Aylostera pulchella
1977 see : W.Rausch in Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten. 1972; 23(12): 340.
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Aylostera pulchella
Author
(Rausch) W.Haage
Chinese genus
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Chinese name
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Primary
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Habit
Mound-forming plant with bristly white spines. It grows quite close to the ground and offsets only with age. It would appear that in cultivation they grow larger and cluster more vigorously than in habitat.
Description
Rebutia pulchellaSN|4932]]SN|4938]] is probably one of the many geographical forms of the extremely variable Rebutia fiebrigiiSN|4932]]SN|4932]]. It is a small mound-forming cactus spreading out to 15 cm, with clumping, heads 2.5 cm wide, 4 cm tall with light green tubercles thickly covering the body. The spines are glassy-white, silky, short. It produces vibrant orange-red flower.
Note
Nowadays, under the name of Rebutia fiebrigiiSN|4938]]SN|4932]], botanists include several different forms, that were previously regarded as independent species.
Flowers
Startling bright orange, funnel-shaped, 4,5 cm. long, 4 cm diameter from the base of the stems. Stigma lobes white.
Blooming Season
Flowers are produced profusely in spring, and remain open for up to six days.
Spines
White, fine and soft.
Stem
2.5(-3) cm wide, up to 4 cm tall, dark, flat, covered by distinctive tubercles similar to a Mammillaria, that are easy to see through the small spines.
Fruits
Tiny, berrylike, hidden among the spines, bursting when ripe.