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Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus ssp. klinkerianus
This species has 3 spines the lower one longer,
up to 1 cm, the 2 upper ones small only on young areoles, flattened
below, curved towards the apex, grey with dark tip, corky, rather soft,
with transverse fissures.
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Description: Body: Solitary or slowly clumping , dichotomy also
observed, globular depressed, 30-50 mm high, 35-40
mm wide, pale grey to
greenish-brown, apex with some white wool.
Root: Taproot.
Tubercles: 1 cm broad and 6 mm high, pyramidal, rhomboid at the
base., arranged in flat spirals.
Areoles: on the tip of the tubercle, with a little wool, soon
becoming bare.
Spines:
2-3. the lower one longer, up to 1 cm, the 2 upper ones only on young
areoles, flattened below, curved towards the apex, grey with dark tip,
corky, rather soft, with transverse fissures.
Flowers: Apical, funnel shaped, inside ivory, outside with darker
brown (or magenta) midribs 14-25mm wide. This plant is capable of
blooming when it is little larger than 1 cm
Ø.
Fruits: Green-brown with a woolly top.
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Photo
and © copyright by
Andrea
B. (Bologna, Italy)
http://www.cactusfriends.com/Andrea/index.html
This Mexican species
exhibits some diversity in form, especially regarding the shape and size
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Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
Family)
Scientific Name:
Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanussp. klinkerianus (Backeb. & H. Jacobsen) N. P.
Taylor
Published in: Cactaceae Cons. Initiat. 5:14. 1998
Distribution: Guadalcazar in the state of San Luis Potosi
(Mexico)
Habitat: Grows in scattered
colonies, mostly in mossy crevices on rooky
slopes at altitudes around 1150-2250m.
Conservation status: Listed in
CITES Appendix I
Synonyms:
- Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus (Boedecker) Buxbaum et
Backeberg 1937
- Turbinicarpus klinkerianus
- Strombocactus klinkerianus
- Toumeya klinkeriana
- Toumeya schmiedickeana var klinkeriana
- Strombocactus schmiedickeanus var klinkerianus
- Neolloydia schmiedickeana var klinkeriana
- Pediocactus schmiedickeanus var klinkerianus
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T. klinkerianus
(form Huizache)
Cultivation: It’s a fairly
easy species to cultivate. It needs a very well-drained soil,
and requires strong sun to
part sun to develop good spinal growth.
Waterings should be rather infrequent to keep the plant
compact and avoid it becoming excessively elongated and unnatural in
appearance. Keep dry in winter, or when night temperatures remain
below 10° C. It is hardy to -4°C for a
short period. Assure a good ventilation.
Reproduction: From seed, since the plant rarely produces
plantlets, or
grafted.
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Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and
cultivars of plants belonging to the Turbinicarpus schmiedicheanus
aggregate: (This taxon
has lots of synonyms, with
several controversial varieties and subspecies):
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