area, Arizona, USA
Habitat:
Conservation status: Listed in
CITES appendix 1.
Common Name: Fickeisen Plains Cactus
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Synonyms:
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Toumeya fickeisenii W.H. Earle 1963
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Pediocactus fickeisenii W.B Benson 1962
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Navajoa fickeisenii Backeberg 1960
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Navajoa peeblesiana ssp. fickeisenii
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Utahia peeblesiana fickeiseniae
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Echinocactus peeblesianus (Croizat) L. Benson
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The rounded buds just before opening in April |
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Flowers
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