Gymnocalycium ochoterenae subs. vatteri Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
Origin and Habitat: Argentina, Catamarca, Córdoba
Synonyms:
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Description: This is a very slowly growing specie. Generally solitary but old specimens may cluster from the base.
Stem: Flattened with dull grey-green or blue green epidermis, up to 9 cm high 4-10 cm broad (or more in culture)
Ribs:11-14 scarcely prominent.
Areoles: Whit grey wool .
Spines: Stiff and bent to the body, very variable both in length (1 to 2 cm long), cross-section and number ( 1 to 3 in each areole) though some areoles are completely spineless, The most characteristic vatteri form is the one with only 1 spine.
Flowers: 4-5 cm long and 4 cm broad, white with pink to brownish-red throat.
Blooming time: Profuse flowers from late spring to summer.
More...Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Gymnocalycium ochoteranae group
Gymnocalycium intermedium Piltz non Hildm.: has squat dull grey-green or blue green epidermis, and usually 3 spines. Distribution: East of Salsacate, Cordoba, Argentina.- Gymnocalycium ochoterenae Backeb.: (ssp. ochoterenae) It has 3-5 recurving radial spines. Distribution: Widespread in Cordoba, and San Luis, Argentina.
- Gymnocalycium ochoterenae var. cinereum Backeb.: (ssp. ochoterenae) has pale to dark greyish-green stem (often brown coloured in ochoterenae) and cream-white flowers. Distribution: San Francisco Del Monte De Oro, San Luis, Argentina
- Gymnocalycium ochoterenae subs. herbsthoferianum H.Till & Neuhuber: It has 6-7 pectinate radial spines; it occurs near Lujan, San Luis.
- Gymnocalycium ochoterenae var. scoparium H.Till & Neuhuber: (ssp. ochoterenae) has longer light coloured brushy spines, longer spherical stems, and most prominent tubercles. Distribution: west of Quines (base of Lujan mountains), San Luis, Argentina.
- Gymnocalycium ochoterenae subs. vatteri (Buining) Papsch: It has only 1-3 recurved spines. Distribution: it occurs in Cordoba.
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
4) N. L. Britton, J. N. Rose “The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family.” Volume 4, The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1923
5) Curt Backeberg “Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde” Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart New York 1982–1985
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Gymnocalycium ochoterenae subs. vatteri Photo by: Cactus Art
Gymnocalycium ochoterenae subs. vatteri Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
Gymnocalycium ochoterenae subs. vatteri Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
Gymnocalycium ochoterenae subs. vatteri Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
Gymnocalycium ochoterenae subs. vatteri Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
Gymnocalycium ochoterenae subs. vatteri Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
Gymnocalycium ochoterenae subs. vatteri Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
P108 (Collector: Jörg and Brigitte Piltz) Las Rabonas, Cordoba, Argentina Photo by: Valentino VallicelliCultivation and Propagation: It is a summer grower species that offers no cultivation difficulties. Water regularly in summer (but do not overwater ) keep rather dry in winter. Feed with a high potassium fertilizer in summer. It is quite frost resistant if kept dry (hardy to -5° C) Sun Exposure: Light shade.
Propagation:: Direct sow after last frost.(seldom produces offsets)
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