Accepted Scientific Name: Echinopsis pentlandii (Hook.) Salm-Dyck ex A.Dietr.
Allg. Gartenzeitung (Otto & Dietrich) 14: 250. 1846 Otto & A.Dietr.
Echinopsis scheeri Photo by: Peiffer Clement
Origin and Habitat: Arequipa,Peru.
Altitude range: 3600-4700 metres above sea level.
Synonyms:
See all synonyms of Echinopsis pentlandii
Description: Echinopsis scheeriSN|10595]]SN|10601]] (Lobivia scheeriSN|10600]]SN|10600]]), is a controversial cactus species generally included within (as a synonym of) {{SN'>
10595' alt='10595'>Echinopsis pentlandii#SN#10595'>{{[[Echinopsis pentlandiiSN' style='border:none;'>|SN|10595]]}}, suggesting that there is not really a fundamental difference between the two. The dark greyish-green or tan body with a long carrot like root, thin brownish or greyish spines, and long pale orange-red flowers helps distinguish this tree from other related species.
Stem: Single or forming shoots, ellipsoidal, 5-6(-10) cm thick dark greyish-green, dark blue-green or tan.
Ribs: 10-20 (or more), acute, separated by deep vertical grooves, crenate ( notched),obliquely interrupted at the areola.
Spines: Variable, all radial or sometime with one central.
Radial spines: 6, stronger and 4-5 thinner, acicular, slightly bent inward, about 26 mm long, at first dark purple and subsequently brownish or grey.
Central spines: 0-1, acicular to subulate somewhat recurved 3-9 cm long or less in young specimens.
Notes: Rumpler writes (1885): Sepaloid perianth segments elongated-linear, dark green, petaloid perianth segments numerous, pointed-lanceolate, lilac in the outside, light-cinnabar-red (or or also orange and yellow) with a darker mid-rib. W. Rausch 1992 (KuaS, 1992, H. 9, S. 9, S. 198-201): named Lobivia pampanaSN|34274]]SN|34274]] as Lobivia scheeriSN|10600]]SN|10600]] because this later name would be older.
For more details see: Echinopsis pentlandiiSN|10601]]SN|10595]]
More...Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Echinopsis pentlandii group
Echinopsis pentlandii (Hook.) Salm-Dyck ex A.Dietr.: Small quite variable species with long spins (up to 20 cm long in some clones). The flowers are of almost any colour: red, pink, yellow or bi coloured and have a very nice contrasting throat circle.- Echinopsis pentlandii f. cristata hort.: Crested form, many clones available. Garden origin.
- Echinopsis pentlandii subs. hardeniana (Boed.) G.Navarro: (Lobivia hardeniana) Older specimens produce very long spines (up to 20 cm long !!!) but younger specimens have short spines for years. Flowers multicoloured.
- Echinopsis pentlandii subs. larae (Cárdenas) G.Navarro: has dark purple, to pink lilac flowers with a paler throat. The stems are hemispherical and quite flattened with comb shaped radial spines. Distribution: Tarata to Rio Caine, Cochabamba.
- Echinopsis pentlandii f. variegata hort.: Colourful plants with green and yellow variegated parts.
- Echinopsis pentlandii cv. Yellow (forma albinica) hort.: Chlorophyll-less Mutant with bright yellow stems. Garden origin.
- Echinopsis scheeri Salm-Dyck: has dark greyish-green or tan body with a long carrot like root, thin brownish or greyish spines, and long pale orange-red flowers. Distribution: Arequipa, Peru.
- Lobivia pentlandii f. aculeata (Buining) J.Ullmann: Plants covered by long stiff spines with bright purple-red flowers. Distribution: Tinquipaya, Potosi.
- Lobivia pentlandii f. varians (Backeb.) J.Ullmann: (Lobivia varians) This form has orange flowers with a paler throat and extremely long spines (up to 25 cm long!). Distribution: Challapata to Potosí, Potosí.
Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) Förster-Rümpler, “Die Cacteenkunde”. zweite Auflage. 1885.
2) Tim Inskipp, Harriet J. Gillett “Checklist of CITES species and annotated CITES appendices and reservations: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora” CITES Secretariat, 2005
3) Lobivia pampana retrieved from Cactusinflo.nl on 09-07-2017 <http://cactusinfo.nl/index.php/64-cactus-en-vetplant-soorten/lobivia/119-lobivia-pampana>
4) Echinopsis scheeri Salm-Dyck, 1849 retrieved from cactuslove.ru on 09-07-2017 <http://www.cactuslove.ru/vid.php?vidid=2172>
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