Echinopsis tiegeliana f. cristata

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Echinopsis tiegeliana f. cristata hort.

Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Echinopsis tiegeliana (Wessner) D.R.Hunt
Bradleya 9: 88. 1991

Echinopsis tiegeliana f. cristata Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

Synonyms:

Echinopsis tiegeliana f. cristata hort.

Lobivia tiegeliana f. cristata hort.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinopsis tiegeliana (Wessner) D.R.Hunt
Bradleya 9: 88. 1991
Synonymy: 34

Echinopsis tiegeliana (Wessner) D.R.Hunt

Hymenorebutia tiegeliana (Wessner) F.Ritter
Lobivia tiegeliana Wessner

Echinopsis fricii (Rausch) Friedrich

Lobivia fricii Rausch
Lobivia tiegeliana var. fricii (Rausch) Rausch

Echinopsis tiegeliana f. cristata hort.

Lobivia tiegeliana f. cristata hort.

Echinopsis tiegeliana f. variegata hort.

Lobivia tiegeliana f. variegata hort.

Lobivia pusilla f. aurea hort.
Lobivia pusilla f. cristata hort.
Lobivia tiegeliana f. albiflora (Krainz) Krainz

Lobivia peclardiana var. albiflora Krainz
Lobivia tiegeliana (Krainz) Krainz non Wessner

Lobivia tiegeliana f. dimorphipetala (F.Ritter) J.Ullmann

Hymenorebutia tiegeliana var. dimorphipetala F.Ritter

Lobivia tiegeliana var. distefanoana Cullmann & F.Ritter

Hymenorebutia tiegeliana var. distefanoiana (Cullmann & F.Ritter) F.Ritter

Lobivia tiegeliana var. flaviflora (F.Ritter) Rausch

Hymenorebutia pusilla f. flaviflora (F.Ritter) F.Ritter
Lobivia pusilla f. flaviflora F.Ritter

Lobivia tiegeliana var. peclardiana (Krainz) Krainz

Lobivia peclardiana Krainz

Lobivia tiegeliana var. pusilla (F.Ritter) Rausch

Hymenorebutia pusilla (F.Ritter) F.Ritter
Lobivia pusilla F.Ritter

Lobivia tiegeliana var. ruberrima Rausch

Hymenorebutia tiegeliana var. ruberrima (Rausch) F.Ritter

Lobivia tiegeliana var. uriondoensis Rausch

Lobivia tiegeliana Rausch non Wessner

Lobivia tiegeliana f. winteriae (Krainz) Krainz

Lobivia peclardiana var. winteriae Krainz

Mediolobivia hirsutissima Cárdenas

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Description: Dark green ribs with flat tubercles between which the areoles appear.
Spines: Arranged like little spiders, brownish, turn greyish eventually.
Flowers: Deep red.

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Echinopsis tiegeliana group

Echinopsis tiegeliana (Wessner) D.R.Hunt: grows flat with the ground from a fleshy tap root, it is very variable in spination and flower colour over its geographic range. Distribution: Southern Bolivia, northern Argentina.
Echinopsis tiegeliana f. cristata hort.: crested form.
Echinopsis tiegeliana f. variegata hort.: variegated form.
Lobivia pusilla f. aurea hort.: Mutant completely lacking chlorophyll pigment. The result is a completely yellow plant.
Lobivia pusilla f. cristata hort.: crested form.
Lobivia tiegeliana f. dimorphipetala (F.Ritter) J.Ullmann: has long flower-tube and long outer petals.
Lobivia tiegeliana var. distefanoana Cullmann & F.Ritter: has shorter spines.
Lobivia tiegeliana var. flaviflora (F.Ritter) Rausch: has yellow blooms.
Lobivia tiegeliana var. pusilla (F.Ritter) Rausch: Has smaller stems and spines, only 40 mm tall. It is one of the smaller plants in the genus. Distribution: Tarija, Bolivia.
Lobivia tiegeliana var. ruberrima Rausch: has pure red flowers and dark tan-green or purplish-blck stems. Disttribution: Tarija, Bolivia.
Lobivia tiegeliana var. uriondoensis Rausch: has dark pink-violet flowers up to 4 cm long and wide. Spines are comb-like. Distribution: Uriondo, Tarija, Bolivia.

Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose “Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family” Courier Dover Publications, 1963
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 Hunt, Nigel Taylor “The New Cactus Lexicon” DH Books, 2006 ISBN 0953813444, 9780953813445.
4) Edward F. Anderson “The Cactus Family” Timber Press, 2001
5) Clive Innes, Charles Glass “Cacti” Portland House, 01/May/1991

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Cultivation 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). Need a bright exposure, full sun or half shade in summer. As these are high-elevation plants, they don't like to get overheated.
Propagation: Grafting, cutting.

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