Xerophyte

Description

Although Lobivia kupperiana (Echinopsis) is a long known taxa, it is still rare in collections. It belongs to the Echinopsis lateritiaSN|21082]]SN|21082]] complex that comprises a large number of infraspecific taxa, differing in various combinations of flower colour, spine colour, number and thickness of central spines, and other characters. The taxonomic and geographic boundaries among the segregate species or infraspecific taxa of E. lateritia remain nebulous and controversial. In no place do pure populations exist sympatrically, and all taxa appear completely interfertile. Lobivia kupperiana distinguishes for its flowers that are cream-yellow to yellow-orangish and for its very long needle-like reddish or blackish spines.