Origin and Habitat: Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar)

• Echinopsis jajoiana cv. Anemone
• Lobivia jajoiana cv. Anemone

• Echinopsis marsoneri Werderm.
• Lobivia chrysantha subs. marsoneri (Werderm.) Rausch ex G.D.Rowley
• Lobivia marsoneri (Werderm.) Backeb. in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth
• Echinopsis hossei Werderm.
• Lobivia chrysantha var. hossei (Werderm.) Backeb.
• Lobivia hossei (Werderm.) Backeb.
• Echinopsis jajoiana (Backeb.) hort. ex R.Blossfeld
• Lobivia chrysantha subs. jajoiana (Backeb.) Rausch ex G.D.Rowley
• Lobivia chrysantha var. jajoiana (Backeb.) Rausch
• Lobivia jajoiana Backeb.
• Echinopsis jajoiana f. cristata hort.
• Lobivia jajoiana f. cristata hort.
• Echinopsis rubescens Backeb.
• Lobivia chrysantha var. rubescens (Backeb.) Rausch ex G.D.Rowley
• Lobivia marsoneri var. rubescens (Backeb.) J.Ullmann
• Lobivia rubescens Backeb.
• Lobivia gregeri Kreuz.
• Andenea gregeri Kreuz.
• Lobivia jajoiana var. aurata Rausch
• Lobivia jajoiana f. buiningiana (F.Ritter) J.Ullmann
• Hymenolobivia buiningiana F.Ritter
• Lobivia buiningiana F.Ritter
• Lobivia jajoiana var. caspalasensis Rausch
• Lobivia chrysantha var. caspalasensis (Rausch) G.D.Rowley
• Lobivia jajoiana var. elegans Rausch
• Lobivia jajoiana var. fleischeriana Backeb.
• Lobivia jajoiana var. glauca (Rausch) J.Ullmann
• Lobivia chrysantha var. glauca (Rausch) G.D.Rowley
• Lobivia glauca Rausch
• Lobivia jajoiana f. miniatinigra (F.Ritter) J.Ullmann
• Hymenolobivia miniatinigra F.Ritter
• Lobivia miniatinigra F.Ritter
• Lobivia jajoiana var. nidularis Rausch
• Lobivia jajoiana var. nigrostoma (Kreuz. & Buining) Backeb.
• Lobivia nigrostoma Kreuz. & Buining
• Lobivia jajoiana var. paucicostata (Rausch) Rausch
• Lobivia chrysantha var. paucicostata (Rausch) Rausch in Rausch
• Lobivia glauca var. paucicostata Rausch
• Lobivia paucicostata (Rausch) hort.
• Lobivia jajoiana var. pungens Rausch
• Lobivia jajoiana var. striatipetala Y.Itô
• Lobivia marsoneri var. haageana (Backeb.) J.Ullmann
• Lobivia haageana Backeb.
• Lobivia marsoneri var. iridescens (Backeb.) Rausch
• Lobivia iridescens Backeb. in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth
• Lobivia marsoneri var. muhriae (Backeb.) J.Ullmann
• Lobivia chrysantha var. muhriae (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
• Lobivia muhriae Backeb.
• Lobivia marsoneri var. uitewaaleana (Buining) J.Ullmann
• Lobivia uitewaaleana Buining
• Lobivia tuberculosa F.Ritter
• Lobivia vatteri Krainz
• Lobivia vatteri var. robusta Backeb.

• Echinopsis jajoiana cv. Anemone
• Lobivia jajoiana cv. Anemone

Description: Echinopsis jajoianaSN|11361]]SN|11361]] cv. Anemone best known as Lobivia jajoiana cv. AnemoneSN|12109]]SN|12109]] is one of best Lobivia cultivars very priced for its unique bicoloured flowers, pale pinkish-white with a contrasting very dark purple-violet to black throat. It is extremely attractive.
Habit: It is a small geophytic cactus that usually grows solitary, but given the best conditions may form small groups.
Stem: Flat globose-spherical, egg-shaped, then elongate as they ages, soft, up to 50-60 mm in diameter, grey-green. The crown is slightly depressed and covered with whitish wool.
Ribs: 10-14 compressed, straight running downward or spiralling and divided into slanting tubercles 10 mm long, chinned and keeled below, whose arrangement creates the impression of a wavy line.
Areoles: Oval, 3-4 mm long, white-tomentose.
Of different length, usually straight or slightly bent, directed upward, dark brown to blackish in youth, later grey.
Radial spines: Approximately 10 or less, about 1 cm long.
Central spines: 1 to 3, strong, dark, frequently red; the upper spine usually attains a length of 3 cm and is often hooked and thickened basally (but sometime the longest of them may reach the length of 4-6 cm).
Root: Thick taproot.
Flowers: Arising from the basal tubercles on the side of the plant, bell-shaped, fragrant, about 50-70 mm long and in diameter, ovary and tube grey/green with violet-brown scales and grey wool, outer perianth segments lanceolate, grey pink with a darker median strip, inner perianth segments spatulate, wavy, very pale pink to almost white with tips suffused with pink, which contrats with the dark purple-violet to black hymen (or throat ring of the flower), which is thickened at the edge and glossy. Filaments black, anthers and pollen pale creamy-yellow. Style and stigma lobes green.
Fruit and seed: As in the other varieties.
Remarks: Similar flower colours has been inherited by some Chamaecereus hybrids too.

Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) Edward Anderson “The Cactus family” Timber Press, Incorporated, 2001
2) James Cullen, Sabina G. Knees, H. Suzanne Cubey "The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-Doors and Under Glass" Cambridge University Press, 11/Aug/2011
3) David R Hunt; Nigel P Taylor; Graham Charles; International Cactaceae Systematics Group. "The New Cactus Lexicon" dh books, 2006

Cultivation and Propagation: It is a summer-growing species that offers no cultivation difficulties and regularly shows its small greenish flowers if we provide an adequate winter rest period.
Soil: The substratum must be very porous, slightly acidic, with good drainage.
Repotting: Repotting every 2-3 years. It will need a pot with sufficient depth to allow the tap root. As it is especially prone to rot under-pot in a smaller container filled with very porous compost. Use pot with good drainage.
Watering: Water regularly from March till October (but do not over-water), and keep perfectly dry in winter, at temperatures from 5 to 15 degrees centigrade. In the rest period no high atmospheric humidity!!Care must be taken with watering as they tends to become swollen and untidy in growth habit if given too much water and shade.
Exposition: They require as much sun and light as possible, and pure air availability. Tends to bronze in strong light, which encourages flowering and heavy spine production.
Hardiness: It is quite frost resistant if kept dry (hardy to -5° C or less for short periods of time) Keep drier and cool in winter. The fluctuations of temperature between the day and the night (especially the temperature reduction at night) and fresh soil, greatly contribute to the health of plants. They cannot tolerate stagnant heat.
Fertilization: During the growing season enrich the soil using a fertilizer rich in potassium and phosphorous, but poor in nitrogen, because this chemical element doesn’t help the development of succulent plants, making them too soft and full of water.
Pests & diseases: It may be attractive to a variety of insects, but plants in good condition should be nearly pest-free, particularly if they are grown in a mineral potting-mix, with good exposure and ventilation. Nonetheless, there are several pests to watch for:
- Red spiders: Sensitive to red spider mite. Overhead watering is helpful in controlling mites.
- Mealy bugs: Occasionally mealy bugs they develop aerial into the new growth among the wool with disfiguring results, but the worst types develop underground on the roots and are invisible except by their effects.
- Scales: Scales are rarely a problem.
- Rot: Rot it is only a minor problem with cacti if the plants are watered and “aired” correctly. If they are not, fungicides won't help all that much.
Propagation: Propagate by seed or shoots. Seeds germinate in 7-14 days at 21-27° C in spring, remove the glass cover gradually as the plants develops and keep ventilated, no full sun for young plants! The seedlings should not be disturbed until they are well rooted, after which they can be planted separately in small pots.