Cactus Explorer 16 - Complete

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1 Pilosocereus gounellei
2 Rathbunia
Number 16 3 Rebutia australis sp. nov.
ISSN 2048-0482 4 Two new Copiapoa species

June 2016 5 High altitude cacti
The Cactus Explorer ISSN 2048-0482
IN THIS EDITION
Number 16 June 2016
Regular Features Articles
Introduction 3 Nopalxochia conzattiana (?) 16

News and Events 4 Pilosocereus gounellei 17
In the Glasshouse 9 High Altitude Cacti 21
Journal Roundup 10 (Steno)Cereus pseudosonorensis 28
On-line Journals 11 A New Taxon of Rebutia 35
The Love of Books 14 Copiapoa fusca and Copiapoa corralensis 42
Society Pages 62 Travel with the Cactus Expert (15) 53
Plants and Seeds for Sale 65 Duchesne County, Utah 56
Books for Sale 72
Cover Picture: Pilosocereus gounellei photographed by Bruno Daniel in flower. See page 17
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Paul Hoxey [email protected] 18th June 2016
Zlatko Janeba [email protected]
Martin Lowry [email protected] New taxa published on pages 38, 42 & 48.
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ISSN 2048-0482 The Cactus Explorer
INTRODUCTION
Number 16 June 2016
Enjoy the Growing Season! some plants to enjoy, they are not motivated to
regularly attend meetings.
The question of what criteria to use to
decide if a first description is really a good
new species is a matter of personal view. As
the editor of the Cactus Explorer, my
approach is to give authors the chance to put
their case, even if I doubt the strength of their
argument.
In this issue you can read the description of
a new species of Rebutia and two new
Copiapoas. None of these is clearly distinct from
existing species but you can decide for
yourself. Whatever you think is the correct
name for these plants, I am pleased to record
If you want to see that our hobby is still
their existence with such good quality pictures
alive and flourishing, I suggest you go to the
and descriptions.
National Show in August. This is the best-
I have mentioned before that the health of attended event organised by the British Cactus
Harry Middleditch has recently been failing. and Succulent Society. It is only held every
Since 1966, he has been the organiser of The four years and it is the best chance in the UK to
Chileans, a group dedicated to the study of see wonderful plants in the competitive classes
South American cacti. It means that he is no and to buy additions for your collection from
longer able to produce the journal, so Number the many plant vendors.
73 (2014) will be the last and The Chileans will
It has been quite a few years now since the
cease to exist.
use of projected transparencies to illustrate
I am pleased that the Cactus Explorer lectures has been replaced by digital. Although
has been able to produce PDF files of all the presenters now have to spend hours preparing
issues and make them available as free their digital progammes in Powerpoint or
downloads. I am grateful to Paul Hoxey and similar, the resulting combination of text,
Chris Leather for their help with this project photographs and graphics such as maps is so
and to Peter Bint for agreeing to their much more informative. Seeing plant names
distribution in this way. You can read about and other captions as text is so much easier to
The Chileans and download the files from: follow. So now, instead of worrying about
http://www.cactusexplorers.org.uk/Chileans_home.htm dropping the slides on the floor, we have to
hope that all the technology works!
In Britain, there has been a steady decline in
attendance at local cactus meetings. It is easy Enjoy the northern hemisphere summer!
to think that interest in our plants is also in
decline but I don’t believe that to be the case. GrahamCharles
In fact, sales of cacti and succulents to the
general public are thriving. I know from my
If you have not already told me and would
own experience from working part-time at a
like to be advised when the next issue of the
local garden centre that cacti and succulents
Cactus Explorer is available for down-
remain very popular, particularly with the
load, please send me your E-mail address to
young. I think that while people enjoy having
be added to the distribution list.
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NEWS AND EVENTS

Number 16 June 2016
BCSS National Show Cactus Art for Sale

Available for 2016
Cactus Flowers and Monochrome Cactus

Only every 4 years do you get the chance Calendars by American Horticulturist and
to see the best display of exhibition quality Photographer Nate Abbott
plants and the largest succulent plant sale Individual prints and much more at
held in the UK.
Cactus - Art for Sale
This year, 2016, the event will take place on
August 20th at the same venue as last time,
Wood Green Animal Shelter, London Road, Invitation
Godmanchester PE29 2NH England. There National Turbinicarpus
are longer opening hours: Sales from 9:00am Collection
to 6:00pm Show opens from: 11:30am – Open by appointment,
6:00pm. This should give everyone more please email or tel: 01472 859572
chance to get around the show and spend to book and for directions.
time searching the sales stands. Some plant sales. Located in
Caistor, Lincolnshire, U.K.
Staging of exhibits will be possible on
Rob and Alison Stevenson
Friday 19th 12:30pm – 6:00pm as well as on
Saturday morning 7:00am –10:00am. As an
added incentive to exhibit, there will be a Cactáceas y Suculentas
special opening of the sales area on Friday
4:00pm – 6:00pm for exhibitors only. There is
Mexicanas
The Mexican journal has been published
also the prize money to help offset your
since 1955 with the aim of sharing knowledge
expenses.
about succulent plant families, especially the
The illustrated Show Schedule can be Cactaceae, and to promote interest and
downloaded here. research on different aspects of these amazing
plants.
The journal is available on line and free at:
web.ecologia.unam.mx/cactsucmex/
Any comments please contact: Dra. Mariana
Calendar of Events in the UK Rojas-Aréchiga ([email protected])
The list of event published by the British
Cactus and Succulent Society can be
downloaded here.
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Number 16 June 2016 ISSN 2048-0482 The Cactus Explorer
Geoffrey Swales †
It is with regret that I have to report the
death of Geoff Swales on March 9th 2016 BCSS Oxford Branch Show
after fighting off various bouts of pneumonia with the Mammillaria Society
since being admitted to hospital in November (Bill Maddams Memorial)
last year.
Geoff will be especially remembered by
members of The Chileans for his serious study
of the genus Gymnocalycium. His name will
also be familiar to cactus enthusiasts for his
description of Gymnocalycium buenekeri as a
new species.
He acted as an adviser to Bill Putnam
concerning his book Gymnocalyciums and to
David Hunt during the compilation of the
CITES Cactaceae Checklist. Photo by Jonathan Clark
GC
Saturday 23rd July 2016
Correction Old Mill Hall, Grove nr. Wantage OX12 7LB
On page 22 of the Cactus Explorer 15, in Plant sales and light refreshments.
the article about Sulcorebutia cantargalloensis, Followed by Wolter ten Hoeve lecture:
the field numbers VZ632 and VZ633 should "Recent Explorations in Mexico"
be VZ732 and VZ733. Download the schedule here.
Willi Gertel Organiser: Bill Darbon
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The Cactus Explorer ISSN 2048-0482 Number 16 June 2016
FREE download of The Chileans

Journal of South American cacti.
The Chileans started in Autumn 1965 as a the issues up to Number 51. These have now
study group for Neoporterianae. It was been processed with OCR to make the text
founded by John Donald, David Whiteley and searchable but please note that this process is
Harry Middleditch in consultation with not completely accurate. Issues from 52 to 73
Dodonaeus, a Belgian study group, and Dr. were produced from the original print files so
Priessnitz of Austria. the active text should be accurate.
The aim was to exchange information about I am also grateful to Chris Leather (who
cultivation and propagation, sharing photo- originally produced the print files for Nos. 72
graphs, and exchanging spare plants. & 73) for the originals of the illustrations from
The first ‘Bulletin’ was published as a sta- No. 52 onwards.
pled set of A4 sheets in March 1966. It did not Two indices were published and image
take long before the scope was extended to in- PDFs of these are available for download:
clude cacti from other South American coun- Index of Numbers 1 to 30
tries. Index of Numbers 31 to 51
Due to the failing health of Harry Middled- If you have not previously read any of The
itch, The Chileans Number 73 will be the last Chileans, I hope you will download some is-
issue to be published so membership of the sues and enjoy the contents. The translated ar-
organisation is closed. All editions are now ticles are particularly interesting.
available for free download as PDF files. Graham Charles
I am grateful to Paul Hoxey for PDF files of Chileans download home page
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Copiapoa decorticans Copiapoa ahremephiana Copiapoa atacamensis Copiapoa laui
Your chance to buy cards illustrated with reproductions of pictures from

CACTACEAS En la flora silvestre de Chile
by Adriana Hoffmann and Helmut Walter.
Each card is 124 x 174mm and is blank inside for your own message.
Set of any four designs of your choice: £10 plus postage (UK: £0.64; EU: £1.52; World: £2.25)
Orders and PayPal payments to Roger Ferryman email: [email protected]
Eriosyce aspillagae maechleri Eriosyce napina challensis Copiapoa krainziana Eriosyce spinibarbis
Plant Auction As a guide there will be approx

The auction of the entire collection of the late 35 lots of Agave including many small and
Peter Burton will be on Sunday July 17th 2016. variegated forms.
20 lots of Lophophora
The Auction of the 200–250 lots will be held at 20 lots of Astrophytum including some of
64 Green Lane, Selby N.Yorks. UK YO8 9AW the named hybrids
Viewing from 10am. Auction to commence at 30 lots of Haworthia
11am. Refreshments will be available and a 45 40 lots of larger cacti and succulents
minute break taken at 1pm.
In addition there will be books etc. for sale
A full list of the lots will be available on re- and a large propagator in excellent condition.
quest from June 19th by emailing:
[email protected] Pre-registration would be appreciated to help
Purchases will be on a cash only basis unless planning.
agreed in advance. Contact: John Carr tel: 01757 702772
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Gloucester BCSS Branch Jahreshauptversammlung

50th Anniversary Special Meeting der FGaS 2016
Saturday July 9th Am 08. Oktober 2016 (Anreise ab 07.10.)
Longford Village Hall, Longford Lane, findet die JHV im Hotel „Alte Spinnerei",
Longford, Gloucester, GL2 9EL. Chemnitzer Str. 89–91,
Speakers: Colin Walker Agaves through the 09217 Burgstädt statt.
ages and Graham Charles Searching the back Vom 07. bis 09. Oktober 2016 läuft das
roads of Peru. Rahmenprogramm.
www.gloucester.bcss.org.uk/anniv.htm ________________________________________
Jahrestreffen der
West of England IG Euphorbia 2016
Cactus & Succulent Society Am 30. Juli 2016 findet das Treffen der IG
Connie Hobbs Memorial Lecture Euphorbia bei Fam. Thimjahn,
Sunday 23rd October Treuenbrietzener Str. 19a, 14823 Niemegk
Cleeve Village Hall, Cleeve Hill Road, Cleeve, statt.
Bristol, BS49 4PH. 14:00-17:00. Beginn ist 10 Uhr. Das Mittagessen findet in
Speaker: Trevor Wray Andean Adventures - a einer Gaststätte statt. Es wird um
guided tour through Argentina and Chile Voranmeldung gebeten. [email protected]
Details from Robin Owen-Smith:
01934 732304/732776 Mesemb Study Group Event
Saturday 24th September
Banstead Community Centre, Park Road,
Exeter Branch Convention
Banstead, Surrey, SM7 3AJ.
Sunday 9th October Details from Suzanne Mace:
Woodbury Village Hall, Flower Street, [email protected]
Woodbury, Exeter, EX5 1LX. 9:45-15:30.
Speakers: Roger Ferryman and Bob Potter. On-Line Free Book
Details from Ian Woolnough: 01392 422147.
The Cacti of Rio Grande do Sul
My thanks go to David Whiteley for
South West Cactus Mart finding this link to a beautiful book about the
Saturday 25th June cacti of Rio Grande do Sul, the most southern
Portishead Youth Centre, 1 Harbour Road, state of Brazil. Portuguese language.
Portishead, Bristol, BS20 7DD. 09:30-13:30
The 227 pages are illustrated with very
Small Opuntias good pictures of plants in habitat and culture.
There are chapters on Collections of cacti in
A new book from John Pilbeam botanical gardens at Porto Alegre;
and Mike Partridge Geographic distribution; Classification and
150 pages, 250 photos of species in habitat features; Morphology of cacti; Key to the
and cultivation in flower, with cultivation genera; Characterization of species;
notes, maps, and description references. Conservation and recommendations;
Publication is planned for August/ Glossary and References.
September 2016 but you can order it now.
This is a comprehensive account of a place
£38 UK, £43 EU, £48 everywhere else
famous for Notocactus and Frailea. You can
including postage.
download the 57 Mbyte PDF file from the
Payment by UK cheque to John Pilbeam,
link below.
51, Chelsfield Lane, Orpington, Kent, BR5
4HG, England or pay by PayPal to GC
[email protected]. Download the Book
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IN THE GLASSHOUSE
Number 16 June 2016
Graham Charles tells the story of Parodia (Notocactus) scopa, surely one of the
most beautiful cacti from South America. Easy to grow and flower, its dense,
colourful spines make it a year-round attraction. Photographs by the author
The first field number recorded by Andreas Hofacker is The field number from Andreas Hofacker AH187 is also
Parodia scopa AH1 from Cordilheira, Cachoeira do Sul, Parodia scopa from Minas, Lavalleja, Uruguay.
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Notocactus comprises a recognisable group
of species within the genus Parodia. Back in the
1970s the species were very popular and were
my first speciality. It was a time when many
new species were being found in southern
Brazil and Uruguay which stimulated interest.
I have already discussed the popularity of
various cactus genera and those which are
fashionable. At the moment, Notocactus is out
of favour with growers but I still have a great
liking for them and present here one of the
best.
Parodia (Notocactus) scopa is not a new
species, having first been described long ago in
Systema Vegetabilium (1925) as Cactus scopa by
Sprengel. No location was given but later P. scopa ssp. succinea GC775.04 in habitat East of São
Gabriel, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
when DeCandolle transferred the species to
Cereus, he stated Brazil as the origin. Its early eventually get tall, but the subspecies marchesii
discovery is probably because it has a wide and the familiar ssp. neobuenekeri make clusters
distribution in rocky places including near the of stems.
coast, for instance, to the east of Montevideo, Graham Charles
near Maldonado.
GERLOFF, N. & NEDUCHAL, J. (2003) Die
The familiar spination of this plant is white, pflanzen um Notocactus scopa (Spreng) A.
usually with darker centrals, but some forms Berger ex Backeb. Internoto 24 3/4:49–64
have golden spines such as N. succineus which HOFACKER, A. (2013) Notokakteen von
is now regarded as a subspecies. Acanthocephala bis Wigginsia. Deutsche
The plants are usually solitary and can Kakteen-Gesellschaft e.V.
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JOURNAL ROUNDUP
Number 16 June 2016
Epiphytic Plant Literature A German study group started a journal in

1989 called EPIG. At first it was A4, but from
My recent interest in epiphytic cacti has
Vol.3 No.2 it was changed to A5. It was
encouraged me to find out what has been illustrated with stick-in colour pictures until
published about these fascinating plants. I was 2005, then starting with No.56 of 2006, the
fortunate to be able to buy a set of the journal colour pictures were printed on the pages. The
Epiphytes which started as a study group of the journal is still published, No.76 having just
National Cactus & Succulent Society in 1968. been published.
The A5 Newsletter started with just text and A very convenient way to have EPIG for
line drawings then No.37, in 1986, changed its reference is to buy the DVD with PDF files of
description ‘journal’ and was illustrated with the 55 issues from 1989 to 2005 (€20 = postage).
stuck-in colour pictures. This format continued Membership costs 15€ for Europe and you can
but I have been unable to discover when the get an application form from Kirsten Pfeiffer,
last issue was published. pfeiff[email protected]
Looking to expand your library? - Journals for sale

I have the following cactus and succulent journals for sale. All are loose issues and in generally
good to excellent condition unless stated otherwise. I would like to sell them as complete runs if
possible but please contact me if you are looking for partial runs. Delivery can be arranged but
may be expensive due to the weight. I will be at the BCSS National Show in August and at the
Cactus Explorers Weekend in September where I can deliver them. I can also arrange for them to
be taken to ELK in September
Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten Vols.8 – 66 (1957 – 2015) complete + Vol.6 (1955) with 3 issues –
12 issues per year. £250
The National Cactus and Succulent Journal (NCSJ) Vols.1 – 37 (1946 – 1982) complete except
issue Vol.14 No. 4. First 3 issues with hole punches: 4 issues per year. £50
The Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain (CSJGB) Vols. 13 – 44 (1951 – 1982) complete,
loose issues- 4 issues per year. £75
UK Mammillaria Journal Vols.1 – 45 (1960 – 2005) 45 volumes complete (Vol.8 No.1 & 2 + Vol.9
No.3 in photocopy), a few early issues with hole punches: 236 issues in total £50
Paul Hoxey ([email protected])
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ON-LINE JOURNALS
Number 16 June 2016
On-line Journals for you to download free

Publishing journals on the web is now very popular. Creating them is a lot of work so perhaps
that is why some have ceased publication.Here are some links for you to download and enjoy.
Xerophilia
The sixteenth issue of Xerophilia appeared in March 2016.
It is published in English as well as the language of the
original article. The quality of the contents is varied and
impressive.
Contents include: Xeric flora in “La Hoya” craters region;
Myrmecodia beccarii - a pictorial appraisal including
epiphytic companion species – from Yarrabah, South of
Cairns, to the “southern form” habitat in the Hinchinbrook
Channel swamps to north of Townsville - part 3; Notes on
Mammillaria pectinifera F.A.C. Weber; Echinocereus aff.
chalettii in Baborigame; Sedum burrito Moran, the succulent
from nowhere; Disphyma australe (Sol. ex G.Forst.) N.E.Br.,
in Rangitoto; Mammillaria heidiae Krainz., the hidden
beauty.
The magazine may be downloaded free as a pdf from
http://xerophilia.ro
Contact: [email protected]
ECHINOCEREUS Online-Journal
The German language on-line journal for Echinocereus
lovers. The goals of this 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 issue, 2016 02, there are well-illustrated articles:
Notes on the Echinocereus adustus group; The kingdom of
flowers Mexico 2015 - From Torreon, Coahuila to Ojinaga,
Chihuahua; Biodiversity - and dealing with it.
The downloaded pdf file allows printing, but does not
permit copying of the content. For those of us who do not
understand German very well, the publishers also
provide a downloadable MS Word document of the text
making it possible to copy and paste it into a translation
program. This is a major benefit of online journals and I
thank them for this useful feature.
See website: www.echinocereus.eu
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Sansevieria Online
The online journal for the growing number of
enthusiasts for this genus. A small group of
Sansevieria enthusiasts publish the first
Sansevieria online journal in German. They
welcome contributions on systematics,
morphology, physiology, evolution etc.
This issue includes: The Dominican Republic
also for Sansevieria enthusiasts; Sansevieria -
From collection to presentation; The
etymology of Sansevierias or what the names
mean; Winter-spring flowers in south Florida;
Pagoda like and floriferous: Sansevieria francisii.
The publisher of this online journal have set
themselves the goal of contributing more to
clarify this wonderful genus.
Download the PDF from www.sansevieria-
online.de where you can also find a special
issue containing field number lists and an
index to the journal.
Schütziana
The latest issue of Schütziana, the specialist on-
line journal for Gymnocalycium enthusiasts,
features Gymnocalycium pinali, a new species from
the Province of Córdoba by Massimo Meregalli
and Tomáš Kulhánek and new finds on the
distribution area of Gymnocalycium prochazkianum
Šorma.
The text of this valuable publication is available
in English, German, Russian and Japanese.
The pictures and distribution maps give a clear
insight into the plants found in habitat and culture.
You can download free all the issues from:
www.schuetziana.org
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Sukkulenten (formerly Avonia News)

Free German language on-line newsletter of
"Avonia", the quarterly journal of the German
Society for other Succulents.
From 2015, the on-line journal has been called
“Sukkulenten”
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 15th issue of this free online journal has
recently appeared. This was the first online
journal published in French. The quality is
excellent in every respect.
It is available as a free PDF download from:
http://www.cactuspro.com/succulentopia
This issue includes Editorial; Philately; The

cultivation of Lithops N. E. Brown; The genus
Aztekium; What water for our cactus? Picture
gallery; Digital Library CactusPro; Preview
discussions on the forum; Agenda.
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THE LOVE OF BOOKS

Number 16 June 2016
The Joys of being a Book Dealer!

Keith Larkin runs a business which sells books about plants, especially cacti and succulents.
He relates his recent experience of trying to prepare journals for sale. Pictures by Graham Charles
If you haven’t been involved in a particular

type of business then you are unlikely to be
aware of the challenges and idiosyncrasies of
it. Surely book selling is simple and straight-
forward, isn’t it? You just buy stock, and they
say it is easier to buy than sell – but I’m not
going to explode that myth as it relates to
bookselling in this article. But rather I’m going
to relate just one aspect which has been a
major challenge recently.
Those of you on my newsletter email list
will know that I have offered a large number
of journals recently – and there will be just a
few more soon. Early German journals are full of valuable information
but the different titles make it difficult to know if the set is
The most obvious problem is one of space. I complete.
live in a small house and don’t have much
numerals which I find a lot more difficult than
space. Long runs of journals are voluminous so
Arabic – and also for the publisher judging
there have been boxes all over the place getting
from the mistakes I’ve encountered!
in the way of my ”normal” life.
Where should this important information be
But before I offer the journals I need to
put on the cover? Surely best across the top?
check that runs are complete. When they are
But what about along the bottom, or perhaps
bound, then hopefully one can assume they
down the left side, or perhaps up the right.
are – and so not have to go through them.
One journal had three of these layouts in just
There can be issues, though. I have come
one year’s set of issues. And many change
across journals which have been 2 or 4 hole
from year to year. Give it a try yourself and see
punched before binding. And sometimes for
how frustrating and time consuming it is!
old journals the owner didn’t manage to get a
full set of originals so bound in photocopies Then there are varying numbers of issues
which aren’t always obvious. per year, or in one case an issue was
completely missed out. What about the journal
Then loose modern journals have glossy
which had just three issues in the middle of its
covers and slide all over the place.
run in English, and the rest in its native
What about numbering? Some are given language?
volume numbers – useful so you know when
Ah what about supplements, special issues,
you’re coming up to say the 10th or 50th
newsletters, loose photos ………..
anniversary. And often there is also the year of
publication. And occasionally one or the other Oh I was forgetting about reprints, some of
is wrong! Or both are missing. Or printed which were made a long time ago so can look
across a picture so it isn’t readable. In these like originals if you’re not careful. And then
cases it is usually possible to find it inside – there are changes of the publication size.
but not always! And what about Roman
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And what about all those early German
Journals with rather similar names, sometimes
in Gothic German which few of us outside
Germany are adept at deciphering. And how
many issues of each were there?
Fortunately I do have some resources to
help try to come to grips with all this. Roy
Mottram gave me a copy of his library list
when I acquired his book stock after his
retirement many years ago. This has been
invaluable, but as large as it is, it still has gaps.
Graham Charles has put together a guide to
the German Journals based on information
from Jörg Köpper which has been essential for
sorting them out.
But there is one challenge which I still have
to find a practical solution for. Hans Krainz,
when he published the loose-leaf Die Kakteen in
parts over 20 years from 1956, intended it to be
filed in systematic order. But far from the parts
being published in that order, they were
produced in seemingly random order, no
doubt as the information became available.
And the pages published were numbered to
enable them to be filed systematically. It was
planned that it would be continuously A complete (?) set of Krainz Die Kakteen bound in three
volumes in the order the parts were published with the
updated over time but inevitably the work was Index produced by Urs Eggli.
never finished – and with new discoveries and
reclassifications could never be. around are incomplete – and possibly in some
cases the owners will be unaware of it.
Urs Eggli produced a booklet documenting
the parts issued and their contents, of which he So what should I do about what I suspect is
kindly supplied me a copy. But this doesn’t a complete copy, but daunted by the effort of
extend to the systematic filing of the parts satisfying myself about it? A verified complete
issued. It might sound a simple task to copy must surely be substantially more
produce one, but with over 2000 pages valuable than an incomplete one. I just don’t
published, some as replacements for know!
previously published ones, it is a monumental Apart from the Krainz, I haven’t mentioned
task which if you haven’t tried it you won’t specific examples as I don’t want to embarrass
comprehend! any organisation or individual. Producing
Inevitably I have a copy filed in systematic journals is a hard task and we should be
order. My source of the copy says that the grateful to those who willingly work hard for
reputable supplier it was obtained from stated us, and errors are inevitable. But editors please
it was a complete copy – but there is nothing to be aware of the impact on poor individuals
that effect in the original four volume two hole who at some time in the future will need to do
binders. the checking so try to be careful, and please
not so many bright ideas for design,
Copies I have seen offered on the net seem
supplements, special issues ……..
to ignore the issue no doubt because they are
unaware of it! But it is likely that most copies Keith Larkin Link to Website
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NOPALXOCHIA
CONZATTIANA (?)
Don Smith tells us of a chance encounter with an interesting plant in Mexico which he
thinks he has identified as an uncommon Disocactus (Nopalxochia) Photographs by the author.
In the morning of 9th April 2015, we had

stopped at a roadside cantina in the mountains
near Oaxaca, at N17 11.046, W096 36.431 at
2,677m. The owner had a collection of nice
plants in a small garden at the rear, where I
was excited to see this plant, growing in one
end of an upturned log. It was in bud and I
realised that it was a species and no hybrid, so
I asked where he had obtained it. He waved
his hand in the air and said 'up the mountain'.
There was no visible road or track here so he
would have just struggled straight up through
the scrub and trees.
The patron told me that he found his plant Fig 1. The small collection of plants at the cantina.
at 3,000 metres. At home, I identified it from
my copy of Backeberg's Cactus Lexicon pp.
426–7 as Pseudonopalxochia conzattiana, an
invalid name. Half an hour later, driving non-
stop through a small town I noticed some
red-flowered windowsill plants which I
recognised as Epiphyllum ackermannii which I
used to grow in my schoolboy collection. I
mention this because it seems that there is
some question about these both being the same
species.
Nopalxochia conzattiana was first described as
a new species by MacDougall in 1947, naming
it after the botanist Prof. C. Conzatti of Oaxaca. Fig 2. The plant that attracted my attention.
The type locality is a hill near Santiago N. conzattiana is now considered to belong to
Lachiguiri, Oaxaca, about 125km south-east of the genus Disocactus and to be a synonym of D.
the cantina. Lau collected his number 1266, ackermannii. Ralf Bauer made the combination
which he identified as Nopalxochia conzattiana, Disocactus ackermannii ssp. conzattianus in 2003.
at Quiechapa, another place in Oaxaca, about
Don Smith
100km south of the cantina.
BAUER, R. (2003) A synopsis of the tribe
My plant differs from the first description
Hylocereeae F. Buxb. Cactaceae Systematic
by having a few small spines in the axils of the
Initiatives 17:17
petaloid bracts and the orange colour of the
flowers which are described as ‘bright red with MACDOUGALL, T. (1947) New species of
orange suffusion’ in the original description. Nopalxochia. Cact. Succ. J. (US) 19:22–23
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PILOSOCEREUS GOUNELLEI
Number 16 June 2016
FLOWERING ON CHRISTMAS DAY

Bruno Daniel relates his first encounter with the flowers of Pilosocereus gounellei which
happened early in the morning of Christmas Day Photographs by the author.
Eastern Brazil is known for having a great
cactus diversity, but you would only
occasionally hear a Brazilian speak about the
“East” of Brazil. This is because Brazilians refer
either to the Northeast or to the Southeast,
which are two of the five geographical regions
in this country.
The Nordeste (Northeast) is the region
where most of the Brazilian driest lands are
located, and the vegetation of these semi-arid
lands was given the name of Caatinga, or
Caatingas. This aboriginal word means “white
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forest”, due to the fact that for most of the occurs with Cereus jamacaru, being so widely
year, during the dry season, the majority of present in the Northeast has made Pilosocereus
plants are leafless, therefore, exposing their gounellei a very symbolic plant for local people.
pale stems and branches. When Opuntia crops aren’t enough to feed the
Almost anywhere in the Caatingas biome, cattle, these cacti serve as a substitute, but one
there is one plant that a cactophile would must deal with its spines first.
hardly miss noticing, the candelabra-shaped Occurring noticeably at rocky outcrops, P.
cactus Pilosocereus gounellei, also known by its gounellei is also found on sandy soils, forming
popular name, “xique-xique”. Just like it huge populations in the driest areas of the
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Caatingas and sometimes even found as an because their floral remnants are not deeply
epiphyte. It is one of the three species that immersed in the apex of the fruits, also, the
comprise Pilosocereus subgenus Gounellea, insertion point between floral remnant and
together with P. tuberculatus and P. frewenii, the fruit is circular rather than linear.
last described only a few years ago. Species of Being a columnar cactus enthusiast, I have
this subgenus differ from other Pilosocereus
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always found this species a beautiful cactus sunlight, and since it was breakfast time, I
due to its sinuate ribs and striking spination, decided to go back to the house. Starting that
but it wasn’t until recently that I had the Christmas Day earlier than usual was really
opportunity to contemplate its flowers. On a worth it and I hope I can soon witness other
Christmas Eve, while driving on a dirt road on night blooming cactus species in habitat.
the way to my grandparents’ house, I noticed Bruno Daniel
little white flecks among the vegetation, which
were illuminated by the car’s headlights. A Reference
closer look made me notice that many TAYLOR, N. AND ZAPPI, D. (2004) Cacti of Eastern
specimens of Pilosocereus gounellei were going Brazil. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK, 499
to bloom that night, so I decided to wake up pp.
early on Christmas Day in order to catch some
ZAPPI, D. (1994) Pilosocereus (Cactaceae) The
still open flowers.
genus in Brazil. 160pp.
It was still dark when I left the house with a
camera and a flashlight, but the bright white
flowers were easy to spot. Different kinds of
bees and ants were feeding on the flowers’
nectar and the static morning air allowed the
flowers’ scent to be appreciated. This wouldn’t
last long, so it was time to take a few pictures. I
was glad that I had time to photograph those
flowers with some natural light. A few minutes
later and the sun was coming up fast and the
flowers were starting to close. During the
Caatingas’ dry season not many plants offer
convenient protection from the intense
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HIGH ALTITUDE CACTI
HOW HIGH CAN THEY GROW?

Paul Hoxey describes his endeavours to find the cactus growing at the highest altitude in the
Andes. Photographs by the author.
If you ask a member of the general public about
cacti then their stereotype view is a spiny plant that
grows in a hot desert environment where it thrives
with minimal rainfall and exposure to a strong sun.
There are many species that fit into that category
but cacti are far more diverse and have adapted to
successfully live in a range of different habitats.
Some species live in moist tropic environments
as epiphytes (eg Rhipsalis species) and others in
habitats far away from the tropics where they
endure very cold and prolonged winters (e.g.
Opuntia fragilis in Canada). Other species have
managed to colonize another unlikely habitat for
desert plants; that of extreme altitude, high in the
Andes of South America. There they ensure a harsh
set of alpine growing conditions where tempera-
tures drop markedly at night, especially in the Fig 1. An unidentified plant PH1219.01 with slightly suc-
winter when sub-zero temperatures are common culent leaves growing at 5100m on the pass at Picav-
place. During the daytime the sun can be intense ilque in northern Chile.
Fig 2. Austrocylindropuntia floccosa PH727.01, Punotia lagopus PH727.02 and Lobivia maximiliana PH727.03 all
growing together at Macusani, Puno, Peru at 4610m.
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Fig 3. Austrocylindropuntia floccosa PH727.01 Macu- Fig 4. Punotia lagopus PH727.02 with a little overnight
sani, Puno, Peru at 4610m. snow yet to melt. Macusani, Puno, Peru at 4610m.
Fig 5. Lobivia maximiliana PH727.03 a large clumping Fig 6. Cumulopuntia ignescens PH933.01 above Palca,
specimen. Macusani, Puno, Peru at 4610m. near the Chilean border, Tacna, Peru at 4580m
and the UV levels high due to the thin atmosphere

but temperature generally remain low. Often
strong winds are present. Some habitats may have
low annual rainfall but other may have significant
rainfall that can fall as snow when temperatures
drop below freezing.
During my travels in Peru and Chile I have
observed cacti high in the Andes on many
occasions and I admired the plants that could
survive in such alpine habitats. I also started to ask
myself: What is the maximum elevation that cacti
grow? Generally speaking the flora of the high
Andes tends to thin out to a relatively small
Fig 7. A road sign incorrectly stating an altitude of number of plant species above 4500m but a few
5250m on the road passing by Volcan Taapacá near plants can grow and thrive to about 5000m.
Putre in northern Chile. My own measurement at this lo- Beyond 5000m, slopes become barren and only a
cality is 4790m. few scattered plants, usually protected in rock
Table 1. Observational records from Chile and Peru
Number Species Locality Altitude Date
PH932.01 Cumulopuntia ignescens Peru; Tacna; above Palca, approaching the Chilean border 4540m 21 Mar 2011
PH976.01 Cumulopuntia ignescens Peru; Tacna; above Palca, near the Chilean border 4540m 9 Mar 2012
PH933.01 Cumulopuntia ignescens Peru; Tacna; above Palca, near the Chilean border 4580m 21 Mar 2011
PH727.01 Austrocylindropuntia floccosa Peru; Puno; Macusani 4610m 24 Feb 2008
PH727.02 Punotia lagopus Peru; Puno; Macusani 4610m 24 Feb 2008
PH727.03 Lobivia maximiliana Peru; Puno; Macusani 4610m 24 Feb 2008
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Fig 8. Cumulopuntia ignescens PH1207A.01 Volcán Taapacá, Arica and Parinacota, Chile at 4770m.
cracks, can be found. My elevation record is at adaptations to an alpine habitat (Fig.4) and forms
5100m for a plant, presently unidentified, found large clumps of densely-packed heads, a shape
growing in rock cracks on the high pass at typical of high elevation plants which helps the
Picavilque in the north of Chile (Fig.1). plant to retain heat most effectively within the
body. It is also densely covered in white wool and
So what about the cacti? What is their altitude
bristles. Punotia lagopus has a restricted distribution
limit? Using an altitude of 4500m as a starting
in Puno, Peru extending just into western Bolivia
point I have the observational records in Table 1
and is only found in a narrow altitude band from
from Chile and Peru based on field trips up to the
4300m to 4600m
end of 2015.
Austrocylindropuntia floccosa (Fig.3) is a wide
Remarkably, three of the four species grow
ranging species from northern Peru and into
together in the Peruvian department of Puno near
Bolivia found in high mountain areas with an
the town of Macusani, one of the highest towns in
altitude range of 3500–4600m based on my
the world at 4350m. Climate data for Macusani
personal observations. Near to Macusani the plants
indicates day time temperatures reach the mid
from loose clumps of rather large heads densely
teens centigrade throughout the year but drop
covered in white hairs but in other habitats it can
below freezing most of the year at night and fall to
have much smaller heads and less hair.
at least -10°C during the winter months of June to
August. Rainfall averages about 700mm a year with Lobivia maximiliana (Fig.5) is a globular species,
a noticeable drier period between May and August sometimes clustering, and perhaps the most
which corresponds to the colder time of year. surprising species to find at such high altitudes
During my visit to Macusani in February 2008, with its small size and lack of obvious adaptation
overnight snow had fallen yet this is the warmest to alpine conditions. Unique in the genus Lobivia, it
time of year and equivalent to snow falling during has a hummingbird adapted flower. I have found it
mid summer in the northern hemisphere! All three growing from 3200–4600m.
species are found growing on gentle grass covered
My observations of Cumulopuntia ignescens
hills with rocky patches above the town (Fig.2).
above 4500m are all in the same general area in
Punotia lagopus (perhaps better known as southern Peru near to the Chilean border
Austrocylindropuntia lagopus) has obvious overlooking Volcán Tacora. The climate here is
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of 4610m. I had heard of rumors and seen
unsubstantiated records of cacti growing as high as
5000m so the ultimate aim was to find plants at or
close to that altitude.
From my previous observations in southern
Peru, Cumulopuntia ignescens was the likely target
for our search as it is frequently found in northern
Chile. In an earlier trip to Chile in 2006 I had seen
large clumps near to the geysers at El Tatio at
4300m. The guide there stated temperatures drop
to -25°C at night during winter so clearly this
species has the capability to survive a harsh frost.
Rainfall is low and at nearby San Pedro de Atacama
Fig 9. High altitudes slope (4850–5000m) on Volcán it is less than 50mm a year, although likely to be a
Taapacá dominated by Azorella compacta PH1267.05. little higher at El Tatio.
rather different to Macusani; the rainfall is lower On just the third day of the 2016 Chile trip, we
and so the habitat is much drier. Sparse clumps of left the village of Putre in the far north of the
ichu grass dominate the flora with the specimens of country to explore towards the Peruvian border.
Cumulopuntia ignescens (Fig.6) interspersed Overlooking Putre, a dormant volcano, Volcán
between them. The hemispherical clumps are Taapacá, rises high above the surrounding land
densely covered in spination but lack hair. with a snow covered summit reaching an altitude
Cumulopuntia ignescens is found at altitudes from of 5860m. We took a very conveniently constructed
3300m and above. road that climbs the lower slopes and passes to the
west of the mountain before heading off further
In January 2016, I undertook a field trip to north. A road sign indicating the highest point of
northern Chile, accompanied by Andrew Gdaniec, the road reaches 5200m (Fig.7) is clearly a little
curator of Gibraltar Botanic Gardens. One of our optimistic based on my own GPS reading of 4790m
goals for the trip was to investigate high Andean which is in line with Google Earth. The vegetation
cacti and to try and improve on my altitude record
Figs 10 & 11. Nototriche sp. PH1267.
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Fig 12. Asteraceae species PH1267.03.
Fig 13. Asteraceae species PH1267.03.
Fig 14. Pycnophyllum bryoides PH1267.06 tiny heads,

flat cushion forming.
Fig 15. Pycnophyllum bryoides PH1267.06 tiny heads,

flat cushion forming.
Figs 16 & 17. PH1267.07 a small plant with a woody stem and small slightly succulent leaves.
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here is dominated by clumps of Azorella compacta
(Family Apiaceae) commonly called llareta and a
widespread Andean plant found growing at
altitudes from 4000–5000m.
The key to finding cacti at the extreme end of
the elevation range is to find favourable habitats
that are exposed to the sun for as much of the day
as possible but are sheltered from the worst of the
strong winds. In northern Chile these tend to be
north or northwest facing slopes and it is
noticeable how much more vegetation is found on
these sheltered slopes compared to others facing in
different directions. We succeeded in finding
Cumulopuntia ignescens at 4770m on Volcán Taapacá
(Fig.8). The plants found at this elevation were
healthy and not stunted or struggling as one would
expect of plants at the extreme end of distributions
so that gave us encouragement to continue looking
for even higher altitude plants during the
remainder of the trip.
We failed to increase our new altitude record of
4770m until on our final day in Chile when we
returned to Putre. Once again we took the road to
Volcán Taapacá and on this occasion we found a
faint track into another gully close to our previous
location. The track gently climbed from the road
Fig. 18 & 19. PH1267.08 tiny white flowers on inflores- and reached about 4850m where we parked the car.
cence. From there we explored a northwest facing slope
covered with llareta (Fig.9) and various smaller
alpine plants. A selection of plants found between
4850m and 5000m are illustrated here (Figs.10–21)
and I would welcome help with their identification.
A pretty alpine Notoriche sp. in flower was very
common in the area with the densest population
growing in loose gravel in the gully below the
slope. The largest plants, to 10cm tall and forming
clusters of heads, were found on the edge of vicuña
dug sites, where they must benefit from some
natural fertilizer! As luck would have it, a group of
vicuña passed by indicating that these hardy
animals are quite happy to live at 5000m.
After climbing to 5000m on the northwest facing
slope we had failed to find any cacti, although
Azorella compacta continued a little higher, so we
decided to walk down the ridge looking for the
‘first’ and hence highest elevation cactus which we
encountered at 4830m (Fig.22). Again the plant was
very healthy and growing well so it was not clear
why we failed to find any examples a little higher.
A second specimen a few metres lower was in
flower and with immature fruits (Fig.23).
Cumulopuntia ignescens usually has a bright red
flower so this example is rather lighter-coloured
than usual.
Table 2 contains details of all my observations of
cacti above 4500m during the January 2016 trip in
Figs. 20 & 21. PH1267.09 small branching plant with re- Chile/Peru.
duced succulent leaves, flowers terminal on branches.
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Table 2. Observational records of cacti above 4500m during the January 2016 trip in Chile/Peru.
Number Species Locality Altitude Date
PH1220.01 Cumulopuntia ignescens Chile; Tarapacá; between Lirima and Paso Picavilque 4640m 8 Jan 2016
PH1207A.01 Cumulopuntia ignescens Chile; Arica and Parinacota; north west slopes of Volcán Taapacá 4770m 4 Jan 2016
PH1268.01 Cumulopuntia ignescens Peru; Tacna; near Chilean border overlooking Volcán Tacora 4700m 24 Jan 2016
PH1218.01 Cumulopuntia ignescens Chile; Tarapacá; about 8km north of Paso Picavilque 4740m 8 Jan 2016
PH1267.01 Cumulopuntia ignescens Chile; Arica and Parinacota; north west slopes of Volcan Taapacá 4830m 23 Jan 2016
Fig. 22 Cumulopuntia ignescens PH1267.01 at 4830m, the highest altitude I have found a cactus to date.
Fig. 23 (inset) Cumulopuntia ignescens PH1267.01 a flowering example at 4790m.
My new altitude record is just 170m shy of the Lat. and Long.: S21°7’, W68°22’
magic 5000m level so can cacti reach that elevation? Altitude: 5200m
I know of two reports of cacti at 5000m.
(http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K000100910)
Firstly Frič reports that Neowerdermannia
vorwerkii grows at 5000m. This has generally been
The altitude from Google Earth at the given co-
dismissed as improbable. Based on more recent
ordinates is 4070m, so the recorded altitude of
field observations an altitude range of 3500-4300m
5200m altitude is likely to be a transcription error
is more typical for this species and Frič is likely to
with a 4 switched for a 5, giving a reading 1000m
be mistaken. Perhaps his altimeter was poorly
higher than the reality.
calibrated or a transcription error occurred with
4000m switched to 5000m. So a well documented case of a cactus growing
at 5000m is still elusive yet I believe it may exist so
Secondly, there is a specimen in the Kew
that is why I am asking all cactus explorers to see if
herbarium of Cumulopuntia ignescens that has a
they can add to the four species found growing
reported elevation of 5200m. Full details from the
about 4500m or improve of my altitude record of
online database are:
4830m. Good luck with the search and I hope you
Name: Opuntia ignescens Vaupel will share with us your successes in this quest
Collector No.: Wickens 1589 within the pages of the Cactus Explorer.
Collection Date: 10/12/1989
Paul Hoxey
Location: Chile; El Loa Cosca
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(STENO) CEREUS
Number 16 June 2016
PSEUDOSONORENSIS GÜRKE
Michael Lange tells us about the ‘Octopus Cacti’: Stenocereus sect. Rathbunia.
Photographs by the author except where shown.
Why do we deal with succulents? Reasons have not been rediscovered or not recognized
are as many as the shape and colours of the until now.
flowers. The fascination is continual both The opportunity to read about the group of
arising from the cacti themselves as well as the ‘Octopus Cacti’ is rare in international
from the habitat wilderness. Although literature. Thus is probably caused by the
enthusiasts get access to more and more areas temperature demanding ecology and space
and today travelling through the habitats is demanding habit in cultivation. So we have
more or less a common activity, there are only a very few reports for this species group
obviously undescribed entities and some taxa and logically even enthusiasts are often not
which have been known for about a century able to recognize the species correctly nor do
Figs.1–3. The “Octopus” Stenocereus alamosensis in situ west of Hermosillo, Sonora/ Mexico.
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Fig.4. Cereus Sonorensis from K. Schumann, in

Monatsshrift für Kakteenkunde 11(9):135–6 (1901).
Diagram is a potential Lectotype for Cereus pseu-
dosonorensis Gürke.
Fig.6. Cereus pseudosonorensis Gürke, in Monatsshrift

für Kakteenkunde 20(10):147–8 (1910)
Fig.5. Stenocereus stellatus (ex situ)
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Figs.7 & 8. Stenocereus alamosensis in situ near Mazatan/ Sonora (Photo: T. VanDevender). Fig.9. S. alamosensis,
flower section 1997 in Bot. Garden Dresden (squares = 5mm); specimen raised from G. Köhres seed ca. 1974.
they spent much attention to these subjects in probably had different taxa in mind when
the field (Niestradt, 2000). producing their notes.
One of those entities is Cereus pseudo- The usage of the name Cereus sonorensis is
sonorensis Gürke (1910) [syn. C. sonorensis problematic anyway; it caused a muddle of
Runge sensu Schumann (1901)]. It originated names and misidentifications. Very probably,
as a nomen nudum in a catalogue of Runge, different nurseries and importers sold different
some authors consider writing the name as C. plant material under this name around the
sonorensis Runge ex Schumann; I prefer to year 1900. Therefore it is important to differen-
write C. sonorensis Runge sensu Schumann, tiate exactly between the catalogue name
because I have reasons to believe, both authors Cereus sonorensis Runge and the descriptions
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Fig.10 &11. Stenocereus kerberi in Botanical Garden Mexico, UNAM (C-23-6-50), 2011.
Fig.12 &13. Stenocereus kerberi (GM 1261.1) in situ at Los Lumbres, NAY. (Photos: G. Matuszewski)
presented later on (Cereus sonorensis Runge Runge sensu Gürke are synonyms of
sensu Schumann (1901) and Cereus sonorensis Stenocereus alamosensis (Coulter) Gibson &
Runge sensu Gürke (in Gürke 1910 and in Horak, C. sonorensis Runge sensu Schumann
Schumann et al. 1910: Tafel 122). seems to be another taxon. Gürke (1910)
[As an additional mistake, Schumann (1903: recognized the conflict and solved the problem
25–26) himself placed his interpretation of the creating C. pseudosonorensis.
name Cereus sonorensis as a synonym of the Backeberg (1960: 2124 ff.) made the muddle
whitish-flowering Cereus stellatus Pfeiffer = perfect; he misunderstood C. sonorensis Runge
Stenocereus stellatus (Pfeiffer) Riccobono.] sensu Gürke (1910) as another species to be
While C. sonorensis Runge and C. sonorensis recognized beside Rathbunia alamosensis and
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Figs.14 &15. Stenocereus standleyi in the Berlin Botanical Garden (BGBM), raised from seed collected by
Dr. Leuenberger.
Fig. 16. Stenocereus standleyi at Jalisco, Mexico Photograph by Jeff Hamann
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Fig.17. C. pseudosonorensis, 1997 from a cultivated speci-

men in Botanical Garden Dresden (squares = 5mm).
named it R. neosonorensis Backeberg. So we
have today 4 nearly identical names in use for
only 2 close related taxa. In modern cactology,
only one of practical use is left: Stenocereus
alamosensis. However, the writer is seeing the
possibility we might have lost a recognizable
entity in Cereus pseudosonorensis Gürke within
time and by nomenclatural stress.
To prove this nearly unknown plant it is
necessary to have a deeper look into the Fig.18. Cereus sonorensis Runge sensu Gürke in Schu-
“Rathbunias“, a group of cacti included in the mann et al. Blühende Kakteen (1910): Band 9, Tafel 122 =
genus Stenocereus, rarely under cultivation in Stenocereus alamosensis (painting by T. Gürke, July 1905)
European greenhouses. While the taxonomic
relationship is well supported by studies of (partly) endemic species from Baja California:
Gibson & Horak (1978) and Arroyo-Cosultchi S. eruca and S. gummosus [also Morangaya
(2006) the nomenclatural concept was pensilis is worth being discussed herein].
stabilized by the conservation of Stenocereus; In 1997, I was lucky to see a plant I later
Rathbunia is older but of problematic identified as Cereus pseudosonorensis Gürke that
typification and sadly we do not know much originated in an untold Spanish (Botanical)
about the species of that group. Very probably, Garden and S. alamosensis (that time under the
the following taxa belong in this postulated wrong name Machaerocereus gummosus).
section: S. alamosensis (Sonora) (synonym Because it was a spontaneous visit when I saw
Rathbunia sonorensis, R. neosonorensis), S. kerberi it, I returned the very next day to make
(Sinaloa, Nayarit and Colima), S. standleyi photographs. Even if the results were not that
(Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit pretty as one will expected today;
and Sinaloa) and C. pseudosonorensis (Sonora?, unfortunately I had only very view slides left
obviously not yet rediscovered). In a little and decided to use them for the flower
wider relationship we have to consider some sections. The “Spanish plant” had a few more
Number of Flower Flower Nectar
Flowering time
ribs colour symmetry chamber
axial (always?) with
S. alamosensis >5 red diurnal
symmetry axial protrusion
axial
S. kerberi 4 (–5) red ? diurnal
symmetry
radial
S. standleyi 4 white ? nocturnal
symmetry
C. pseudo- radial no axial
>/=5…8 red diurnal
sonorensis symmetry protrusion
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Figs.19 & 20. Stenocereus sp. in the Mortens Botanical Garden, Palm Springs, California, USA.
buds and I had in mind to return soon but GIBSON, A.C. & HORAK, K.E. (1978). Systematic
failed and about a year later the specimen had anatomy and phylogeny of Mexican
disappeared… But I remember very well the columnar cacti. Annals of the Missouri
unspectacular habit of a boring cereus-like Botanical Garden. Vol. 65(4): 999–1057.
plant with 5 or a few more ribs and size of GüRKE, M. (1910). Cereus sonorensis Runge.
about 40 cm. But not only is a slide remaining Monatsschrift für Kakteenkunde 20(10): 145 ff.
but I still have the dried flower in my LANGE, M. (1998). Stenocereus gummosus.
herbarium and I donated a positive to the Kak.and.Sukk. 49(5): 1998/10 Karteiblatt
Herbarium in Berlin (B) when I was discussing NIESTRADT, W. (1982). Rathbunia alamosensis
the subject with the late Dr. Leuenberger about (Bildpostkarte) - Planet-Verlag Berlin A4-
15 years ago. 302542/82-III/26/13 12821
Well, there is some work to do for the NIESTRADT, W. (2000). Rathbunia sonorensis aus
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A NEW TAXON OF
REBUTIA K.SCHUM. FROM THE
CHICLIGASTA DISTRICT OF TUCUMÁN
Roy Mottram & Victor Gapon describe a new species of Rebutia, the most
southerly species ever found.
All photographs by Victor Gapon, except where stated.
Summary than 100km further south in the Province of

First description of a new species, Rebutia Tucumán in the eastern foothills of the
australis Mottram & Gapon, the most southern mountains that share a border with Catamarca.
species of Rebutia known. Comparisons with The first to discover this southern rebutia
the closely related Rebutia minuscula (F.A.C. was Gert Neuhuber in 1999, on slopes of the
Weber ex Rebut) K.Schum., and with the more mountain pass known as the Cuesta del
distant Rebutia senilis Backeb. are made. Clavillo along the RN 65 road that runs from
During the 140 years since the first Rebutia Concepción in Tucumán to Andalgalá in
was discovered, it has been believed that their Catamarca. Gert told Victor Gapon about the
geographical range was no further south than plant and Victor asked Gert to show him the
the mountains bordering Salta and Tucumán. plant in nature. They visited the location at the
However, since the start of the millennium it end of 2004, but could not find the plant again.
has become clear that they also occur more Victor made a further attempt to find it in 2007
Fig.1. Map of Tucuman showing locations cited in this paper. Artwork by Roy Mottram, adapted
from a 1973 1: 1,000,000 Operational Navigation chart.
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Fig.4 Flowering plant of Rebutia australis VG641.
Fig. 2 Nick Gapon in the mist searching for plants at the

Rebutia australis location in February 2010.
Fig. 5 left to right: Flowering plants of Rebutia senilis

VG364 (San Fernando de Escoipe, 1830m) with Rebutia
australis VG641 compared.
Not only is the orographic precipitation

here extremely high, but the moist air during
the summer rainy season produces a bank of
cloud of considerable depth, extending from
about 1000m to over 2000m altitude, and even
during the winter months variable patches of
low cloud remain.
Because the rebutias of the Salta/Tucumán
Fig.3 Flowering plant of Rebutia australis VG641. border were believed to be the only ones
present in Tucumán, it has been assumed in
and discovered it on the same road slightly to the past that must be the location of the earliest
species known, Rebutia minuscula. However,
the north and gave the location his number
despite superficial resemblance, nothing that
641. This time the weather was poor and the
matched the plants of the type collection of
light too bad for good photography. His visit
Rebutia minuscula has ever been found in that
in 2010 was more successful, enabling some
area.
photography and a sample gathering for
propagation and the depositing of a herbarium Rebutia minuscula was found by Schickend-
specimen. The last visit was in 2013. antz, probably on one of his journeys over the
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Fig.6 left to right: Rebutia australis VG641, Rebutia minuscula (cult.) & Rebutia senilis (cult.) compared.
Composite photograph: Victor Gapon & Roy Mottram
Nevados del Aconquija on his way to The distribution of Rebutia senilis is in a
Catamarca. That route was roughly in a drier vegetation zone than the new species and
straight line directly due west of Tucumán city, probably also of Rebutia minuscula that was
over the San Xavier hills, meeting the river described as originating from Province
Lules near its source at Anfama and thence to Tucumán, and its actual type locality has yet to
Tafí del Valle. This route was well described by be found.
Burmeister (1868), and could only be The rebutias of the mountains bordering
undertaken on horseback. Middleditch (1992: with Salta in the north of Tucuman are actually
125–127; 2001: 35–39) provided an English southern representatives of Rebutia senilis,
translation of his accounts, and of other mostly with short spines, at altitudes of some
sources. This route fell out of use with the 1500–2300m. There they are usually found in
advent of motor vehicles in the early 19thC. the company of ferns and begonias, as the new
and the building of roads that circumvented species also does at El Clavillo. So there are
the mountain range. parallels in the type of habitat, but the annual
A gathering made 14km south of Tafí del rainfall at Mt. El Clavillo is several times more
Valle at 2800m on the Cerro Nuñorco Grande than that of the mountains of northern
in the year 2000 might possibly be the original Tucumán and at their altitude they are
R. minuscula, because it is quite close to shrouded in the mists of low cloud for long
Schickendantz's route, but no material has periods (Fig.2).
been made available for study. Apart from Tucumán city averages 1000mm of rainfall
that, no attempts to follow the route of per annum, and Salta 700mm, but, according
Schickendantz in modern times has ever been to Cabrera (1971), the eastern flanks of the
undertaken. Andes that receive orographic rainfall can have
The El Clavillo plant does not coincide with as much as 2500mm or more.
R. minuscula nor any other known species, so is Most species of Rebutia are autogamous,
described here as a new taxon. It is like Rebutia that is to say that they are self-compatible and
minuscula in that it shares a similar floral capable of fertilising themselves with their
syndrome, but it differs significantly in habit of own pollen. Where the stigma lies at the height
growth and spination. In the latter it may of the stamens, self-fertility is then obligate
sometimes superficially resemble Rebutia senilis and plants always produce fruit and seed
but there are significant structural differences whether visited by pollinators or not. Rebutia
in the flowers, the latter mostly having minuscula and Rebutia australis are both
exserted stigmas, a different syndrome autogamous in this sense, and are therefore
requiring long-tongued pollinators that have a inbreeding. However, in Rebutia senilis, the
long reach and hover above the flowers.
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Fig. 8 Flower section of Rebutia australis VG641.
WU3796 (flower in alc. [iso.]).

Etymology: Latin adjective, australis, southern,
for its position as the most southerly known
Rebutia.
Description: Stem spherical, wholly
tuberculate, up to 3cm diameter (3.5cm in
cultivation), solitary. Epidermis glossy green.
Fig.7 Fruiting plant of Rebutia australis GN1023. Areoles and base of spines chestnut brown,
stigma is usually exserted by up to 1cm bearing a tuft of white, kinked trichomes up to
beyond the level of the anthers, and therefore 0.5mm long in addition to the spines. Spines
they do not automatically come into contact. 15–20 (cf. 20–30 in R. minuscula, 25–30+ in R.
So they need a pollen transferring agent, the senilis), radiating in all directions,
pollinator, and they are therefore outbreeding. multicoloured, pale chestnut brown to white,
When its own pollen is transferred accidentally darker brown at the base, all of differing
or by a seedsman, then it too will produce fruit length, 3–8mm long, acicular, straight or
and seed. However, that would not normally slightly recurved near their base, where the
occur in nature. This outbreeding characteristic spines thicken to 0.1–0.25mm diam.
makes Rebutia senilis exhibit a great deal more Flower funnelform, 2.5–5.0cm long, mostly
diversity in nature than is the case for Rebutia only partially opening even in full sun, but
minuscula and R. australis. also more rarely expanding to 5cm broad, only
Rebutia australis Mottram & Gapon sp. nov. for a brief period around midday, then slowly
closing throughout the afternoon. Ovary 3mm
Diagnosis: Similar and related to Rebutia diam. Receptacle tube c.1.7cm long, curving
minuscula and R. senilis, but differs in being upwards, bearing 5 fleshy, pink to red scales,
solitary, even in cultivation, having chestnut up to 0.6mm long, lying against the tube wall.
brown areoles and brownish spines, and with Perianth parts 13, to 1.6cm long & 3.5mm
flowers that rarely fully expand, not at all on a broad, rich red, recurving at full expansion.
dull, cloudy day, but will set fruit Like R. minuscula in having no significant floral
autogamously and cleistogamously. Floral solid axis (cf. 1–2mm, rarely to 7mm long in R.
solid axis absent or nearly so. senilis). Nectar chamber c.8mm long.
Type: Argentina, Tucumán, Chicligasta Distr., Filaments creamy white, 8–13mm long,
Cuesta del Clavillo, on the RN 65 road on the inserted over c.5mm of the lower tube walls
N side of the RN 65 road from Concepción to directly above the nectar chamber. Anthers
Andalgalá [before 2008 called ruta 365], c.1km cream. Style 2.1cm long, up to 1mm thick,
SW of La Banderita & c.1km NW of the peak of white below shading to red at the very top.
Mt. El Clavillo, 1850m; 5 Feb 2010, Victor Gapon Stigma lobes 5, white, located among the
VG10-641 (WU3795 (plant in alc. [holo.]); anthers.
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Fig.9a Rebutia australis VG641 in habitat. Fig.9c Rebutia australis VG641 in habitat.
Fig. 9b Rebutia australis VG641 in habitat. Fig.10 A particularly handsome, strong-spined form of
Rebutia australis VG641, 3.5cm diameter.
Fruit 4.3mm long, 4.5–5.0mm diam. Distr., slopes of Mt. El Clavillo, RN 65 road
Pericarpel translucent, glossy pale greenish from Concepción to Andalgalá, [before 2008
pink to orange, bearing 5 areoles (c.10 in R. called ruta 365], 1830m; 1999, Gert Neuhuber
minuscula). Uppermost areoles of fruit pale GN99-1023; Tucumán, Chicligasta Distr., La
brown, c.0.6mm long, naked in the axils. Banderita, 2000m.; 20 Oct 2001, Nora B.
Lowermost larger, bright rose pink with Muruaga 357 (LIL) [not seen] (This location was
narrow white tip, acute to equilateral, up to stated to be in Andalgalá Distr., Catamarca
1.3mm long, and with 1–2 curly white hairs (2008: 326), but La Banderita is actually in
only to 0.2mm long. Tucumán, near Mt. El Clavillo); Tucumán,
Seed up to 1.3mm long, 0.8mm broad, Chicligasta Distr., Cuesta del Clavillo, on the
0.7mm thick, glossy black at magnification, RN 65 road on the N side of the RN 65 road
with whitish hilum, 0.6mm. long, 0.5mm from Concepción to Andalgalá [before 2008
broad, with spongy aril extending from 0 to called ruta 365], c.1km SW of La Banderita &
0.4mm beyond the hilum. Testa cells convex, c.1km NW of the peak of Mt. El Clavillo,
those at the top end often extended into short 1850m; 2007, 2010, 2013, Victor Gapon VG07-
papillae. Indistinguishable from the seeds of 641, VG10-641 (WU, holo), VG13-641.
Rebutia minuscula, but a little larger than the Conservation status
seeds of R. senilis (c.1.0mm long). Rebutia australis is only known from its type
Vouchers: Argentina: Tucumán, Chicligasta locality and only just over 20 plants have ever
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Comparison Table
Character R. australis R. minuscula R. senilis
Habit of growth solitary basal branching basal branching
Epidermis glossy grass green glossy grass green mat dark green
15–20, strong, bristly 27–30, strong, bristly to

20–30, weak, exposing
Spination to subulate, almost subulate, almost hiding
the epidermis
hiding the epidermis the epidermis
Autogamy inbreeding inbreeding outbreeding
Floral solid axis length 0–1mm 0–1mm 1–2 (–7)mm
Nectar chamber length c.8mm 4–7mm 2.6–4.5mm
5, short, 4–5, short, 4–6, long, thin,

Stigma lobes not expanding, not expanding, fully expanding,
not exserted not exserted exserted c.1cm
Fruit areoles 5 10 ?
been found. It is likely to occur elsewhere in Washington.

the neighbourhood, but it very cryptic and is BROWN, N.E. (1914) Echinocactus minusculus.
probably safely hidden in inaccessible places. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 140 [Ser.4 vol.10]
Under 50 known plants and a distribution of (1533): t.8583. (Nov). Lovell Reeve & Co.,
less than 20 sq.km. would give it currently a London.
Critically Endangered (CR) status, but that is BURMEISTER, H.C.C. (1868) Physikalisch-
probably a worst case scenario. With the geographische Skizze des nordwestlichen
prospect of more plants or other populations Theiles der Argentinischen Provinzen von
being discovered, this assessment may be later Tucuman und Catamarca. Mittheilungen aus
downgraded. Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt über
Rebutia minuscula in the broadest sense as Wichtige neue Erforschungen auf dem
adopted in Hunt (2006: 249, 334) is given the Gesammtgebiete der Geographie von Dr. A.
status LC (Least Concern), but that assumed Petermann 14(2): 41–55, t.4; (4): 137–145; (6):
that the widespread taxon R. senilis was 200–206. Justus Perthes, Gotha.
conspecific, a view that is not shared by the CABRERA, A.L. (1971) Fitogeografia de la
present authors. R. minuscula in its original Republica Argentina. Boletín de la Sociedad
sense has not yet been refound and could even Argentina de Botánica 14(1–2): 1–42.
be extinct. R. minuscula-like examples in Sociedad Argentina de Botánica, La Plata.
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COPIAPOA FUSCA AND C. CORRALENSIS

DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES
Ingrid Schaub and Ricardo Keim name two plants which they consider to be
sufficiently different from existing species to be described as new species.
Photographs by Ingrid Schaub.
Copiapoa fusca Description

Introduction Copiapoa fusca Ingrid Schaub & Ricardo Keim
sp. nov. Differs from Copiapoa coquimbana,
While studying areas we had not explored
Copiapoa griseoviolacea, Copiapoa ignazii n.n. and
before, we found a population of plants that
Copiapoa sarcoana, which grow in the nearby
we believe is a new species. By chance, we had
area, by having a smaller body with a matt
found these plants which show all the
surface. Old fruits and dried flowers remain
characteristics of the genus Copiapoa, but are
attached to the apex.Holotype: Collected by
not Copiapoa coquimbana (Karw. ex Rümpler)
Ingrid Schaub & Ricardo Keim, on November
Britton & Rose, nor Copiapoa griseoviolacea I.
14th 2015 and deposited in the Herbarium of
Schaub & Keim, nor Copiapoa ignazii n.n., nor
the Museo de Historia Natural, Santiago, Chile
Copiapoa sarcoana I. Schaub & Keim, all of
(SGO 166363)
which grow not far from this place.
Fig 1. Copiapoa fusca with long central spines, flowering at the type locality.
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Fig 2. Copiapoa fusca with its patchy white Fig 3. Copiapoa fusca showing the large
coating of wax. taproot.
Fig 4. The type locality of Copiapoa fusca.
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Fig 5. Stony ground with a large clump of Copiapoa fusca.
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Fig 6. Section of the flower of Copiapoa fusca.

Habit: body globose or moderately applanate,
some heads tending to elongate slightly, up to
60mm in diameter. Epidermis grey-green,
matt, with a partial coating of thin white wax,
yellowish at the base. Most plants have one or
two heads, rarely up to 30 heads. Apex sunken, Fig 7. A large clump of Copiapoa fusca with
20mm in diameter with pale grey- yellowish flowers and dried flower remains attached.
wool. Neck 10mm in diameter connecting to a
30mm diameter taproot by 120mm long,
fleshy, hard to the touch, ending obtusely. At
the lower part there are some fibrous roots,
2mm in diameter. Brown surface.
Areoles: 2mm in diameter, oval, slightly
elongated vertically, on the upper part of the
tubercles.
Ribs: 13 to 15 disposed vertically comprising
round tubercles, a bit elongated with a slight
depression between the mammillae.
Spines: needle-like, straight, grey. Radial
spines 6–7, opaque, thinner and shorter
slightly pointing outwards from the body,
15mm long. Central spines stronger and
longer, 1–3, pointing away from the body, flat
on the upper surface, straight, needle-like. The
upper ones reach 40mm long, the lower are
slightly shorter. Spines next to the apex are
darker, the remainder grey, paler at the lower
part.
Flower: born at the stem tip, growing from the
wooly apex, 27–31mm long and 20–36mm Fig 8. Copiapoa fusca fruit with dried flower re-
wide when fully open, funnel-shaped. mains attached and seeds.
Opening during the day. Tepals are 25mm pale green covered with wool. Style 15mm
long and 6mm wide, yellow with red to brown long, yellow. Stigma lobes yellow. Stamens
mid-stripe at the tip. Ovary cup-shaped, yellow, 8mm long. The flowering period
rounded and 3-4mm in diameter. Pericarpel begins in mid- November.
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Fig 9. Copiapoa corralensis at the type locality.
Fruit: brown, slightly oval 10mm high by Other plants growing in the area, excluding
10mm wide. No hairs. Indehiscent. Up to 5 annuals, are:
seed pods which take the whole space of the Echinopsis deserticola (Werdermann) H.
apex. Covered by a little wool. Friedrich & G.D. Rowley (1974)
Seed: 1.6mm long by 1.4mm broad by 0.9mm, Eulychnia acida Philippi (1864)
kidney-shaped, lengthwise irregular. Round Miqueliopuntia miquelii (Monville) Ritter (1980)
on one end, and sharp at the other end. Black Oxalis sp.
and glossy. Aprox 50 seeds per seed pod. Copiapoa corralensis
Old fruits and flowers remain attached to Introduction
the wool, even if new buds are emerging.
A friend brought to our attention a
Type locality: South of Freirina (Cuesta), lll Copiapoa population he considered to be a
region, Chile. different species. He suggested this new plant
Distribution: Copiapoa fusca grows on north had a napiform root and black spines unlike
facing, not steep hills, between gravely-stony Copiapoa griseoviridis. Our first reaction was
soil, with some outcrops, exposed. They grow that these are only minor differences which did
from 700m to 320m altitude on the edge of not justify a different species.
mountains which get to the plains and sand Later he sent us pictures of both forms as
dunes. next to the sea. There are plants of grafted plants, which showed spination
different ages. At 400m altitude a population of differences but, being seedlings, were
60 plants studied included 20% that were inconclusive.
dead.
We carried out an extensive study of the
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population where the seed originated (the Description
“mother plants”) and it was clear there were Copiapoa corralensis Ingrid Schaub & Ricardo
significant differences. It was easy to establish Keim sp. nov. Differs from Copiapoa
three important differences: griseoviolacea by having an extremely large
- an enormous napiniform root taproot, spines not appressed to the body so
- the spines not appressed to the body, the body is always visible, spines changing
making the body clearly visible. from black to yellow and the light colour of the
- the colour and size of the body and spines stem. Holotype: Collected by Ricardo Keim
The very strong opinion of our friend had and Ingrid Schaub on September 6th 2015 and
motivated us to study the plants in detail and deposited in the Herbarium of the Museo
we consider it significantly different enough to Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago, Chile
warrant a new description. We decided to (SGO number 166364)
describe and name it as Copiapoa corralensis, Habit: Mostly single or double headed and
The species name refers to the many goat round shaped with a flattened apex,
pens surrounding the area. exceptionally with more heads (up to seven).
Other Copiapoa species which grow in the Stem: 180mm (up to 300mm) tall by 80mm (up
vicinity are Copiapoa coquimbana to the north, to 200mm) in diameter. Apex slightly sunken
Copiapoa sarcoana to the southwest and next to 40mm in diameter covered with white
the ocean, Copiapoa domeykoensis and Copiapoa yellowish, soft and long fibrous wool. The
schulziana to the south. None of these show upper half of the epidermis is grey-green, to
any resemblance to the plant that we are the base pale green to ochre-yellow. Some
describing here. plants have a patchy white coating. It has a big
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Fig 13. Copiapoa corralensis in flower at the type locality.
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Fig 14. The type locality of Copiapoa corralensis.
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Fig 16. Section of the flower of Copiapoa

corralensis.
Fig 15. Copiapoa corralensis at the type local-
ity.
taproot which can reach three times the width
of the body. The colour of the cortex is ochre-
yellow with horizontal wrinkles. The neck is
short 10mm (up to 20mm) long by 15mm (up
to 20mm) wide.
Ribs: 11–14, 18mm wide by 80mm high. Width
varies clearly on the body of the upper part,
getting larger towards the lower part of the
plant. Areoles sunken, 2–3mm in diameter,
dark coloured. Separated by 10 to 12mm
vertically. Between the areoles on the rib is a
slightly depressed narrowness.
Spines: one central growing upwards 1mm Fig 17. Fruit and seeds of Copiapoa
(up to 1.5mm) wide by up to 40mm long, corralensis.
round section, dark brown to black at the upper part and 2mm at his lower part, cup-
upper part. 5–7 lateral spines, open curved to shaped. Style 12–14mm long, yellow. Stigma
the body, 10mm to 30mm long, round section, yellow, 14–16 lobes, 2mm long. Stamens 5–
yellow 1mm (up to 1.5mm) in diameter. 12mm long, pale yellow. Flowering period
Lateral spines next to the apex are shorter and beginning in September.
growing next to the body. The closer they are Fruit: indehiscent, ovoid, irregular 15mm in
to the centre of the body, the longer they grow diameter by 20mm high, white-greenish on the
and more separated from the body, having a base, ending upwards with 7–9 small dark
lighter ochre-yellow colour. reddish brown scales. Seed: 1.2–1.5mm long by
Flower: mostly single, emerging from the 1mm wide. Testa: black with glossy surface.
woolly apex, funnel-shaped, 40mm long by Type locality
30mm in diameter. Open during the day.
Petals 22 in a double row 10–12mm wide, pale South of Freirina, III region - Chile, on very
yellow. The outer row of petals have a reddish steep north facing and northeast facing hills, at
brown mid-stripe. 9 shorter reddish brown 720m and down to 400m altitude, growing on
outer tepals, the bigger ones with a yellow yellowish-white granite rock which is breaking
margin 10–12mm long by 5–6mm broad. 6 apart. Most of the plants are located next to
sepals ending needle-like 2–3mm broad by 8– rocks which gives them support.
9mm long. Ovary 3mm in diameter at its The commonest other succulents growing in
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Fig 18. Young plants of Copiapoa corralensis at the type locality.

the area are: Eulychnia acida Philippi 1864, References
Echinopsis deserticola (Werdermann) H. SCHAUB, I. & KEIM, R. (2009). Copiapoa
Friedrich & G.D. Rowley 1974, Cumulopuntia schulziana. Cactus & Co. 13(1): 18.
sphaerica (Foerster) Anderson 1999,
Miqueliopuntia miquelii (Monville) Ritter 1980, SCHAUB, I. & KEIM, R. (2011). Copiapoa
Oxalis gigantea. There are also perennial woody griseoviolacea. Cactus & Co. 14(4): 10.
shrubs up to 150mm high. SCHAUB, I. & KEIM, R. (2012). Copiapoa sarcoana.
The population is healthy, having plants of Cactus & Co. 16(2): 6.
different ages. The only problem we observed
is that most of the seed pods are eaten by
larvae
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Roger Ferryman for improving
our English in the article. Thanks also to
Graham Charles for reviewing our description.
Authors’ address:
Ricardo Keim [email protected]
Ingrid Schaub [email protected]
Casilla:544
2240106 Limache
CHILE
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TRAVEL WITH THE CACTUS EXPERT (15)

Zlatko Janeba continues his adventures in cactus country and reminds us that
places can change. A once wonderful habitat may not be what you remember if
you visit it again. Photographs Zlatko Janeba, desert-fl[email protected].
The first thing I did in the morning of the
11th May 2006 was to climb the hill next to our
campground. There were marvellous views of
the surrounding landscape (Fig.1) and,
moreover, I found my first cacti of the day.
There, at elevation of some 1580m, I saw
several clusters of Echinocereus triglochidiatus
and a single specimen of Sclerocactus glaucus.
After breakfast we tried to locate the S.
glaucus locality Josef had visited some 25 years
before. It was north of our campground and,
according to his notes, we were supposed to
find a fenced pasture for cattle with copious
large plants of S. glaucus. But it was not the
case. We could not find a single sclerocactus at
the spot Josef identified as the right one. The
land there was covered by a thick growth of
low bushes, mostly sagebrush (Artemisia
tridentata), interlaced with tracks created by
grazing animals. There seemed to be no
suitable conditions for cacti to grow. Josef
could not believe how the habitat was changed
by pastoral farming. But was it only the direct
impact of farming or was there also perceptible
impact of more complex weather changes, like
global warming?
Fig 1. A morning view of our campground near
We returned slightly back towards our De Beque, Colorado. The picture was taken
camping site where the terrain seemed to be from the hill just above our campground where
more open and thus more promising for cactus we saw a single plant of Sclerocactus glaucus.
hunting. Although we spent quite some time More plants were found in the habitat in the
and effort there, we were able to find only four background with sparse juniper trees.
specimens of S. glaucus in total. They were
growing among grasses and sagebrush (Fig.2). the cactus population near De Beque. And I
All of them were large old cacti with numerous guess those were invasive grass species.
flower buds just about to open (Fig.3). The Although happy we had seen at least
largest specimen was lying down in the grass several sclerocacti near De Beque, we were
and was about 25cm in length, also bearing disappointed to realize the huge impact of
numerous flowers (Fig.4). The sclerocacti could human activities on the cactus population
be found growing on both sides of the road there. So, we gave up and decided to move on
and were not easy to find. The dense grass further. We continued on I-70 eastwards and
cover, especially, represents quite a danger for then took Colorado Hwy 82 (CO-82) and Hwy
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Fig.2. A view of the habitat of Sclerocactus Fig.3. An adult specimen of Sclerocactus glau-
glaucus near De Beque, Colorado. The sclero- cus near De Beque, Colorado. The numerous
cactus habitat was dominated by Great Basin flower buds were just about to open.
sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) and sparse ju-
then a dirt road going high up into the
niperus trees. Unfortunately for the cacti, prob-
mountains. There, at an elevation of some
ably invasive grasses were doing very well
2300m, among sagebrush and pine trees, we
there, almost covering even adult sclerocactus
specimens. were able to find two shrivelled plants of
Pediocactus simpsonii, as well as a few Opuntia
133 (CO-133) to McClure Pass (a pass in the polyacantha. Surprisingly, the area seemed to
Rocky Mountains at an elevation of some suffer from serious droughts.
2700m, South of Redstone). Our goal was to
see Pediocactus simpsonii in that area. In the late afternoon we reached the house
of Mr. F. Grund in Denver, the capital of
Unfortunately, in the limited time we had Colorado state. Josef had some kind of
available, we were unable to identify a habitat business with him to do the other day. Mr.
suitable for pediocacti. There appeared to be Grund let us stay at his place overnight but
only forests (either coniferous or aspen forest before sunset he took us for a short trip. He
at higher elevation) that were too dense to look showed us an area with well-preserved
for cacti so we decided to turn back. On the dinosaur tracks in the rocks. After that we also
way back, some two miles South of Redstone, visited quite famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre,
we admired a beautiful waterfall; Hays Creek located in Red Rocks Park near Morrison, some
Falls (Fig.5). 15 miles West of Denver. It is said that there is
Later we drove further along I-70 towards no better place to see the stars and listen to
Denver and at Gypsum we took an exit and music at the same time. The open-air
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Fig.4 The biggest plant of Sclerocactus glaucus I saw that day near De Beque, Colorado. This old
sclerocactus is partially lying down but still fully fertile.
amphitheatre itself is surrounded with large
colourful rocks that provide excellent acoustics
for live music and theatre performance. We
wrapped up the evening in a Czech restaurant,
of which I unfortunately remember neither the
name nor the location. But it was great. We all
ordered tasty, though heavy, Czech cuisine
(roast pork with dumplings and sauerkraut)
and delicious Czech beer (Pilsner Urquell). I
guess we all slept really well that night.
Zlatko Janeba
Fig 5 Hays Creek Falls, near Redstone,

Colorado.
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DUCHESNE COUNTY, UTAH,

Number 16 June 2016
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR 2015

It must be a joy to live near to where cacti grow naturally. One such place is Salt
Lake City, Utah. Article by Petr Šimon Photographs by the author.
As many cactus enthusiasts are not years and hoped for an opportunity to observe
fortunate enough to live close to the natural them in their natural habitat. I especially
habitat of the plants of their interest, wanted to see any of Pediocactus, Sclerocactus,
discoveries and studies can only be done Escobaria or Opuntia in nature.
during a relatively short visit during the entire I really enjoyed the year I lived with my
year. These limitations mean strong influence wife in Salt Lake City, Utah. We were able
of the understanding of environment and travel to many cactus places and study these
weather conditions through the whole year. plants at various times through the year life
The cactus family is an extreme group of cycle. One of the first places we visited was in
plants adapted to very dry periods during Duchesne County, Utah. Many cactus
their lifetime. Within this group of notably specialists know localities bearing the names
specialized plants, there are many subgroups, Fruitland, Hanna or Duchesne. Therefore, we
which differ from the other members even focused our attention on this area, because it is
more. I have studied and grown cacti for many one of the northernmost reported distributions
Fig.1. A shriveled clump of Echinocereus

triglochidiatus ssp. mojavensis near Tabiona,
Duchesne County, Utah (March 2015).
Fig.3. A spiny clump of Opuntia sp. with buds

Fig.2. Opuntia sp. near Tabiona, Duchesne near Tabiona, Duchesne County, Utah (May
County, Utah (March 2015). 2015).
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Fig.4. Sclerocactus aff. parviflorus with flowers, Fig.5. Pediocactus simpsonii with flowers, road
road 35, Duchesne County, Utah (May 2015). 35, Duchesne County, Utah (May 2015).
of Echinocereus triglochidiatus and may be the fenced properties. We first stopped south of
most northern of Sclerocactus parviflorus. Tabiona along route 208. The sandy soil was
very wet and a lot of snow was in the shade.
We first visited Duchesne County during
The landscape consisted of sparse woods of
the early spring of 2015 (March 14th). There
junipers and pines with some Opuntia sp. on
were still remnants of snow all around,
the sandstone rocks. We also found a single
especially in shady places. We went from
plant of Echinocereus triglochidiatus ssp.
Fruitland (Highway 40), through Tabiona, and
mojavensis there.
north of Hanna along the route 35. A general
description of the whole area could be We saw quite a similar situation near Hanna
predominantly characterised as private during the second stop. At a rocky place next
ranches with cattle, and free land with to the road we saw many opuntias and again
increasing amount of oil extraction facilities as one Echinocereus specimen in very bad shape.
you approach close to Duchesne City. The Searching for more cacti that day, we travelled
open land is covered mainly by sagebrush northwest from Hanna along the Duchesne
(Artemisia sp.), pines (Pinus sp.), and juniper River. With increasing altitude and distance
trees (Juniperus sp.). However, along the from the ranches, the natural habitat changed
Duchesne River there are many fields for grain from low sagebrush bush to denser forest with
production. At higher elevations you can see more abundant aspen trees. The road was
more compact tree cover with increasing muddy, and the amount of snow was
amount of aspens (Populus sp.). breathtaking. The Duchesne River was frisky
and noisy there, and the campgrounds were
I searched internet maps in order to find
still closed for the winter season.
exact areas with possible cactus vegetation
before our trip. To my surprise during the first Our next visit to this area was during the
personal visit, many of them were on private, cactus flowering season (May 23th, 2015). We
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Fig.6. Sclerocactus aff. parviflorus in pebble Fig.7. A pebble slope with juniper tree and
habitat, road 35, Duchesne County, Utah (July Echinocereus triglochidiatus ssp. mojavensis,
2015). road 35, Duchesne County, Utah (July 2015).
reached route 35 north from Duchesne and
went westwards. Our first stop was a huge
success. We found many cacti including
opuntias, forms of Echinocereus triglochidiatus
and especially Sclerocactus aff. parviflorus,
which were just flowering. This locality was a
north oriented sandstone slope literally next to
the route 35. On the other side of the road was
the Duchesne River and grain fields with
active watering systems (to illustrate dryness
of this period). We did next stop a couple more
miles west and found a locality with Opuntia
sp. and abundant Pediocactus simpsonii. This
place was again a north oriented sandstone
slope but had more pine trees, grasses, and
bushes than at our first stop. The cacti were
growing typically in the shade of these taller
plants. We were very happy to find pediocacti,
especially in flower.
The last stop during our May trip was at the
same place northwest of Hanna that we had
Fig.8. Pediocactus simpsonii near the pebble visited in March. The hot sunny weather and
locality, road 35, Duchesne County, Utah (July dryness drastically changed the landscape.
2015).
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Fig.9. An unusual clump of Pediocactus simp- Fig.10. Opuntia aff. fragilis with fragile and al-
sonii from the same locality as Figure 5, road most spineless segments, road 35, Duchesne
35, Duchesne County, Utah (July 2015). County, Utah (July 2015).
Fig.11. A spiny Opuntia sp. with unripe fruit, the Fig.12. A spiny Opuntia sp. at higher elevation
same species as Figure 3, road 35, Duchesne still in flower, northwest from Hanna, Duchesne
County, Utah (July 2015). County, Utah (July 2015).
Areas without trees or shade were very dry Mountains. This gave us enough time to check
and the vegetation reflected real desert all our previously mentioned localities and
conditions. Sagebrush (Artemisia sp.) and red- look for some new ones.
flowering Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja sp.) Unfortunately, three areas along Highway
prospered well in places previously covered 40 that we newly found on the internet were
with huge amount of snow. A short walk on private property or part of Ute Tribe lands
around the paved road rewarded us with the so we turned back towards the Duchesne River
discovery of two cactus family members. and took the route 35 again. As on our
However, both Pediocactus simpsonii and previous trip, we travelled from east to west.
Opuntia aff. fragilis seemed very dry in As we were driving, I saw some plants from
comparison with the same species not far away the car. We stopped to check the locality in
from there. detail. It was approximately 1 mile from the
Our last visit to Duchesne County was in a intersection with route 87 (1800m altitude). We
warm, dry period during summer (17th July, found many Sclerocactus aff. parviflorus and
2015). Based on the very high temperatures in Opuntia sp. growing on the slopes covered by
Salt Lake City (up to 40°C), we decided to pebbles. The crowns of the Sclerocactus plants
spend the weekend camping high in the Uinta were covered with fruits full of seeds.
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It was a sunny day and the temperature was to the touch. The second opuntia was slightly
around 25°C. But, as often occurs in the larger, with spines, and with many fruits on it.
mountains, dark clouds quickly formed, and Importantly, the latter did not fall apart upon
we were caught in a short rainstorm. We ran to touching it. During our previous visit to this
our car and drove to the Sclerocactus locality locality, we had not realized this difference,
we knew from early summer. After an hour, but it was obvious in summer.
we went back to the first locality, we spent Our last stop was again northwest from
more time and we studied an area much Hanna (2200m altitude). Close to the
further from the road. We additionally found campground, Opuntia sp. was still in flower at
another species there. The clusters of that elevation. It was the form with less fragile
Echinocereus triglochidiatus were in a very good fragmentation, longer spines and larger
shape, healthy and again with many fruits. Not fragments. Not far from there we found also
far from there were also two plants of Pediocactus simpsonii and the second type of
Pediocactus simpsonii. We were very pleased to Opuntia sp. We found that the amount of fruits
discover this place with the sandstone rock and seeds on Pediocactus depended on the
and pebble slopes where all these cacti grew presence of ants. One part of the locality was
very close to each other. so full of ants that we could not find any fruit
After this success we continued west to or seeds there.
check places from our spring trip. First we These are our discoveries from three visits
stopped at the place that was inhabited of Duchesne County within the year 2015,
predominantly by sclerocacti. The plants were from the frosty and snowy visit in March, to
in a good shape and were bearing fruits. We flowering time in May, and finally to the fruit
found another place not far away with even and seed period in July. Each visit and locality
more plants there. Then we travelled to the was distinct and will be deeply engraved in
locality with Pediocactus simpsonii and the two our hearts.
types of opuntias (Figs. 10 & 11) a couple miles
from there. The first plant, Opuntia aff. fragilis, Petr Šimon
was almost spineless, smaller, and very fragile
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Marie’s Pots
Number 16 June 2016
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Fig 15. Pycnophyllum bryoides PH1267.06 tiny heads,

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Fig. 8 Flower section of Rebutia australis VG641.

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Copiapoa fusca Description

Fig 4. The type locality of Copiapoa fusca.

Fig 5. Stony ground with a large clump of Copiapoa fusca.

Fig 6. Section of the flower of Copiapoa fusca.

Fig 9. Copiapoa corralensis at the type locality.

Fig 10. Copiapoa corralensis at the type locality.

Fig 11. Copiapoa corralensis at the type locality.

Fig 12. Copiapoa corralensis at the type locality.