Lobivia einsteinii var. gonjianii

Endangered

CITES App. II

Lobivia einsteinii var. gonjianii

Lobivia 85: 32, as '(Kiesl.) Don.'. 1987 [1985-86 publ. 1987]

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Lobivia

Species

Lobivia einsteinii var. gonjianii

Author

(R.Kiesling) Rausch

Chinese genus

丽花球属

Chinese name

Primary

Rebutia einsteinii subs. gonjianii

Accepted

Rebutia einsteinii subs. gonjianii

DescriptionEdit description

Roots

Thick, fleshy taproot.

Flowers

Large yellow, with a tinge of orange or brownish-yellow, from near stems bases.

Blooming Season

Blooms profusely in spring.

Spines

Tiny, pectinated less than 1 mm long.

Stem

Cylindrical, dark brownish-green coloured, but green in the new growth, and only about as thick as a pencil (1-1,2 cm in diameter). It would appear that in cultivation these plants grow larger, elongate and cluster more vigorously than in habitat.

Areoles

Thin, elogate, brown felted.

Endangered

CITES App. II