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Weingartia cintiensis
This is a fiercely spined species
very beautiful also when not in flower.
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Description:
Weingartia faidiana is a very spiny and usually solitary cactus.
Stem: Up to 30 cm tall and 15 cm in width, spherical to to short
cylindrical, yellowhis-green to grey-green.
Ribs: Completely divided into round spiraling tubercles.
Areoles: Roundish, yellowish or creamy white and quite large.
Spines: Very dense, acicular, interlacing and almost completely
covering the stem, not easily distinguishable as centrals and radials
variable in colour from from pale-yellowish to blackish-violet.
Central spines: About 3-4 up to 5 cm long straight.
Radial spines: About 9-14 straight or curved up to 3 cm long.
Flowers: 3 cm long yellow. They are produced especially in a ring
near the very tips of the stems.
Blooming season: The flowers are produced in early summer and remain
open for five or six days.
Fruit: Spherical to elongate, small tannish-brown.
Roots: Large, tuberose connected to the plants stem with a
constricted neck.
Note: All the 60 species of genus
Weingartia have been transferred to synonymy status under the
genus Rebutia; about 45 or so of them as synonyms of two
species, R. canigueralii and R. neocumingii.
The genus Weingatia was always considered difficult to
differentiate from Gymnocalycium, Neowerdermanniana,
and Sulcorebutia and its name has had a very eventful
history which evidently continues in controversy today.
Rebutia fidaiana ssp. cintiensis (TL: North of Cinti in
Bolivia, field number KK772):
This is a very spiny subspecies that was discovered by W. Rausch and
described by Cárdenas in 1958. It has 13 to 14 spines which are greyish,
straw or pale-brownish coloured, straight, needle-shaped, spreading,
very similar in size, shape and length so they are hardly
distinguishable as central and radial spines. It branches freely and
forms clumps with elonged stems.
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Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
Family) Weingartia cintiensis
Cárdenas 1958
Accepted
Scientific name:
Rebutia fidaiana ssp. cintiensis
(Cárdenas) D.R.Hunt 1997
Origin: Bolivia (Chuquisaca) 2400-3400 m
Conservation status: Listed in
CITES appendix 2.
Etymology: The genus name Weingartia pays tribute
to Wilhelm Weingart, the German cactus authority. The species
name cintiensis cintiensis refers of the occurrence in the
provinces of Nor-Cinti and Sud-Cinti, Dept. Chuquisaca,
Bolivia.
Synonyms:
- Rebutia fidaiana (Backeb.) D. R.
Hunt 1987
- Spegazzinia fidaiana (Backeberg)
Backeberg 1933
- Sulcorebutia fidaiana (Backeb.)
F.H.Brandt 1979
- Gymnocalycium westii Hutchinson
1957
- Weingartia westii ( Hutchinson)
F.H.Brandt 1976
- Sulcorebutia cintiensis
(Cárdenas) F.H. Brandt, Frankfurter Kakteenfr., 3:
9; cf. G. D. Rowley in Repert. Pl. Succ. (I. O. S.), 27: 9 (1976 publ.
1979), 1976
- Weingartia fidaiana (Backeb.)
Werderm. 1937
- Weingartia leucoriensis Cárdenas
1964
- Sulcorebutia leucoriensis
(Cárdenas) F.H.Brandt 1976
- Weingartia vilcayensis Cárdenas
1964
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Cultivation: Full sun to light shade, Water regularly in summer but
do not overwater. Keep dry or slightly moist in winter at a minimum
temperature of 5°C (But Hardy to -4°C or less).
It is better that they are repotted regularly. Repotting will increase
size of stems and the number of flowers produced. Repot yearly until
reaching about 100 mm in size, then every two or three years will
suffice. Repotting is best done at the end of winter but can be done at
other times. Do not water for a couple of weeks after repotting to
reduce risk of root rot via broken roots.
Propagation: Offsets (seldom available), or seeds
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