Lobivia backebergii var. larae
Lobivia 85: 20. 1987 [1985-86 publ. 1987]
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Lobivia backebergii var. larae
Author
(Cárdenas) Rausch
Chinese genus
丽花球属
Chinese name
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Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Habit
Simple at first it slowly ramifies from the base to form clusters.
Central Spines
Usually absent.
Roots
Tap root.
Flowers
Diurnal, funnel shaped, dark purple to pink lilac, with a usual clearer centre, 6 cm long, 5 cm diameter. Tube relatively stout up to 1 cm in diameter. Inner perianth-segments, narrowly obovate, abruptly acute, spreading. Stamens and style much shorter than the inner perianth-segments. Style below green, above yellow. Scales on ovary and flower-tube lanceolate with short hairs in their axils.
Blooming Season
Blooms are produced in spring and remain open for about three days.
Spines
Variable, stout, all radial or sometime with one central.
Ribs
9–12, sharp edged, broken into long acute, hatchet-shaped, tubercles, separated by acute intervals.
Stem
Low thick flat, or spherical, but usually broader than high, somewhat umbilicate at apex, bright green, dark green, up to 4 cm tall and 12 cm in diameter.
Radial Spines
9–12, somewhat pectinated, slightly curved backward, pale grey to whitish, thickened at the base.
Fruits
Subglobose, 10 to 12 mm in diameter.
Areoles
Felted about 1,5 cm apart.