Cactus Explorer 08 - Complete

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1 Sulcorebutia glomeriseta
2 Echinopsis oxygona
Number 8 3 Turichipa, Bolivia
ISSN 2048-0482 4 The Kaibab Plateau

May 2013 5 Big Bend Ranch Park
The Cactus Explorer ISSN 2048-0482
IN THIS EDITION
Number 8 May 2013
Regular Features Articles
Introduction 3 The Sulcorebutia of Ayopaya Province 20

News and Events 4 Granny’s Echinopsis 27
In the Glasshouse 9 Travel with the cactus expert (7) 35
Journal Roundup 13 Two to Turichipa 41
On-line Journals 14 Big Bend Ranch State Park, Texas, USA 46
The Love of Books 16
Cactus People Histories 18
Society Pages 50
Plants and Seeds for Sale 53
Books for Sale 58
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Cover Picture: Sulcorebutia glomeriseta JC 03-12, recently re-found and photographed by John Carr
in Bolivia
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ISSN 2048-0482 The Cactus Explorer
INTRODUCTION
Number 8 May 2013
Spring at last! descriptions of new cacti. First there is a new

and really different Matucana species
Rather like Spring, this issue of the Cactus
discovered last year by Chris Pugh and Rob
Explorer is later than usual! The fact is that I
Underwood. It has an actinomorphic flower
have been really busy with glasshouse jobs
much like a Rebutia, and is probably pollinated
postponed by the late arrival of warm weather
by bees rather than the usual humming bird
and my first attendance at the annual Fair of
adapted flowers of the genus.
the French Society A.R.I.D.E.S. at Tiercé in the
Loire Valley. The other new cactus is a Borzicactus
discovered by Paul Hoxey in southern Peru. It,
The meeting was well attended with about
also, is distinguished by its most unusual
40 vendors selling a large range of cacti and
flower for the genus, being small and very like
succulents. Jean Marie Solichon, the director of
the flower of Lobivia maximiliana. There are also
the Jardin Exotique in Monaco, gave a lecture
two articles about Ferocactus, others about
about the areoles of cacti. I also gave a talk,
Lobivia and Gymnocalycium plus the story of a
about the cacti of Brazil. It was certainly a very
natural cactus hybrid found in habitat.
enjoyable event with good weather and good
food! Succulent enthusiasts are also well catered
for with contributions about Aloe, Agave,
You will probably already know that this
Trichodiadema, Orbea, and a new genus of
year I have taken over the editorship of the
mesemb. I am really enjoying my job so please
BCSS yearbook, Bradleya, from Colin Walker.
help me keep it by pre-ordering Bradleya or
The articles are of a more scientific nature than
buying it when it is published, planned to be
those published in CactusWorld and often
in July 2013.
include descriptions of new taxa. There are
more articles about cacti this time and I am I hope you enjoy this edition of the Cactus
grateful to authors for choosing Bradleya to Explorer. It is smaller than recently and
publish their work. more the size I originally planned it would be.
However, I am happy to publish everything I
This year’s edition includes two important
am sent so please keep the articles coming.
Bradleya 31: 2013 Don’t forget that adverts are free so if you have
something to sell or are looking for something
15 articles about cacti and succulents, to buy or exchange, just send me the text and,
well illustrated with photographs, maps if possible, an image and I will do the rest.
and explanatory diagrams. Enjoy the summer!
Publication date planned for July 2013. GrahamCharles

Articles include: P.S. I am confident that the BCSS Convention
New species of cacti and succulents. in 2014 will be very entertaining, so please
A new genus of mesemb. help the organisers by booking early. See the
Studies of Aloe and Agave. details on page 6.
Two accounts of Ferocactus.
Gymnocalycium. The next issue of the Cactus Explorer is
High altitude Lobivias. planned for August 2013. If you have not al-
Orbea. ready told me and would like to be advised
A naturally occurring cactus hybrid. when it is available for download, please
send me your E-mail address to be added to
Pre-order your copy by contacting the distribution list.
[email protected] Thank you for your interest and support!
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NEWS AND EVENTS

Number 8 May 2013
British Cactus and Succulent Society

Oxford Branch Show
with the
Haworthia Society Show
Zone 6 SHOW
The Village Hall
Broughton Astley
Leicester LE9 6PT
Saturday 1st June 2013
Open 11.00am till 4pm
Admission £1 Children Free. There will be
plant and book sales and refreshments will
be available.
Langdale Hall
Contact Tony Morris +44(0)1455 614410
Witney OX28 6AB
email: [email protected]
Sunday 28th July 2013
Open 10.30am till 3.30pm
Zone 3 Rally Plant sales. Refreshments and Raffle.
Carlton Village WMC
LECTURE at 4.30p.m. (entry by ticket only)
WF3 3RW by Paul Shirley (Boskoop, Netherlands)
(between Leeds and Wakefield) "A - Z of Caudiciforms"
Saturday 26th October 2013
9.30am until 5pm Contact Bill Darbon +44(0)1993 881926
Talks by Trevor Wray, Dr. Andrew Young
and Graham Charles.
Admission £15 with carvery lunch. Doug Rowland †
Mini Show. Plant, sundry and book sales.
We are sad to report the death of Mr
Refreshments included.
Doug Rowland of Kempston, Bedfordshire,
England who passed away on 13th February
Contact Peter Burton +44(0)1132 773424
2013.
Doug joined the NCSS many years ago
and remained active in the BCSS until fairly
John Pilbeam is looking for good habitat photos, recently. He is famous for his long running
preferably with flowers, of island species of cacti and business selling Cactus & Succulent seeds to
succulents around Baja California, as well as Dudleya customers world-wide.
(in bloom and not) and blooming Cochemiea on the
peninsula itself, with publication in mind. email to: We extend our sympathy to his widow
[email protected], or snailmail to 51 Chelsfield
Lane, Orpington, Kent, BR5 4HG, United Kingdom. Vivienne on her sad loss.
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Number 8 May 2013 ISSN 2048-0482 The Cactus Explorer
Chihuahuan Desert video for sale
A trailer of the full size-full quality blue-ray disk

titled Chihuahuan Desert is available from Youtube
(http://youtu.be/KbM72VI6vUg). The documentary
covers several samples of the desert - in the south,
from where it merges into Sierra Madre Oriental,
Mexico, all the way to the Tularosa Basin in
southern New Mexico. It is a portrait of the land-
scapes and ecology with emphasis on the most
diverse plant family, the cactus family.
Duration of the entire video is 57 minutes plus
additional 38 minutes of slide show. Subtitles of
scientific names and audio with English or Czech
languages are available both on the DVD and BD
versions of this program.
The disks can be ordered at this e-mail:
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Please provide your e-mail and shipping
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The Cactus Explorers Weekend

September 20th-22nd 2013
Beaumont Hall, Leicester University, UK
South West Cactus Mart

Anyone interested is welcome to participate but
the number attending is limited so book early.
Saturday June 29th 2013
18 cactus talks by participants and visiting
Portishead Youth Centre,
speakers Zlatko Janeba and Philippe Corman.
1, Harbour Road, Portishead, Bristol BS20 7DD
Plant and Book sales.
Meet like-minded people at a pleasant venue. Open 10.00-14.30
The price of £200 includes two nights accommo- Free Admission
dation in en-suite single rooms, all meals, re-
Contact: Tony Irons,
freshments and wine with the evening meals.
There is a bar offering real ale. Phone: 01275 846239
email Graham Charles or visit the website
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The Cactus Explorer ISSN 2048-0482 Number 8 May 2013
The BCSS International Convention. Heidi Hartmann awarded

11th to the 13th July 2014. the Cactus d'Or
Stamford Court, University of Leicester, UK.
At the same venue as last time but now com-
Photo: © W. Hartmann
pletely rebuilt with much improved facilities.
The structure of the convention will be similar to
2010 with residential and non-residential pack-
ages available. Delegates and traders will be
offering sales of plants, books and sundries.
Speakers will be Woody Minnich from the USA;

Dr Olwen Grace from RBGK;
Ernst Van Jaarsveld from Kirstenbosch B.G.;
Guillermo Rivera from Argentina;
and Roger Ferryman UK
In addition, there will be 5 mini-talks.
Full details and on-line booking are available on
the BCSS website.
Please book your place soon to help the Dr. Heidrun E.K. Hartmann, famous for her
organisation of the event. studies of Aizoaceae, has been awarded the
prestigeous Cactus d'Or by the Principality of
British Cactus & Succulent Society Monaco. The prize is presented to people who
Zone 12 OPEN SHOW have made an outstanding contribution to the
(Judge: David Neville AJCS) study of succulents.
Sat/Sun 6-7 July 2013 Recipients are nominated by the Board of
the International Organisation for Succulent
Paradise Park, Avis Way, Newhaven,
Plant Study (IOS) and now Heidi joins an elite
East Sussex, BN9 0DH
group of outstanding students of our favourite
40 classes, refreshments, tombola plants.
Plant Sales In the picture from left to right:
Show Secretary: Graham Evans M. André J. Campana, adjoined to the Mayor
Zone 12 Open Show will be held over the of Monaco and responsible for the Environ-
weekend of 6-7 July, with plant sales by David ment and the Jardin Exotique.
Neville, John Pilbeam, Ralph Northcott and M. Christian Raimbert, Adjoined to the Mayor
BCSS members. This is a new venture for the of Monaco and Director of the Ecole
Zone. Supérieure d'Arts Plastiques de la Ville de
The venue is a popular tourist attraction set Monaco, at whose school the competition for a
in the lovely countryside of the South Downs, new Cactus d’Or has taken place.
with the show itself taking place within its His Excellency M. Michel Roger, Minister d’É-
large garden centre. The idea is to achieve a tat (the Prime Minister of Monaco), who pre-
good crossflow of visitors from the general sented the prize,
public, many of whom will probably never Dr. Jean-Marie Solichon, Director of the Jardin
have seen a display of cacti and succulents be- Exotique.
fore, and hopefully promote interest in the GC
hobby.
The Zone is therefore hopeful of strong sup-
port from cactophiles and, in recognition of its
promotional aims, is offering £5 towards a
Paradise Park restaurant meal/purchase to ex-
hibitors displaying at least 10 entries over both
days.
www.paradisepark.co.uk
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British Cactus & Succulent Society A tribute to Graham Hole from Brian Bates
Zone 19 Symposium
Graham Ernest Hole
Saturday 6th July 2013
(21 II 1946 – 17 I 2013)
St Thomas More Church Hall, Kirkway,
Alkrington, Middleton, Manchester, M24 1PP. I first met Graham about 30 years ago when we were
09:00 - 17:00. Tickets £15 from Peter Bint, both studying Sulcorebutia, he also specialised in Gym-
+44(0)161 643 8932 or [email protected] nocalycium and visited Eugendorf in Austria every year
Speakers: for the Gymno weekend. A few years later he lost his
job and due to his diminished financial status he started
Petr Pavelka: Petr is well known in UK for his expan-
working more on hardy cactus and became an expert
sive talks on succulents from African countries and
on the Opuntioideae of South America, especially from
Madagascar. For Zone 19, he is going to give a pres-
Argentina. In November 1998, he made his first visit to
entation about south west Angola. His talk about this
habitat in the company of Walter Rausch and Franz
region will be his first presentation of this topic on
Kühhas. This trip included Walter’s 70th birthday.
the British mainland and promises to be extremely in-
A couple of years ago he visited Patagonia on a trip
teresting.
organised by Guillermo Rivera. On his return to U.K.
Tomi Kulhanek: This is Tomi's first visit to Britain but he visited the doctor because of an ear problem and was
his reputation goes before him, being well known to diagnosed with throat cancer. Part of his jaw was re-
Gymnocalycium enthusiasts. His presentation is in 2 moved and he had chemotherapy and other treatments.
parts: the first and major section is Gymnocalycium He had a period of remission but alas the cancer re-
from 'the best habitats in Argentina' and the second, turned and he chose not to have further surgery. He fi-
is about other cacti from those same habitats. nally succumbed on 17th January 2013.
Ivor Crook: Ivor is known as an excellent local speaker. My memories are of a straight shooting friend who
His talks are thought provoking and challenging. His told it how it was. Now the pain has stopped and he is
first talk will set the scene and the second is a per- in a better place. I am honoured to have called him
sonal view of the genus Rebutia with images of all ac- friend.
cepted species plus some surprising findings.
Brian Bates
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Foire Internationale
aux Cactus et Succulentes
The annual meeting of the French society
ARIDES was held in the pleasant town of
Tiercé over the weekend of May 4th & 5th.
There was good turnout of enthusiasts who
attended the plant sale, where a wide range of
species was offered by 40 professional and am-
ateur growers.
British Cactus & Succulent Society

CAMBRIDGE BRANCH SHOW
Sunday 2nd June 2013
Great Shelford Memorial Hall
Woollards Lane, Great Shelford
Cambridge CB22 5LZ
10.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.
Plant Sales by
Cambridge branch members & You can find out more about this active
Plantlife Nursery (Stuart Riley) group of French enthusiasts at their website:
http://www.arides.info
Schedule and details from G.C.
the Show Manager: Paul Hoxey
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IN THE GLASSHOUSE
Number 8 May 2013
Matucana tuberculata, one of the best for cultivation.

Graham Charles tells us why it is worth searching out M. tuberculata which is not often found
on nursery lists. It is an example of a plant which rewards the grower with a succession of
exotic flowers through the summer. Photographs by the Author
Fig.1 Matucana tuberculata ISI 1103, the type collection made by Hutchison, Wright and Straw (No.6218) on August
8th 1964 at 2100m above El Chagual, 18km from Aricapampa, La Libertad, Peru.
Although discovered about 50 years ago,
here is a plant which is rarely seen in culture.
A situation which is even more surprising
when you see its potential to produce its
remarkable flowers repeatedly throughout the
summer.
My first clone was obtained from the ISI

back in 1979. This fine-spined form was
collected at 2100m on the west side of the river
Marañon and is recognizably different from
any other I have subsequently grown. The
plant clustered freely to make a clump of
stems filling a 15cm pan and has flowered
regularly and spectacularly [Fig1]. I keep the
Fig.2 Flowers of Matucana tuberculata with taller stems
plants at a minimum temperature of 10°C since
GC555A.05, from near El Chagual by the Marañon.
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Fig.4 Matucana tuberculata GC553.04 from most

southerly habitat known, just east of the Marañon cross-
Fig.3 The form of Matucana tuberculata with taller stems ing on the road from Sihuas to Huacrachuco, Ancash.
GC555A.05, from near El Chagual by the Marañon. their habitat is warm, particularly near the
river. All my clones have proved easy to grow
in the usual acidic compost I use for most
South American cacti.
I made my first visit to El Chagual, the type

locality of M. tuberculata, in 2002. We
approached the crossing from the east, having
stayed at Tayobamba the night before. We had
crossed the high pass and dropped down the
steep road through the gold mining town of
Parcoy in rain. As we descended into the valley
of the Marañon, the weather improved and
cacti started to appear in quantity. A forest of
Espostoa mirabilis primigena, Armatocereus
balsasensis and Browningia pilleifera encouraged
us to make our first stop at habitat GC555 at
1985m.
After some searching, Chris Pugh found

some large flat clusters of stems of Matucana
tuberculata, the seeds from which I grew as
GC555.04 [Fig.5]. Lower down the road, near
the village and the river, GC555A, we saw
clusters of stems which were much more
elongated. I recognised them as the plants I
Fig.5 Matucana tuberculata GC555.04 from 1985m on had grown under the name Matucana sp. El
the east side of the Marañon near El Chagual, on the Chagual obtained from Karel Knize [Figs.2&3].
road to Parcoy where it makes big flat clusters of stems.
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Fig.6 View of the village of El Chagual from the west side of the Marañon river. The right turn over the bridge leads
through the village then climbs out of the valley to the gold mining town of Parcoy.
We failed to find a place to stay overnight in
El Chagual so continued on to Aricapampa
where we were offered a room. It was not until
2009 that I had the chance to go to El Chagual
again. This time we approached from the west
and had the chance to stop a few times on the
descent into the valley.
I did not realise at the time that I should

have stopped at 2100m to look for the type
location of M. tuberculata so we did not stop
until habitat GC1080 at 1680m. The M.
tuberculata were in flower and fruit and looked
rather different from the type form [Fig.7].
Further down, we found many more M.
tuberculata growing on steep banks of what
looked like dried mud, often in the company of
the small-growing form of Matucana formosa
which Ritter had named var. minor.
This time we were able to stay at a small

new hostal in El Chagual so we had time to
look around just north of the bridge on the east
side of the valley. Here, at habitat GC1082, we
Fig.7 Matucana tuberculata GC1080.04 in flower and
saw many large clumps of M. tuberculata fruit at 1680m, west of the Marañon river, El Chagual.
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Fig.8 A large clump of Matucana tuberculata GC1082.05 growing near the Marañon river at 1280m, just north of the
bridge at El Chagual.
[Fig.8] growing with M. formosa var. minor and road which climbs out of the valley and goes to
Melocactus onychacanthus, among the large trees the Bosque de Chigualén Park.
of Espostoa mirabilis primigena, Browningia
pilleifera and Armatocereus balsasensis. It was Matucana tuberculata had been found by
beginning to get dark as butterflies were still Ritter in 1960 who gave it the provisional name
visiting the Melocactus flowers. One day, I M. tuberculosa but the species was first validly
would really like to explore further along this published by John Donald in 1979 as
Borzicactus tuberculatus and later transferred to
Matucana by Bregman in 1987. It appears to be
most closely related to Matucan krahnii which
occurs further north, down river, near Balsas.
Difficulty of access to the river prevents us
from seeing if the two intergrade.
G.C.
References
Donald, J. D. (1979) New Species from the Rio

Marañon. Cactus & Succulent Journal (U.S.)
51(2):51-56
Bregman, R. (1996) The Genus Matucana.

A.A.Balkema, Rotterdam.
Map.1 Showing El Chagual on the River Marañon with a

red arrow
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JOURNAL ROUNDUP
Number 8 May 2013
Melocactus of Cuba
The unique flora of Cuba has recently been Aloe
a popular subject for writers, not least the ‘Aloe’ is the journal of the Succulent Society
Melocactus species which occur there. of South Africa. 2013 is the 50th Anniversary of
The first special edition for 2013 of the the Society during which time this publication
Czech language journal Kaktusy is a well- has earned a reputation for high quality
illustrated account of the Cuban Melocactus content which surely makes it a must for all
names. The Czech text is a problem for me but succulent enthusiasts.
it appears that the author, Libor Kunte, was Volume 50 starts with combined Nos. 1 & 2,
able to find all the named species in habitat a tribute to John Lavranos. The large format of
and provides 2 maps to show approximately this 88 page quality publication facilitates the
where they are located. presentation of large spectacular photographs.
There is a new combination for Melocactus The issue starts with a tribute to John, surely
harlowii subsp. borhidii (Mészáros) Kunte on one of the greatest succulent explorers of our
page 27. Authors who take a broader view of age. Then there are another 16 articles about
species do not accept all the published names, the genus Aloe and some of the succulent
but there are probably four good species of plants that grow with them. Altogether, a real
Melocactus on the island. treat for the Aloe enthusiast and anyone who
enjoys the history and habitats of succulents.
Subscription to Kaktusy can be found at
Please consider subscribing to this valuable
http://www.cactus.cz/english/kaktusy/kaktusy_2012 and prestigeous publication.
GC
https://www.succulentsociety.co.za
GC
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ON-LINE JOURNALS
Number 8 May 2013
On-line Journals for you to download

Publishing journals on the web is becoming more popular and the number is increasing.
Here are the links for you to download and enjoy.
Xerophilia
The fourth issue of Xerophilia appeared in March 2013. It is
published in Romania but much of the content is in English as
well as Romanian. It is intended to focus on cultivation with
articles about growing and propagating our plants.
The impressive fourth edition has 102 pages and includes
articles about cacti in art; Neolloydia; Lobivia; Obregonia and
Mammillaria theresae in habitat; trifids- a disease of cacti; Frailea in
Uruguay; Mammillaria hernandezii; Crassulaceae of Tamaulipas;
growing Ariocarpus; Escobaria abdita.The next issue is due in June
2013.
The magazine may be downloaded as a pdf from
http://xerophilia.ro Contact: [email protected]
ECHINOCEREUS Online-Journal
The new German language on-line journal for
Echinocereus lovers.
The goals of this new journal are to study the genus
Echinocereus, to publish articles about the continuous
research on these plants (classification, morphology,
evolution) as well as to protect the genus Echinocereus
by reproduction from seeds and distribution of the
seedlings.
In this first issue there are well-illustrated articles about
E. pulchellus, E. triglochidiatus, E. x lloydii, and E.
koehresianus. Text in German with English summaries.
There are many large pictures of good quality making
this a very attractive publication.
The downloaded pdf file does not allow printing, so if
you want a printable version, you have to ask for it. The
page numbering is also unconventional with odd
numbers on the left of spreads.
See website: www.echinocereus.eu
GC
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Schütziana
The latest issue of Schütziana, the specialist on-line
journal for Gymnocalycium enthusiasts. deals exclusively
with G. bruchii. The first part of a detailed article by
Wolfgang Papsch describes and illustrates the variations to
be found in the many populations of G. bruchii. The recent
proliferation of superfluous population names is also
questioned.
The text of this valuable publication is in English and the
pictures and distribution maps give a clear insight into the
plants found in habitat and culture.
You can download free any of the six issues from:
www.schuetziana.org
GC
Avonia-News
Free German language on-line newsletter of "Avonia", the
quarterly journal of the German Society for other Succulents.
See website: www.fgas-sukkulenten.de
Annual seed list for members and much more.
Special interest groups for Aloe (incl. Haworthia etc.), Ascleps,
Euphorbia, Mesembs and Yucca/winter-hardy Succulents.
For membership and further information contact:
Dr. Jörg Ettelt: Morgenstr. 72, D-59423 Unna,
[email protected] or
Wilfried Burwitz: Postfach 100206, D-03002 Cottbus,
[email protected]
Succulentopi@
The latest issue of this new free online journal has recently
appeared. This is the first online journal published in French and it
is called Succulentopi@
The quality is excellent as you would expect from Yann Cochard
and his very active team. It is available as a free download from:
http://www.cactuspro.com/succulentopia
Succulentopi@ is a magazine in PDF format published by ‘Le
Cactus Francophone’ and its team. Their goal is to publish it every
three months, and to include articles, information, photos, etc. on
the theme of cacti and other succulents.
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THE LOVE OF BOOKS

Number 8 May 2013
News of Recent Publications. A Reminder of Old Favourites.

Many cactophiles enjoy reading about their plants, particularly in the winter when our
collections are less demanding. This feature aims to provide you with inspiration.
Turbinicarpus by Anton Hofer A Journey with Friedrich Ritter

The latest offering from the German Cactus This is a most unusual book featuring the
Society (DKG) which has recently published a pictures taken by Albert Buining when he
number of attractive and reasonably-priced travelled with Ritter in Chile and Peru during
books for its members. 1968-69. When the transparencies came to
Anton Hofer is well known for his extensive light, it was obvious that they were a valuable
travels in Mexico and his interest in the genus pictorial record of the plants represented by
Turbinicarpus. He has lectured on the subject Ritter’s FR field numbers. Most of the images
around Europe, including a number of visits to have been attributed to an FR number and are
Britain. a valuable supplement to those published, in
black and white, in Ritter’s ‘Kakteen in
This softbound book is 170 x 239mm, with
Südamerika’.
144 pages. It is well-illustrated with 204 colour
pictures of plants and habitats as well as a The book is A4 with 96 pages, perfect bound
map. The picture quality is generally good, but with soft covers. There are 345 original
some of the images are rather dark. pictures which, because of their age, are
variable in quality, depending on how good
After some introductory chapters, the
the transparencies were.
description, distribution, habitat, and
flowering time are given for each species. Available from Keiths Plant Books for £19
plus carriage.
Available only to DKG members for 10€ in
Germany and 12€ elsewhere in Europe. GC
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Specialist Reference Books
All the popular genera of cacti have their enthusiastic followers, some even with specialist
societies that publish journals. The genus Notocactus, now usually included in Parodia, is the
subject of study for the German journal ‘Internoto’. But, you can also find information in books
about the genus, although these are few in number. Here, I present the ones I know. GC
Notocactus was my favourite genus in the smaller page size (±A5), perfect bound with
early years of my interest in cacti. In the late soft covers and pictures in colour as well as
1960’s and the early 1970’s, the genus was black & white.
greatly expanded by new discoveries by Ritter Finally, Norbert Gerloff et al. published
and Horst-Uebelmann, many of which were their review of the genus in 1995. Again, with a
truly very different from previously-known similar content but this time with all species
species and introduced new flower colours. illustrated in black & white or colour. This
The publication in 1975 of a review of the tends the be the first place I look as a reference
known species was welcome indeed. It was to the genus but, of course, all these books take
written by Tony Mace, an enthusiast for a splitter’s view and many of the names are
Notocactus and part of the active Sussex Zone really just synonyms.
of the NCSS in England. I also have a nicely bound volume called
Simply-produced as comb bound A4 and ‘Notocactus Bibliography’ by Eric J.M. Piens
illustrated with line drawings by Maureen which I got when a library was sold. It looks
Holt and some black & white photographs, it like a privately-published book so I don’t
was a useful compilation of descriptions in know how many copies were produced or if it
English along with some brief notes about the was available on
plants. There was an introduction covering open sale.
history, distribution, cultivation and It comprises
morphology. an extensive list
A second edition and supplement appeared of references in
in 1978. Second hand copies occasionally come the literature
up for sale. Remarkably, it remains the only which relate to
review of Notocactus in English, probably Notocactus. It
because the genus has not been fashionable for must have taken
some time. a lot of time to
The next book was a special edition of the compile!
East German publication Kakteen-Sukkulenten GC
published in 1980. The contents, in German,
were similar to the Mace book, but with a
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CACTUS PEOPLE HISTORIES

Number 8 May 2013
Chuck Staples continues his series about people who have made significant contributions to
the study of cactus and succulent plants. His subject this time is Friedrich Ritter.
F. Ritter while he was living in the Canary Islands from

the British Cactus and Succulent Journal, June 1983.
Photo: Broogh.
F. Ritter on the Cerro San Ramon near Santiago (Chile)
from the Winter catalogue of 1956. Photo: Lembke. After exploring in a number of Mexican regions
in 1928 and 1929 in search of plants and seeds to
The following brief biography touches mainly
sell to nurseries and collectors in Germany, he
on the aspects of the life and career of Friedrich
spent the year 1930 collecting in Peru on the
Ritter that relates to his contributions to the cactus
eastern side of the Andes in the lowland tropical
and succulent plant world. This person made
forest—then collecting in parts of Bolivia,
wider contributions than have been included here,
Argentina and Chile during the first half of 1931.
but I hope that for interested succulentists, this will
Back in Mexico he continued collecting in the states
provide a sufficient introduction to the
of Sonora and Baja California before making his
achievements of the individual.
way back to Germany in 1937. During this time
Friedrich Ritter (1898–1989) is world renowned several experts in Germany were working on
for his work on South American Cactaceae. Born in identifying Ritter’s specimens—among them were
the small village of Quentel in the Hesse State of Friedrich Boedeker (1867–1937), Wilhelm Weingart
Germany on 9 May 1898, Friedrich studied biology, (1856–1936) and Alwin Berger (1871–1931), all three
geology and paleontology at the University of specialists in Cactaceae.
Marburg, German. His interest in the Cactaceae
Ritter emigrated to South America in 1952 to
family began when he and his parents with seven
begin another odyssey of plant collecting through
brothers and sisters moved from Germany to
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru, sending plants
Mexico in 1920 (before he had a chance to graduate
and seeds back to Germany again. He settled in
at the university). He began a career in mining in
Arica, Chile and bought himself a 1931 Ford for
1921 near Pezuapan, Guerrero, Mexico—starting
collecting trips into central and northern Chile in
his own mining company at Cacalotepec, Oaxaca,
1956. It wasn’t long before he made further
Mexico by 1924. By the time he was 29 years old
collecting trips into Peru, Bolivia, southern Chile,
and had moved to Saltillo in the Mexican state of
northwest Argentina and southeast Brazil,
Coahuila he gave up the mining venture for
constantly on the move from one place to another.
exploration and collection of cacti.
During the 1960s many new plant species were
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Friedrich Ritter watering his plants in his garden in Granizo, near Olmué, Chile. Photo: Albert Buining. © Succulenta
Photograph from the new book ‘A Journey with Friedrich Ritter along the coast of Chile and Peru’ see page 16.
published by Ritter in the German Cactus Society Miqueliopuntia, Lasiocereus and Yungasocereus.
journal. Gymnocalycium ritterianum was named in his honor
by Walter Rausch (1928-) in 1972. Ritter described
By the early1960s he moved his base to the
many species of cactus plants, including a number
Chilean village of Granizo. From there his
of species of Copiapoa, Gymnocalycium and
collecting journeys took him into the states of Bahia
Matucana. He discovered a number of plants
and Minas Gerais, Brazil and to Paraguay. In 1964
species that were named in his honour by other
he was recognized with an honorary membership
plant people including: Aztekium ritteri,
by the German Cactus Society. In 1968 Ritter spent
Cleistocactus ritteri, Espostoa ritteri, Eulychnia ritteri,
a couple of months touring through Chile and Peru
Rebutia ritteri, Matucana ritteri, and Parodia ritteri.
with Albert Frederik Hendrik Buining (1901–1976)
and his spouse Dina—shipping cactus plant Friedrich Ritter was an extraordinary German
specimens back to their home country of the traveller, geologist, adventurer, amateur botanist
Netherlands. [see the new book of Buining’s and cactus collector. His personal herbarium was
pictures from this journey on page 16] deposited in the Museo de Historia Natural in
Santiago de Chile in 1972. His work on South
By 1971 Ritter had given up hunting for cacti,
American Cactaceae has done much for the
spending the next 8 years in Paraguay due to the
enlightenment of students of cacti and the
upheaval with a new president in Chile. Back in
enrichment of the hobbyist. During his field work,
Germany he published four volumes on the
he accumulated some 5,500 pages of notes and data
Cactaceae of South America (Kakteen in
that filled 74 volumes.
Südamerika) and, upon its completion in 1981, he
moved to the Canary Islands where he passed References
away on 9 April 1989. Friedrich Ritter never
JSTOR Plant Science internet web site on
married and was a vegetarian, at least during the
biography of Friedrich Ritter.
later part of his life. He became an IOS member in
1961 and received the CSSA Fellow award in 1985. Staples, C.J. (ca.2013). A Historical Record of
Authors of C&S Plant Names & Books, etc. Over
The genus Ritterocereus was dedicated to him by
600 pages.
Curt Backeberg (1894–1966) in 1942, now a
subgenus of the genus Stenocereus. Ritter described Chuck Staples, Des Moines, Iowa USA,
a number of genera of which the following are still [email protected]
widely accepted: Calymmanthium, Cipocereus,
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THE SULCOREBUTIA OF
Number 8 May 2013
AYOPAYA PROVINCE
John Carr describes important research into an interesting group of Sucorebutia species and
presents the rediscovery of S. glomeriseta in habitat.
Photos by the author (except where stated)
Fig.1 Sulcorebutia glomeriseta JC 03-12

The province of Ayopaya is the most northern any one locality. An interesting factor is that often
area in which Sulcorebutia have been found and all different forms can be found in the same area but at
the forms in this area have yellow or near yellow different altitudes, separated only by the climatic
flowers. The region is part of the Cotacajes river conditions that occur between the localities.
system and the plants grow on the slopes feeding
the rivers Santa Rosa and Ayopaya and on into the There is not a common separation factor at the
Rio Cotacajes itself. The region is also the only different locations as climatic conditions change as
large area in Bolivia with alkaline soils (Schultz et the rivers pass through the valleys. Starting in the
al 2004). north-east at the lowest point of known locations, S.
menesesii grows close to the river on rocky
There are six names attributed to the area, and outcrops surrounded by dry forest but in very small
these are S. arenacea, S. candiae & its ssp. numbers at each location. At this altitude the
kamiensis, S. glomeriseta, S. menesesii and S. climate is subtropical with minimum temperatures
muschii. The plants can be found at different around 15°C. The higher reaches of the forest are
altitudes from 1300m to around 4000m. The subject to regular cloud cover before and probably
habitats are usually small with numbers varying after the rainy season starts, so experience more
from a few dozen to a few hundred individuals at moisture over a longer period than the lower area
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Photo: Johan de Vries

Fig.5 Sulcorebutia candiae VZ 608
Fig.2 Sulcorebutia arenacea JC 07-07

Fig.6 Sulcorebutia candiae VZ 608

Fig.7 Sulcorebutia candiae VZ608


where it is cooler.
On the top edge of the forest, S. glomeriseta can

be found. This grows above some of the cloud
where its adaptation of finer and more numerous
spines probably allow it to pick up moisture from
any cloud cover. Its location on the slopes rather
than the tops and its fibrous root system in
combination with fine spination and different seed Fig.8 Sulcorebutia candiae VZ 608 in culture
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Fig.9 Sulcorebutia glomeriseta JC 03-12 Showing spine colour range

form make it the most distinctive plant in the group. altitudes, around 1600m alongside the Rio Santa
Its habitat and physical appearance are very like Rosa, S. arenacea is found. In separate locations
those of Aylostera fiebrigii which grows further some variation in spination can be seen, but all sites
south, but the flowers are typical of Sulcorebutia. are recognisable as the same species. Higher on the
The location makes it the most northern same river slopes S. candiae can be found. This is a
Sulcorebutia species of all (so far!). The smaller growing plant, with spines usually yellow
photographs show the plants in habitat for the first in colour. Isolation at this site is effected by a very
time ever, since no photographs were taken when it dry cactus and Acacia forest some 1000m in depth.
was first discovered in 1949 (named in 1951).
S. candiae seems to be suffering in habitat
Further south and west near Tirquirpaya, two perhaps due to a lack of rain in the area in recent
more populations are to be found. At lower times, but also in part due to road building and
Fig.10 Sulcorebutia glomeriseta JC 03 12 Showing Fig.11 Sulcorebutia glomeriseta JC 03 12 Showing

spine differences spine differences
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Fig.12 Sulcorebutia glomeriseta JC 03-12 Showing vertical habitat

plant collecting.
Further south and west grow plants of S. candiae

ssp. kamiensis at the highest altitudes, up to 4000m.
S. muschii is also named from this area, but it has
been reduced to a synonym by most authors.
Several populations of S. candiae ssp. kamiensis are
known and vary in numbers and appearance. Plants
from two populations are shown in the pictures.
One population contained several hundred plants,
while the other had only a few. The higher reaches
of this area (above 4000m) experience frost for
around 200 nights each year, so this should be the
Fig.13 Sulcorebutia glomeriseta JC 03-12
hardiest of the plants discussed. At present no low
altitude species are known in this area but included
in the photographs is a plant found by Chris
Sherrah at 2700m which is at river level this far
west. This finding means more work is needed to
establish the full distribution of this group of plants.
These plants are treated differently by different

authors. The new Cactus Lexicon (Hunt 2006)
recognises only two species: S. arenacea and S.
glomeriseta, and places all the others in synonymy
with S. glomeriseta. It also subsumes the yellow
flowered S. krahnii in with this, but it is clearly a S.
steinbachii ssp. tiraquensis form in that taxonomy. Fig.14 Sulcorebutia glomeriseta Card. 4399 In culture
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Fig.15 Sulcorebutia candiae ssp. kamiensis JC 05-12

orange flowered plant
Fig.19 Sulcorebutia candiae ssp. kamiensis JC 06-12
Pilbeam & Hunt (2004) also speculate on the
significance of the yellow flowering of some
Sulcorebutias and suggests that they are on average
lower altitude plants and may have different
pollinators. However, the published altitudes are in
some cases in error by as much as 1000m. My own
observations suggest that all Sulcorebutia are
pollinated by large solitary or bumble bees at all
altitudes. As Sulcorebutia are amongst the first
plants to flower each spring, they must form an
important food source for these insects of the region
Fig.16 Sulcorebutia candiae ssp. kamiensis JC 05-12 at the start of their breeding season. One can only
pectinate spines at this site
speculate on the damage that would be done to the
ecosystem should their first food source of the year
be eradicated.
My thoughts on flower colour are based on soil

acidity but more work is needed for a conclusive
answer.
Gertel & Latin (2010) also use the same two

basic species but include S. candiae, S. candiae ssp.
kamiensis and S. menesesii as varieties of S.
arenacea, a better solution I believe as the distinct
differences listed above between the two makes this
Fig.17 Sulcorebutia candiae ssp. kamiensis JC 06-12 a better approach. They also place S. muschii in the
longer spines at this site synonymy of S. candiae ssp. kamiensis. With the
inclusion of S. muschii under this name S. candiae
ssp. kamiensis is without doubt the most variable of
this group with a wide range of spination and body
differences and a larger number of known sites than
all the other names.
Horáček (2008) listed all the populations as

species with the exception of S. kaminiensis, which
he retains as a ssp. of S. candiae (more accurate due
to locality and altitude). He is the only author to
retain S. muschii as a species as he finds it quite
distinct although it grows in the same area as S.
Fig.18 Sulcorebutia kamiensis JC 06-12 candiae ssp. kamiensis. He also suggests that the
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Photo: Martin Lowry

Fig.20 Sulcorebutia menesesii JC 05-11
species with yellow flowers to the south of

Cordillera Real, (S. cardenasiana / langeri) are
Photo: Martin Lowry

closely related. However, there are now other new,
recently named yellow flowered plants in the south-
east that mean a separate grouping (or two) might
be needed.
Brederoo, A.J. and Donald, J.D. (1986)

described S. kamiensis as a ssp. of S. menesesii but
later authors have moved it as a ssp. under both S.
candiae and S. arenacea with Hunt reducing it to
synonymy under S. glomerista! In 1989, Donald
proposed that all these plants were in a separate
group under S. steinbachii but did not make any Fig.21 Sulcorebutia menesesii JC 05-11
new combinations. He also placed S. cardenasiana
and S. langeri in a separate subgroup under S.
Photo: Martin Lowry
steinbachii.
This group of Sulcorebutias has a clearly defined
separation from the rest of the genus with a large
mountain range running from west to east, with
altitudes well in excess of 4000m even at the
passes. So it has had a separate evolution for
millennia and has become an island grouping. Each
site has also become an island isolated within the
larger island, separated by climatic conditions for
many generations. Whether this makes them Fig.22 Sulcorebutia menesesii JC 05-11
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Photo: Chris Sherrah
Fig.23 species Chris Sherrah at 700m lower than any recorded finding near Kami
separate species is for others to judge. However, it companion Johan de Vries. I also thank Roy
does make for an interesting discussion! Yet how do Mottram for details of S. glomeriseta.
you discuss them if you don’t have a name? The use
of subspecies for island populations is common in References
other branches of botany so why not in the
Cactacae? Cardenas, M. (1951) Rebutia glomeriseta sp. nov.
Cactus & Succulent Journal of the CSSA 23(3):95
The conservation status of the group as a whole Donald, J. (1989) Some thoughts on the specific
is not critical as over 30 sites are known (although populations of Sulcorebutia. Part 1. Cact. Succ. J.
some may not still exist). One I visited was heavily (US) 61(1): 5-9. Allen Press for the Cactus &
forested with no plants and another now bare rock. Succulent Society of America, Inc., Lawrence.
This situation changes when you treat each name as Gertel, W., & Latin, W. (2010) Sulcorebutien -
a separate species as then all become vulnerable or Kleinode aus Bolivien: p.17-27 Sonderausgabe der
critically endangered. All populations are small, Deutschen Kakteen-Gesellschaft e.V. Pforzheim.
probably none more than 300 plants and some less Horáček, L. (2008) Sulcorebutia 2008. Privately
than 20, so extinction is very possible. published, Kmsko.
Hunt, D. R. et al.(2006) The New Cactus Lexicon.
If more research on the role these plants play in dh Books, Milborne Port
the life cycle of the pollinators and the possible
Pilbeam, J., & Hunt, D. R. (2004) A Sulco gallery:
effects of their extermination would have on the
p.59 dh Books, Milborne Port.
rest of the ecosystem was properly understood, then Schulz, F. & al. (2004) Carbonite diversity in the
maybe the local people could be enlisted to ensure
central Andes. Contrib. Mineral & Petr. 148 pp
that these populations were protected.
391-408. Springer Verlag, Berlin.
Acknowledgments Brederoo, A.J. & Donald, J.D. (1986)
Sulcorebutia menesesii var. kamiensis var. nov.
Special thanks go to my experienced travel Succulenta 65(8):155-158 John Carr
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GRANNY’S ECHINOPSIS
Number 8 May 2013
Graham Charles discusses Echinopis oxygona, so often one of the cacti given to children, but
a beautiful and easy to grow plant which should not be overlooked. Photographs by the author.
Fig.1 Lectotype image of Echinocactus Eyriesii from the Fig.2 Echinocactus Eyriesii illustrated as Plate 3411 in
first description by Turpin (1830). Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (1835).
Actually, it was a friend of my parents who is more likely that some clones are more
gave me my first cactus and succulent cuttings. prolific and these are the ones which tend to
I was 12 years old and my father, who was get propagated.
keen on his garden, encouraged me to take an I have grown various clones that were
interest in plants. Sure enough, among the first collected from habitat in southern Brazil and
plants I had was an offset from a large plant of they offset sparingly and flower freely once
Echinopsis oxygona, although it was called E. they are large enough. The spination of the
eyriesii at the time. plants is very variable which has encouraged
Examples of this Echinopsis were often various names to be created for this species.
found on window sills where they produced The flowers vary in size and can be white or a
many offsets but rarely flowered. The offsets, lovely pale pink.
which look rather different from the mature By the laws of botanical nomenclature, the
stems, root easily and soon make offsets of oldest name is the one we should use. The
their own. It has been suggested that repeated plant has been given a number of names, the
propagation by offsets tends to produce plants prime candidates for being the oldest are
which themselves offset more readily. I think it Echinopsis eyriesii, E. multiplex, E. oxygona and
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Fig 3 Echinocactus Eyriesii. Plate 1707 from Edwards’s Fig 4 Echinocactus Eyriesii. Plate 47 from Flora
Botanical Register Vol. VII (1835). Brasiliensis Vol. IV Pars II. (1890)
E. tubiflora. spines which are much longer and the flowers

Echinocactus Eyriesii Turpin which are pink rather than white. Turpin’s
illustration [Fig.1] shows the short spines we
The first description appeared in ‘Annales still associate with this name. This reference
de l’Institut Horticole de Fromont’, and later means that E. oxygona must have been
extracted in ‘Observations sur La Famille des published earlier.
Cactées’, both published in 1830. The plant
was named for Mr. Alexander Eyries of Le E. Eyriesii flowered at Kew in January 1835
Havre. Mr. Eyries said the plant was originally and was illustrated in Curtis’s Botanical
from Buenos Ayres, a French captain brought Magazine the same year [Fig.2]. The text tells
two plants from there in 1827. Buenos Aires us: ‘The drawing of this charming
was a major port for the region when the Echinocactus, no less remarkable for the great
origin of plants was often given as the port of size of the flower, than for its delicious
embarkation rather than their actual habitat fragrance, was made by Mr. Henry Curtis, the
location. So, E. Eyriesii probably originated in youngest son of the Conductor of this work, in
Southern Brazil or north east Argentina. whose choice collection, at Glazenwood, it
flowered in Jan., 1835. This noble flower, like
Turpin mentions that he had seen the that of Cereus grandiflorus, seems to expand
published description of Echinocactus oxygonus only at night. It is a native of Mexico, having
which he says is related to his E. Eyriesii but been introduced to the Horticultural Society,
differs in a number of aspects including the
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Fig 5 Echinocactus eyriesii (var glauca) Plate 31 from Fig 6 Echinocactus oxygonus Link The illustration
Edwards’s Botanical Register Vol. 24 (1838). which accompanied the first description in 1830.
Designated as the lectotype of the name.
according to Dr. Lindley, some years ago by
Sir John Lubock’. spination and flowers.
The plant was featured in Edwards’s Echinocactus oxygonus Link

Botanical Register in the same year as Plate The first description of this name appeared
1707 [Fig. 3]. Like the other illustrations, it in Transactions of the Prussian Horticultural
shows the short-spined plant with white Society: Verhandlungen des Vereins zur
flowers which are still associated with the Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich
name E. eyriesii. Another fine illustration was Preussischen Staaten 6: 419. (1830) with a good
published in the same journal in 1838, this time illustration [Fig. 6]. The plant was said to have
of a variety called E. eyriesii var. glauca [Fig.5]. come from Mr. Sells, from southern Brazil. The
It’s common name ‘Glaucous Sweet-scented name ‘oxygona’ is derived from the Greek
Porcupine Cactus’ refers to the characteristic word ‘oxys’ meaning ‘sharp’ and ‘gonia’ for
perfumed flowers. ‘corner’ or ‘margin’ which refers to the sharp
In 1890, Schumann published his study of ribs of the plant.
Brazilian cacti in ‘Flora Brasiliensis’. As well as This and the later plate in Edwards’s
a plate of Echinopsis eyriesii [Fig.4], Schumann Botanical Register of 1835 [Fig.7] show that the
included a key to five Echinopsis, all said by plant has longer spines than Echinopsis eyriesii
him to come from southern Brazil. He keyed and a pink, rather than white, flower.
out the species by minor differences in
The depiction in 1845 in Pfeiffer’s
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Fig.7 Echinocactus oxygonus. Plate 1717 from Fig.9 Echinopsis oxygona. from Pfeiffer, L.
Edwards’s Botanical Register Vol. VII (1835). Abbildung und Beschreibung Blühender Cacteen, Vol. 2
Plate 4 (1845).
Abbildung und Beschreibung Blü̈hender

Cacteen, Vol. 2 Plate 4 [Fig.9] shows a similar
plant, as does the dramatic 1845 illustration in
Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, Plate 4162 [Fig.8].
Echinocactus multiplex (Pfeiffer) Pfeiffer &
Otto
First described as Cereus multiplex by Pfeiffer
in his ‘Enumeratio Diagnostica Cactearum
Hucusque Cognitarum’ (1837), the plant was
transferred to Echinopsis by him and Otto in
their splendid ‘Abbildung und Bescheibung
Blühender Cacteen’ volume 1 (1838). The
combination was accompanied by a fine
illustration [Fig.10].
The plant was later illustrated in Curtis’s
Botanical Magazine as Plate 3789 in 1840
← Left Fig.8 Echinocactus oxygonus from Curtis’s
Botanical Magazine Plate 4162 (1845).
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Fig.12 Plate IV from Volume 3 of The Cactaceae,

Britton & Rose (1922) with Echinopsis multiplex on the
right and E. turbinata on the left.
The illustration published in The Cactaceae

Fig.10 Echinopsis multiplex. from Pfeiffer & Otto (1922) by Britton and Rose [Fig.12] is again
Abbildung und Beschreibung Blühender Cacteen, Vol. 1 similar and the authors comment that
Plate 4 (1838). Echinopsis multiplex may not be distinct from E.
oxygona. Their key differentiates these various
names by flower colour and spination.
Other Similar Plants
There are other names published later that
have similar characteristics and, where stated,
originate from the same region of South
America:
Fig.11 Cereus multiplex Plate 3789 from Curtis’s

Botanical Magazine(1840)
[Fig.11] using its original genus name Cereus.
The drawing was made by Mrs. Stannard from
Fig.13 Echinocactus tubiflorus Plate 3627 from Curtis’s
a flowering plant in the collection of Messrs. Botanical Magazine(1838) designated as the Neotype
Mackie of Norwich. of the name.
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Fig.15 Echinopsis oxygona GC754.01 in woodland near

Gruta do Segredo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil at 150m.
Fig.14 Echinopsis turbinata. from Pfeiffer Abbildung und

Beschreibung Blühender Cacteen, Vol. 2 Plate 7
(1846).
Echinopsis gemmata (Zuccarini ex. Pfeiffer) Fig.16 Echinopsis oxygona at the same locality as the
plant in Fig.15. GC754.01 near Gruta do Segredo, Rio
Schumann. First described in 1837. Grande do Sul, Brazil at 150m. The short spined form
Echinopsis tubiflora (Pfeiffer) Dietrich. First described as E. eyriesii.
described in 1837. So, the correct name to use is Echinopsis
Echinopsis turbinata (Pfeiffer) Pfeiffer & Otto. oxygona, which can be applied to all the forms
First described in 1835 of this variable species, including pink and
white flowers, as well as a range of spination.
Discussion
It is understandable that so many names were
It is generally accepted that all the plants created for this plant. It must have caused a
discussed are synonyms so what is the sensation when it first flowered in cultivation
evidence and what is the earliest name? Both in Europe. Its beautiful large and perfumed
E. eyriesii and E. oxygona were described in the flowers, produced on relatively small globular
same year, 1830, before any other name, so one plants, were bound to impress the people who
of these is the correct one to use. saw it. Its impact on horticulture is reflected in
The fact that Turpin, when describing E. the number of illustrations which were
eyriesii, mentions that he had seen the published in the 19th century.
description of E. oxygona strongly suggests that My own experience of seeing E. oxygona in
he was not the first to describe this plant. the wild was in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil in
Further evidence is given by Taylor in CSI 2005. I saw the plants at a number of locations
(2005) where he tells us that Hooker had and at each place they exhibited diverse
annotated his copy of the E. oxygona spination including the very short-spined form
publication with VI, indicating that it had been we know as E. eyriesii [Figs. 16 & 19]. I did not
recieved in, or before, June 1830 , a month see the flower colour but a short-spined plant
before the publicaction of E. eyriesii. of GC754.01 has flowered pink [Fig.20].
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Fig.17 Echinopsis oxygona at habitat GC777, north-east of Dom Pedrito, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil at 245m. It is
growing with Notocactus arnostianus. Note the short-spined plant to the left of the pictures which corresponds to the
description of E. eyriesii. All the other plants are long spined, more like the description of E. oxygona.
Fig.18 Echinopsis oxygona GC777.02, NE of Dom Fig.19 Echinopsis oxygona GC777.02, NE of Dom
Pedrito, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil at 245m. A form with Pedrito, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The short spined
very short spines.The same place as Fig.17. form described as E. eyriesii. Same place as Fig.17.
Echinopsis oxygona has a wide ditribution in Cultivation

Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. The It is well known that these plants are
plants from Paraguay were named by Moser as amongst the easiest of all cacti to grow. They
Echinopsis adolfofriedrichii in 1982. He compared are often used as grafting stocks for seedlings.
it to E. chacoana, another species found in It is also easy to propagate them from offsets
Paraguay, but this is now known to be related which root easily and grow quickly if given
to E. rhodacantha, a different lineage from E. sufficient space and water.
oxygona. All the plants of E. oxygona I have
grown from seed collected in north-eastern They will flower throughout the summer if
Argentina have darker bodies and produce kept watered, and produce a spectacular
white flowers. display. Why are they not more popular?
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Fig.20 Echinopsis oxygona GC754.01 Gruta do

Segredo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil at 150m.
Fig.22 Echinopsis oxygona AH68 South of Caçapava

do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Fig.23 Echinopsis oxygona LB251 Paso de los Libres

to Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina.
Reference
Moser, G. (1982) A new Species of
Echinopsis from Paraguay. National Cactus and
Succulent journal 37(2):39
GC
Fig.21 Echinopsis oxygona (adolpfofriedrichii) LB85

North of Caapucu, Paraguari, Paraguay.
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TRAVEL WITH THE CACTUS EXPERT (7)

Number 8 May 2013
Zlatko Janeba continues his account of cactus hunting in the USA. It is clear that you cannot
always find what you are looking for and the negative impact of human activity has sometimes
threatened the existence of the plants you seek. Photos: Zlatko Janeba
Fig.1 View of the House Rock Valley and the Vermilion Cliffs while descending from the Kaibab Plateau, Arizona.
On the morning of the third of May, after a quick encountered our first cacti of the day, namely
continental breakfast, we filled the tank of my Coryphantha vivipara, Echinocereus triglochidiatus
Subaru and headed south on Hwy. 89A towards the ssp. mojavensis, Opuntia phaeacantha and O.
Kaibab Plateau. This plateau, which is a part of the whipplei, as well as the quite common Yucca
larger Colorado Plateau, is bordered in the south by baccata (Agavaceae).
the so popular Grand Canyon, and reaches an A little bit higher we stopped to shoot a couple
elevation of some 2800m above sea level. It is of pictures from the scenic viewpoint and then we
heavily forested with aspen, spruce-fir, ponderosa- passed Jacob Lake (AZ), the “Gateway to the
pine, and pinyon-juniper woodlands and thus, Grand Canyon” (the beginning of Route 67, that is
stands in a sharp contrast to the arid lowlands the only paved road leading to the North Rim of the
around it. Grand Canyon), but we continued along Hwy. 89A
We passed Fredonia (Arizona) and when the towards Marble Canyon (AZ).
road started to climb up the Kaibab Plateau, we On the Kaibab Plateau we made two stops to
made our first stop (milestone 592, elevation of look for the most typical cactus of this beautiful
1900m). In the pinyon-juniper woodland (a forest area, Pediocactus paradinei. The first stop was
type characteristic of many parts of the SW of the random, we just chose a place which seemed to be
USA) on the northern slope of the plateau we good for pediocacti, with some open sunny spaces
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Fig.4 Juvenile Pediocactus paradinei with a freshly open

flower, Kaibab Plateau (2030m), Arizona.
Fig.5 Fruiting and dehydrated Escobaria marstonii in

Fig.2 Habitat of Pediocactus paradinei at the Kaibab House Rock Valley, Arizona.
Plateau (2000m), Arizona. paintbrush) with red flowers.
The second stop was near the milestone 572, at
an elavation of some 2030m. It is a place Josef had
already visited back in 1980 and later I used to visit
quite regularly (in all possible seasons of the year)
when living in the United States. During our visit,
the P. paradinei were just about to flower [Fig.4],
but certainly, the population did not seem as
numerous and prosperous as it used to be before.
Could it be that this spot has become so notoriously
popular and so often visited by travellers that the
cactus population can hardly withstand the
Fig.3 Large specimen of Pediocactus paradinei (9cm in enormous impact caused by the cactus enthusiasts?
diameter) loaded with flower buds, Kaibab Plateau Or is there a natural decline (life cycle) within the
(2000m), Arizona. populations?
at elevation of some 2000m [Fig.2]. There, in the Further to the east the road (Hwy. 89A) starts to
pine and juniper forest, we actually encountered P. meander down, the forest retreats and gorgeous
paradinei with flower buds. Some of the plants views of the House Rock Valley and Vermilion
were the largest I had ever seen in the field with Cliffs to attract the travelers attention [Fig.1]. The
bodies up to 9cm in diameter [Fig.3]. There were typical vegetation of the eastern slopes is
also Echinocereus triglochidiatus ssp. mojavensis dominated by low growing pines, juniper trees,
with about 1cm long buds, Opuntia phaeacantha, Yucca baccata and Opuntia phaeacantha.
Yucca baccata, and Castilleja sp. (Indian
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Fig. 6 Habitat of Sclerocactus sileri in House Rock Valley. The spiny Sclerocactus plants can be well camouflaged in
dry grass.
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Fig.7 Detail of Sclerocactus sileri with pure white Fig.10 A beautiful specimen of Sclerocactus sileri near
flowers, House Rock Valley, Arizona. the Vermilion Cliffs. Notice the reddish soil the
Sclerocactus plants are growing in. The flowers are
pollinated by small bees.
House Rock Valley is home to a special plant,
Sclerocactus sileri (L. D. Benson) K. D. Heil & J.
M. Porter. This cactus was described by L. D.
Benson in 1969 as Sclerocactus pubispinus var.
sileri, then in 1994 it was elevated to the rank of
species by K. D. Heil and J. M. Porter. In 1995, a
new combination was created by F. Hochstӓtter,
Sclerocactus whipplei ssp. busekii, in honour of
Josef Busek. It is a very interesting taxon, certainly
a close relative of S. whipplei, but still somewhat
Fig.8 Detail of Sclerocactus sileri with pinkish flowers, different. Interestingly, this taxon was treated in the
House Rock Valley, Arizona. New Cactus Lexicon (Hunt 2006) as not well-
understood and enigmatic.
Between 2002-2004 I used to monitor three
micropopulations of Sclerocactus sileri in House
Rock Valley which were located just next to the dirt
road. These were spots visited originally by Josef
Busek back in 1976 and 1980 (he mentioned the
plants were quite rare there that time). The
populations always seemed to be thriving during
my visits with numerous plants of all possible sizes
from tiny seedlings to huge old examples of the
Sclerocactus. During my last visit in spring 2004,
the Sclerocactus plants were loaded with fruits, not
fully riped yet.
Fig.9 Josef Busek at the habitat of Sclerocactus sileri, As we had been discussing this topic with
House Rock Valley, Arizona. Notice the forested Kaibab Gerhard Hӓslinger the day before, Gerhard
Plateau in the background. suggested that we spent more time in House Rock
House Rock Valley is a long and relatively Valley and walk farther away from the road towards
narrow valley stretched in a South-North direction, the Vermilion Cliffs. And that was exactly what we
bordered by the Kaibab Plateau in the west and by did.
Vermilion Cliffs in the east. There is a good quality During the walk we discovered several
dirt road going through the valley, the House Rock Escobaria marstonii plants with red fruits [Fig.5]. I
Valley Road or BLM 1065. guess that without seeing the fruits we had no
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Fig.11 Coryphantha vivipara near Vermilion Cliffs, Fig.12 Flowering Echinocereus triglochidiatus ssp.
Arizona. mojavensis near Vermilion Cliffs, House Rock Valley,
chance of noticing them. The Escobarias were very Arizona.
dehydrated, almost pulled under the soil and thus
very well camouflaged. There were also plants of
Coryphantha vivipara, Echinocereus engelmannii
ssp. decumbens (the type of this subspecies comes
from nearby Marble Canyon, these plants are also
often called var. or ssp. variegatus), and Opuntia
phaeacantha.
We tried to look for Navajoa but without any
success. Finally, almost at the bottom of the
Vermilion Cliffs, we encountered what we were
after, Sclerocactus sileri [Figs.6-10]. We saw some
25-30 plants, mostly large adults (up to 15cm in Fig.13 Detail of Echinocereus triglochidiatus ssp.
diameter) with numerous flowers, but also small mojavensis flowers, House Rock Valley, Arizona.
seedlings (about 1cm across). The majority of the and wider. It was a really sorry sight after what I
Sclerocactus flowers were white, but some were used to see there before.
pinkish or yellowish. The flowers were being
Although there most certainly are thousands and
pollinated by small bees, as well as by introduced
thousands of seeds in the soil to support the future
honey bees. Many flowers were damaged, probably
Sclerocactus generations, there is not much hope if
by some kind of insect. The Sclerocactus plants
the habitat has been destroyed. Here are GPS data
were exposed to the full sun, growing in reddish
(N36. 47.934, W112. 04.579 1750m) so anybody
sediments among sparsely distributed juniper trees,
can check the place and let me know how it looks
accompanied by Coryphantha vivipara [Fig.11],
nowadays.
Echinocereus engelmannii, flowering E.
triglochidiatus ssp. mojavensis [Fig.12,13], Opuntia We continued along the House Rock Valley
phaeacantha, and O. polyacantha. Road further north and some 10 miles from the
Hwy. 89A we stopped. There was a spot where I
Then we decided to visit one of the populations
had seen many Pediocactus paradinei together with
just next to the dirt road, but we (especially me)
Jiri Kroulik several years before, but again, we
experienced a terrible disappointment. The habitat
could not find any with Josef (we found 3 plants in
was completely destroyed and we could only find a
total). Josef mentioned that in 1980 and 1982 there
few miserable plants. More exactly we found 1 tiny
were hundreds of Pediocactus and the vegetation
seedling, 1 juvenile plant, and 2 dead plants. The
(consisting mostly of sagebrush) did not seem to be
area was evidently damaged by off-road vehicles,
so dense as in 2006. Josef remembered a lot of
with copious beer cans scattered around and many
gramma grass and open space. The landscape here
juniper trees damaged as well. Moreover, there
is changing quite drastically, probably thanks to the
seemed to be efforts to make the dirt road improved
pastoral farming. Moreover, we saw C. vivipara and
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Fig.14 Vermilion Cliffs in the late afternoon sun, Arizona.
E. engelmannii plants damaged by some animals Somewhere there was a place where Josef
(cattle?). What about P. paradinei with even more discovered Navajoa many years ago, so we tried to
softer bodies? look for them. Unfortunately, the habitat seemed to
We also took one dirt road eastwards leading up be too dry, the sun was rapidly going down, and
to the Vermilion Cliffs, but there at an elevation of moreover, Josef was not sure after such a long time,
some 1800m we saw only various Opuntia and where the right place would be. We only discovered
numerous Yucca with long narrow leaves. one lonely rattlesnake there [Fig.15].
It was getting late so we returned back to the Slightly disappointed with not seing any
Hwy. 89A [Fig.14] and drove some 5 miles Navajoa, we got some beers and ended up in a
eastwards and then we took a dirt road on the right motel in Lee’s Ferry (~ US$80 per room).
side of the Hwy. 89A, going to the south. Zlatko Janeba
Fig.15 Rattlesnake, House Rock Valley, Arizona.
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TWO TO TURICHIPA
Number 8 May 2013
Martin Lowry & Mats Winberg describe the excitement of finding plants in
Bolivia which have recently been described and remain largely unknown in
cultivation. Photos by the authors
Photo: Mats Winberg

Fig.1 Mats Winberg enjoying a view of theTuruchipa valley
Sucre, 25th November 2012: We woke at in 2005 (KuaS 56:127) and Lobivia krahn-juckeri
around 6am planning to make an early start on Diers in 2009 (KuaS 60:216), placing the area
the long drive to Turichipa. It had rained very high on the list of places to visit. Martin
heavily three days before with more light had travelled a short distance along the road in
rainfall overnight and the skies were still 2011 with John Carr and Moises Mendoza but,
overcast. As it was now the end of the dry being short of time, they had to curtail their
season in Bolivia, we hoped this wasn’t an trip long before reaching Turichipa. For Mats,
omen since we had a long way to go, about who primarily had travelled in Argentina
180km, half of it over high ground on dirt looking for Lobivia and Rebutia, this was also
roads. an interesting area to visit.
Martin had been keen to travel this road We left Sucre at 7:36am and made good
ever since he visited Johan de Vries in 2000 progress along Ruta Nacional 5 in the direction
and saw plants of two different Lobivias Johan of Potosi. By the time we reached the low point
had collected along the route in 1998 with Tim on the road, 2225m, at the crossing of the Rio
Marshall. The two Lobivias were forms of L. Pilcomayo about an hour later, the sun had
cinnabarina (VZ072) and L. versicolor (VZ072A) risen sufficiently to drive off the clouds and the
quite unlike those in cultivation at the time. temperature had risen to a very comfortable
Since then, several new species from the region 18°C or so. We made a brief stop so that we
of Turichipa have been described, most could photograph one of Bolivia’s many ornate
notably Parodia hegeri Diers, Krahn & Beckert 16th century bridges, Puente Mendez [Fig.2],
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Photo: Mats Winberg
Photo: Mats Winberg

Fig.2 The Northern tower of the recently repaired Puente Fig.5 Echinopsis bridgesii ssp. vallegrandensis. A very
Mendez, a major tourist attraction on the route from spiny specimen that in the past would probably have
Sucre to Potosi been identified as E. sucrensis Cardenas.
Photo: Mats Winberg
Photo: Mats Winberg

Fig.3 Blossfeldia liliputana growing in its preferred niche, Fig.6 Lobivia tarijensis ssp. bertramianus displaying the
soft loam between layers of shale typical pale flowers of this subspecies.
plants of Weingartia neocumingii ssp. lanata,
Gymnocalycium pflanzii and Echinopsis bridgesii
Photo: Martin Lowry
ssp. vallegrandensis [Fig.5].

Now feeling an urgent need to move on, we
drove the next four hours without making a
stop. We first had to climb out of the valley of
the Rio Pilcamayo, then cross the high plain at
3260m to Sicllani, where we turned east onto
Chimpa Pata Pampa, heading for the small
village of Esquire in order to cross the Rio
Mataca. The descent to and ascent from the
Fig.4 Mats Winberg collecting a fruit of Lobivia tarijensis river were very steep with many tortuous
ssp. bertramianus; it became MN464. Notice the dense hairpin bends, but eventually we emerged
forest of Polylepis tomentella in the background.
from the valley onto a plateau at around
then moved on to Millares where we made a 3700m altitude. Now, with about five hours of
quick pit stop to re-inflate a failing tyre. We light remaining and only 60km from Turichipa
then we took a short detour to visit a well- we could slow down and enjoy the wonderful
known habitat for Blossfeldia liliputana scenery and interesting plants [Fig.1].
(BLMT914) alongside the Rio Mataca. There,
growing between layers of shale and The first plants we noticed were not cacti
mudstone, we found many hundreds of the but trees! At 3700m, trees are normally quite
tiny plants [Fig.3]. Also there were several rare, but these trees were special. The hillsides
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Photo: Mats Winberg

Fig.7 Our picnic spot at BLMT916 about halfway between Esquire and Turichipa
Photo: Mats Winberg
Photo: Martin Lowry

Fig.8 Lobivia rossii, or is it just a spiny L. cinnabarina?
were clothed in many thousands of specimens

of Polylepis tomentella, a high- altitude member Fig.9 Lobivia cinnabarina, or is it just a flat L. rossii?
of the rose family much prized for its dense, Notice the Rebutia flowers just visible on the right edge.
slow-burning wood; the presence of so many
trees indicated that the area was comparatively
Photo: Martin Lowry
untouched by human activity. Scattered

widely amongst the trees were the tall, white
columns of Lobivia tarijensis ssp. betramianus
[Figs.4 & 6].
Soon our stomachs made known their
displeasure at our inattention to their needs
and we pulled over alongside a small
mountain stream at 3750m [BLMT916, Fig.7].
We’d already spotted a few red flowers nearby
so knew there were cacti here too. After Fig.10 Parodia hegeri, one of the several new species
described from this area
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Photo: Mats Winberg

Photo: Martin Lowry
Fig.11Lobivia rossii, a more typical looking specimen Fig.13 A precocious juvenile Lobivia krahn-juckeri
(MN465) providing evidence of its, perhaps, hybrid
origin.
Photo: Mats Winberg
few days at over 4000m! It is a striking plant

with about 15 ribs and many short, stiff white
spines at each areole. The flowers are quite
small but produced in abundance [Fig.10].
Growing with the Parodias were more of the
confusing Lobivias, displaying both yellow
[Fig.11] and pink [Fig.12] flowers, and some
Rebutia steinmannii.
The Parodias, Lobivias, and Rebutias
appeared frequently along the route for many
Fig.12 Lobivia rossii with a flower colour more usually kilometres, but we didn’t stop again until we’d
associated with Lobivia pentlandii! started the descent towards Turichipa and had
refreshments, we discovered that the red passed out of the zone of the Polylepis forest.
flowers belonged to possibly four different By about 3300m the trees had been replaced by
species, Lobivia cinnabarina, L. rossii, Rebutia low scrub with many bushes of Dodonaea
ritteri and R. steinmannii. It is quite common to viscosa, an invader of disturbed ground that
find the two Rebutias growing together, yet we generally indicates extensive overgrazing in
have never observed any obvious hybrids. For the past. Amongst these bushes and
the Lobivias, the situation here was very surrounding a dilapidated home, we spotted
confusing. We had also seen these two species some tall specimens of Trichocereus
growing together before, but usually it is quite tacaquirensis so decided to take a look round
easy to tell them apart since L. cinnabarina (BLMT918). It was well that we did for there
grows applanate and has red flowers, whereas we discovered what at first sight could be
L. rossii is more spherical and has yellow/ taken for Echinopsis bridgesii. However, being
orange flowers. At this place they both had red this close to Turichipa, we realized it was, in
flowers [Figs.8 & 9]! fact, the recently described Lobivia
About 5km further on we stopped again krahn-juckeri. We found many mature plants,
when we spotted bright yellow flowers by the some with buds, and one seedling with a
roadside (BLMT917). Investigation revealed a nearly open flower [Fig.13]. This is a very
sizeable population of the new Parodia hegeri, strange Lobivia since mature plants [Figs.14 &
with many plants in flower [Fig.10]. Ritter’s 15] are almost indistinguishable from
claim that P. suprema grows at the highest Echinopsis bridgesii ssp. vallegrandensis [see
altitude, 3500m, for any Parodia is thus well Fig.5], yet the protologue describes it as having
surpassed by the new species, since we were short or long flower tubes and white, magenta,
still above 3700m and would see it again in a red or yellow flowers!
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Photo: Mats Winberg

Fig.14 Lobivia krahn-juckeri, mature plants with spent flowers which, unlike the seedling, appeared to have short
tubes.
When describing it, Prof. Diers allied it with
Lobivia caineana but to us it seems possible that
Photo: Mats Winberg

it is a stabilised hybrid between Echinopsis
bridgesii ssp. vallegrandensis and a local Lobivia,
perhaps the one with variable flower colours
we had seen earlier in the day, both of which it
has displaced. Other plants growing here were
Weingartia fidana, Echinopsis tacaquirensis and
Echinopsis pamparuizii.
After a further descent of 800m, we reached
Turichipa at around 5pm. It is typical of most
small South American villages, with all activity Fig.15 Another strong, pale-spined specimen of Lobivia
centred around the village square. This one krahn-juckeri
was quite plain, no raised flower beds or know there was no alojamiento in the village,
paved walkways, just bare earth and a couple but if we wished she would find somewhere
of trees. Along one side was a row of small for us to stay. After clearing away our dinner,
tiendas (shops), on another the village school, we got into a discussion with some of the
the third held the church and the remainder a locals over a few beers. They asked what we
few homes. There cannot have been more than were doing in Turichipa and didn’t seem
50 houses in the whole village. surprised on being told we were searching for
Characteristically of these remote places, the cacti. Apparently we weren’t the first. Well, we
arrival of a couple of gringos created quite a knew that. They told us of the strange
spectacle and we were soon being watched European who’d walked across the Rio
from every doorway. It must have been Pilcomayo and travelled around the area on
obvious we planned to stay overnight since we foot for several days. Yes, they knew Hansjörg
set about preparing our evening meal and Jucker too!
leisurely shared a bottle of wine. Eventually Martin Lowry & Mats Winberg
one of the women approached us to let us
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BIG BEND RANCH STATE PARK,

Number 8 May 2013
TEXAS, USA
Rick Fend tells us about Big Bend Ranch which is a state park located west
from the Big Bend National Park in Texas, USA. The park was established in 1988,
and covers an area of about 1000 square kilometers. Photos by the author
Fig.1 Solitario Dome in the park.
The climate of the park is characterized by July, August and September. The winter period
temperature extremes of the Chihuahuan is relatively dry and precipitation stays below
desert. The summer daily maxima regularly 110 millimeters.
exceed 38 degrees Celsius. The hottest month Among the most interesting geologic
is July, when temperatures during the day stay formations of the park is a structural dome
around 40°. On the other hand, the coldest Solitario [Fig. 1]. It was developed in Paleozoic
month is January, when temperatures drop and Cretaceous rocks above an Eocene granite
below freezing point. Summer rains are the intrusion. Viewed from above, it suggests an
main source of moisture. They come with the impact crater, though it is actually the eroded
seasonal monsoon from the Gulf of Mexico in remains of a laccolith. Solitario is the type
Fig.2 Echinocereus viridiflorus var. canus Fig.3 Mammillaria pottsii
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Fig.4 Mammillaria meiacantha Fig.5 Echinocereus stramineus
Fig.6 Agave lechuguilla Fig 7 Fouquieria splendens
Fig.8 Dasylirion wheeleri
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Fig.9 Yucca torreyi
locality for very beautiful cactus, Echinocereus contribute to the well-being of other plants by
viridiflorus var. canus [Fig.2]. The plants prefer stabilizing sand and dirt, promoting moisture
siliceous rocks like the Caballos novaculite or retention, and fixing atmospheric nitrogen.
Maravillas chert which are easily recognized Epithelantha bokei is common throughout the
by their light whitish color. Echinocereus park, and is even more common than its
viridiflorus var. canus grows here together with closest relative, Epithelantha micromeris. Its
Mammillaria pottsii [Fig.3], Mammillaria distribution range extends south all the way to
meiacantha [Fig.4], Echinocereus stramineus the Mexican city of Saltillo. Flowers appear in
[Fig.5] and some other succulent plants such as May and June [Fig.11].
Agave lechuguilla [Fig.6], Fouquieria splendens
[Fig.7], Dasylirion wheeleri [Fig.8] and Yucca Ariocarpus fissuratus is the only species of
torreyi [Fig.9]. the genus Ariocarpus which grows in the
United States. The other species of this genus
Of the other interesting geologic features are are found in the Mexican states of Coahuila,
cryptobiotic soil crusts [Fig. 10]. These soils are San Luis Potosí, Nuevo León and Querétaro. It
important members of desert ecosystems and prefers soils developed on limestone rock, and
Fig.10 Cryptobiotic soil crusts Fig.11 Epithelantha bokei
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Fig.12 Ariocarpus fissuratus Fig.13 Escobaria dasyacantha
unlike most of the other cacti, blooms in the

autumn months of September and October
[Fig.12].
Escobaria dasyacantha is endemic to western
Texas, where it is only thinly distributed. The
species is closely related to Escobaria chaffei
from the Chisos Mountains of Big Bend
National Park [Fig.13].
Yucca thompsoniana has fine leaves of bluish
colour and grows up to 2.5 meters in height.
The inflorescence appears in April and May
[Fig.14]. Some other non-succulent plants are
equally thriving under these arid climatic
conditions. Lupins of the Fabaceae family can Fig.14 Yucca thompsoniana
be found in dry arroyos, where water runs
only after heavy rains. Another one is the
desert tobacco of the Solanaceae family. All
parts of this plant are toxic, containing the
alkaloids of nicotine and anabasine. Although
it may seem unusual, spikemosses and ferns
have also adapted to these arid conditions in
big numbers [Fig.15].
In the entire park one can find 65 species of
cacti. This high number is a result of a
combination of geology, climate and
geography both of which vary with altitude. In
Fig.15 Fern
addition, the park’s biota is influenced by the
adjacent ecoregions, the Sierra Madre Oriental, Reference
the Rocky Mountains and the Tamaulipan Berresford, P. (2011) The search for the
Mezquital and Tamaulipan Matorral. Graybeard Cactus - encounters with
Rick Fend Echinocereus viridiflorus var. canus.
CactusWorld 29(3):133-140
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks/big-
bend-ranch
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Or visit our web site: www.asclepiad-international.org
Fax + 49 91 95 - 9 98 03 82
for on-line subscription or details of local
E-mail: [email protected]
representatives.
Web: www.dkg.eu
The German
Echinocereus The German
Society Mammillaria
Published 4 times per Society
year since 1988.
Well produced with Produced to a high
good colour pictures standard and
and English sum- published 4 times per
maries. year since 1977.
Also available are a series of separate books Articles in English as

about particular groups of Echinocereus. well as German.
http://www.arbeitsgruppe-
http://www.mammillaria.eu/en_index.html
echinocereus.de/html/home_english.html
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The Sedum Society The Tephrocactus Study Group
Website: http://www.cactus-mall.com/sedum/
Download information leaflet here
Internoto
The specialist society for
the study of Notocactus.
(German with English
summaries)
Publishes articles principally about the
A well-produced journal smaller South American Opuntias, including
published 4 times per such genera as Cumulopuntia, Punotia,
year since 1980. Maihueniopsis, Tephrocactus and Pterocactus. The
http://www.internoto.de smaller North American Opuntias are also
sometimes included.
IN T E R N AT I O N A L S A N S E VIE R I A S O C IET Y From 2013, the journal will no longer be
Learn about the enormous variety of Sansevierias an
and how to
printed but articles may be viewed free on the
new website.
grow them by joining the INTERNATI
INTERNATIONAL SANSEVIERIA
SOCIETY.. We have members world
SOCIETY
Secretary: John Betteley, 25, Old Hall Gardens,

colour journal three times per subscripti
Coddington, Newark, Notts. NG24 2QJ U.K. Tel:

journal also covers the related Dr
+44(0)1636 707649
Subscription £25 or €28 per year (UK an
[email protected]
countries), £29 or US$46 for
for airmail d
outside of Europe. For further details write
to: Alan Butler, via della Campana 7,
http://www.tephro.com
00048 Nettuno (RM), Italy or e-mail
[email protected]. You You can also
subscribe on line at www.sansevieri
international.org where you can also fin
International
local representatives.
The Mammillaria Society

Cactus Adventures
The UK-based specialist The first European cactus
society for the study of magazine. Published in 3
Mammillaria and allied editions: English, French
genera. and Spanish.
Well-illustrated articles
Back issues on DVD about plants in habitat
and cultivation.
4 issues per year, Extensive annual seed list.
seed list and meetings. Published 4 times per year by the famous
http://www.cactus- cactus and succulent enthusiast Joël Lodé.
mall.com/mammsoc/index.html http://www.cactus-adventures.com
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"Avonia", the quarterly journal of the German Society for other Succulents.
Written in German with English summaries, non-German manuscripts in original
language. Includes colour photographs, excellent drawings and articles on all aspects of
other Succulents. See our website: www.fgas-sukkulenten.de
Annual subscription: Germany: 30 € incl. P&P Other countries: 35 € incl. P&P
Also available is the free colour online journal "Avonia-News", Annual seed list for
members and much more. Special interest groups for Aloe (incl. Haworthia a.s.),
Ascleps, Euphorbia, Mesembs and Yucca/winter-hardy Succulents.For membership
and further information please contact:
Dr. Jörg Ettelt: Morgenstr. 72, D-59423 Unna, [email protected] or
Wilfried Burwitz: Postfach 100206, D-03002 Cottbus,
[email protected]
The Haworthia Society

Dedicated to the furtherance and knowledge
of the Aloaceae, including Haworthia,
Gasteria, Astroloba, Aloe and also Bulbine.
Membership details are available from
Mrs. Joyce Jackson
E.mail: jackson.343@ btinternet.com
Kaktusy is an international (Czecho-Slovak) journal
about cacti and succulents with a lot of interesting articles
(travelling, descriptions, growing, exhibitions, books, tax-
onomy) published since 1965. It is in the Czech language
with summaries in English and German.
Volume 2012 has 300 pages (4 regular issues and 2 spe-
cial issues), 478 color photos and 59 B&W photos.
Price: 180 CZK + postage (about EUR 8 + postage or
about USD 11 + postage).
http://www.cactus.cz/english/kaktusy/kaktusy_2012
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Seeds of Chilean Cacti

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If you are in Chile, you are welcome to visit our

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Irmi and Torsten Dedow

A good range of South African succulents:
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Richard and Wendy Edginton

The Nurseries, Station Road, Flordon,
Norwich, Norfolk, NR15 1QR UK
We stock a wide range of cacti from North and
South America, raised from seed at our nursery.
Send a stamped addressed envelope for our list or
see http://www.cactus-mall.com/rawe/index.html
Visitors welcome by appointment-
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Succulents, caudiciform plants and bulbs.
plants and a list of plants for sale in season.
email: [email protected] Web: http://www.lifestyleseeds.co.za
Tony Irons Cacti
17, White Lodge Park, Southfield Nurseries
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Visitors welcome by appointment. Lincolnshire, PE10 0HR
No lists but we sell on Ebay.
Website: http://www.tonyironscacti.co.uk
Philip Barker Sundries

308, Atherton Road, Hindley,
Wigan, Lancashire WN2 3XD
I stock a wide range of pots, bowls and other
useful sundries for the succulent grower.
BEF square, BEF 4¼” & 5” round half pots.
Please send stamped, addressed envelope for list.
Telephone: +44 (0)7977 494562
Toobees Exotics
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Visitors are welcome by appointment at our Southfield Nurseries, the home of ‘Cactusland’ -
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or visit our new website http://www.toobees.com thousands of cacti ready potted; over 750 varieties
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Interesting Website and on-line shop East Sussex, BN23 8AY U.K.
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Plants, Books and Accessories

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Contact address: via della Campana 7, 00048 Nettuno (RM), Italy
Excellent web site and catalogue

Website: www.brookside-nursery.com
www.kuentz.com
Tel: 00-39-335-6159058
We are open to visitors

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My first clone was obtained from the ISI

Fig.4 Matucana tuberculata GC553.04 from most

I made my first visit to El Chagual, the type

After some searching, Chris Pugh found

I did not realise at the time that I should

This time we were able to stay at a small

Donald, J. D. (1979) New Species from the Rio

Bregman, R. (1996) The Genus Matucana.

Map.1 Showing El Chagual on the River Marañon with a

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THE LOVE OF BOOKS

News of Recent Publications. A Reminder of Old Favourites.

Turbinicarpus by Anton Hofer A Journey with Friedrich Ritter

CACTUS PEOPLE HISTORIES

F. Ritter while he was living in the Canary Islands from

Fig.1 Sulcorebutia glomeriseta JC 03-12

Photo: Johan de Vries

Photo: Johan de Vries

Photo: Johan de Vries

Fig.7 Sulcorebutia candiae VZ608

Fig.4 Sulcorebutia arenacea JC 07-07

On the top edge of the forest, S. glomeriseta can

Fig.9 Sulcorebutia glomeriseta JC 03-12 Showing spine colour range

Fig.10 Sulcorebutia glomeriseta JC 03 12 Showing Fig.11 Sulcorebutia glomeriseta JC 03 12 Showing

Fig.12 Sulcorebutia glomeriseta JC 03-12 Showing vertical habitat

Further south and west grow plants of S. candiae

These plants are treated differently by different

Fig.15 Sulcorebutia candiae ssp. kamiensis JC 05-12

My thoughts on flower colour are based on soil

Gertel & Latin (2010) also use the same two

Horáček (2008) listed all the populations as

Photo: Martin Lowry

species with yellow flowers to the south of

Photo: Martin Lowry

Brederoo, A.J. and Donald, J.D. (1986)

E. tubiﬂora. spines which are much longer and the ﬂowers

The plant was featured in Edwards’s Echinocactus oxygonus Link

Abbildung und Beschreibung Blü̈hender

Fig.12 Plate IV from Volume 3 of The Cactaceae,

The illustration published in The Cactaceae

Fig.11 Cereus multiplex Plate 3789 from Curtis’s

Fig.15 Echinopsis oxygona GC754.01 in woodland near

Fig.14 Echinopsis turbinata. from Pfeiffer Abbildung und