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Turbinicarpus macrochele forma cristata
(Syn: Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus ssp. macrochele "cristata")

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Turbinicarpus macrochele forma cristata

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Description:
Turbinicarpus macrochele is a (usually) solitary plant up to 35 mm tall, 4.5 cm in diameter, the stem is partly underground, with a woolly spiny apex. This subspecies has poorly developed tubercles, 0-4 paper-like spines (sometime as many as 6) up to 4 cm long (or more)
Flowers: White or (rarely) pinkish white at the apex, 18 mm long, 3.5 cm in diameter. They come in multiple periods from late winter to early fall. They are followed by small smooth fruit, hidden in the apical wool, splitting when ripe.

This taxon is more widely known as Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus v. macrochele

Cultivation: Robust species to cultivate. It requires full sun and careful watering to keep the plant compact and low. It has a tap root, and watering it properly is often difficult, because it tends to crack open or rot, if over-watered.

Propagation: by vegetative propagation grafting (usually) or stem cuttings.


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Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)

Scientific name:  Turbinicarpus macrochele (Werderm.) F. Buxbaum & Backeberg
In: Cact. 1:27. 1937

Basionym: Echinocactus macrochele Werdermann
In: Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums Berlin-Dahlem 11(104), 270, 1931.

Origin:  It occur in the vicinity of Matehuala, San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 2.

Synonyms:  

  • Toumeya macrochele (Werdermann) Bravo &W.T. Marshall 1936
  • Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus var. macrochele (Werderm.) Glass & R.C. Foster 1977
  • Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus ssp. macrochele (Werderm.) N.P.Taylor 1998
  • Pediocactus schmiedickeanus var. macrochele (Werderm.) Halda 1998
  • Neolloydia schmiedickeana var. macrochele (Werderm.) E. F. Anderson 1986
  • Strombocactus macrochele (Werderm.) Backeberg 1936


 

 

 

Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Turbinicarpus schmiedicheanus aggregate:  (This taxon has lots of synonyms,  with several controversial varieties and subspecies):

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