Xerophyte

Central Spines

Long straight yellowish to yellowish-brown.

Description

Sulcorebutia cupreataSN|34230]]SN|34230]] is an undescribed name (nomen nudum - Abbreviation n. n. A title lacking valid description). It was first named by the Czech cactus trader Karel Knize, resident in Lima, Peru. It has been said that Knize gave most of the plants he collected/sold new names to increase sales. Knize never properly described his plants, he just gave them names and sold them. He deliberately hunted down unusual looking things so it can be difficult to characterise them in terms of the existing described species. This “species” is somewhat similar to Sulcorebutia flavissimaSN|15374]]SN|15369]] (Rebutia mentosa), but Rod and Ken Preston-Mafham, in their “CactiDerivation of specific name. Latin “Cupreatus,-a,-um” - copper coloured, possibly for the body colour?

Flowers

Red-purple flower.

Stem

Green.

Radial Spines

Protruding white to yellowish.

Areoles

White to brownish, oval.