Accepted Scientific Name: Echinopsis cinnabarina (Hook.) Labour.
Monogr. Cact. 288. 1853 Labour.

Lobivia cinnabarina var. walterspielii Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
Origin and Habitat: Lobivia walterspieliiSN|9477]]SN|9477]], grows south of the type locality near Potosi (between Otuyo and Betanzos)
Altitude: 3000-3500 metres above sea level.
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Accepted name in llifle Database:Echinopsis cinnabarina (Hook.) Labour.Monogr. Cact. 288. 1853Synonymy: 61
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Description: Echinopsis cinnabarinaSN|9451]]SN|9451]] var. walterspieli much better known under its old name, Lobivia walterspieliiSN|9477]]SN|9477]] is one of the morphological or local form of the very variable Echinopsis cinnabarinaSN|9451]]SN|9451]]. It distinguishes mostly in having a very flat body, longer and more porrect yellowish spines and clear red cup-shaped flower.
Habit: is a small cactus with a much flattened usually solitary body (sometime forms small few branched clumps).
Stems: Glossy dark green, spherical broader than high, depressed and unarmed at apex, up to 15 cm in diameter.
Ribs: It has 20 ribs spirally arranged, irregular and oblique, with raised to acute tubercles between which the areoles appear.
Areoles: Rounded with short whitish felt.
Radial spines: Longer and more porrect than in the standard Echinopsis cinnabarinaSN|9451]]SN|9451]], spreading, acicular, slender, Yellowish turning greyish eventually.
Central spines: None or 1 to 3 stouter.
Flowers: About 4 to 8 cm broad, near the plant apex, red cup-shaped. The flower's tube is covered by hairy lanceolate-acute scales with hairy axils.
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Echinopsis cinnabarina group
Echinopsis cinnabarina (Hook.) Labour.: has a flattened usually solitary body with spirally arranged ribs, with raised to acute tubercles. Spines arranged like little spiders. Flowers apical, scarlet to deep red. Distribution: Southern Bolivia and Northern Argentina.
Echinopsis cinnabarina var. acanthoplegma (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley: has colourful flower flowers ranging from orange to dark violet-red with contrasting white throat. Distribution: Cochabamba to La Paz , Bolivia.
Echinopsis cinnabarina f. variegata hort.: Variegated form.
Echinopsis oligotricha (Cárdenas) M.Lowry: is similar in habit to var. acanthoplegma but the flowers tube are typically nearly naked (or with few hairs). Distribution: Arani, Chochabamba, Bolivia.
Lobivia acanthoplegma var. patula Rausch: has more porrect-spreading spines than the var. acanthoplegma. Distribution: Cliza and adjacent areas, Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Lobivia acanthoplegma f. pilosa Rausch: has dense hairy dark carmine flowers up to 50 mm large. Stem single globose with dense yellowish spines, crown slightly depressed. Distribution: Cerro Kara-Kara, Cochabamba.
Lobivia acanthoplegma var. roseiflora Rausch: is somewhat more delicate than the type with shorter spines and smaller pink flowers with contrasting white centre. Distribution: Cochabamba to Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Bolivia
Lobivia cinnabarina var. draxleriana (Rausch) Rausch: has a very flat body, and paler creamy-yellow spines. Distribution: Cochabamba and Chuquisaca.
Lobivia cinnabarina var. walterspielii (Boed.) Rausch: has a very flat body, longer and more porrect yellowish spines and clear red cup-shaped flower. Distribution: Potosi, between Otuyo and Betanzos.
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Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) 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
2) David Hunt, Nigel Taylor “The New Cactus Lexicon” DH Books, 2006
3) Edward F. Anderson “The Cactus Family” Timber Press, 2001
Lobivia cinnabarina var. walterspielii Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
Lobivia cinnabarina var. walterspielii Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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Read More... Cultivation and Propagation: Echinopsis cinnabarinaSN|9451]]SN|9451]] is a summer grower species that offers no cultivation difficulties. Water regularly in summer (but do not overwater ) needs good drainage and very porous, keep rather dry in winter. Feed with a high potassium fertilizer in summer. It is quite frost resistant if kept dry (hardy to -12° C). Need a bright exposure, full sun or half shade in summer.
Propagation: Direct sow after last frost, offsets (if available).