Astrophytum capricorne cv. Crassispinoides
Astrophytum capricorne cv. Crassispinoides
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Astrophytum capricorne cv. Crassispinoides
Author
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Chinese genus
星球属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Description
This distinctive plant has been obtained by selective breeding by the Czech cacti-gardener Fleischer, which fixed an inheriting constant descendants of such specimens and named these plants Astrophytum capricorne cv. CrassispinoidesSN|3564]]SN|22198]] (Sadovsky-Schütz 1979
Note
The name "crassispinoides" is however source for many confusions. In fact sometimes plants of A. capricorne v. minor bloom with a pure yellow flower. And also frequently these plants are mistaken with Astrophytum capricorneSN|22198]]SN|3564]] v. crassispinum (H. Möller) which is very different and has very strong and rigid spines and flowers with a vivid red throat.