Weingartia neocumingii var. hediniana
Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 13: 56. 1958 Remarks: K. Augustin & Hentzschel (Gymnocalycium 15(3): 463. 2002) also made this comb. nov. (also published in Cactus & Co., 7, 2: 111, 2003 )
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Weingartia neocumingii var. hediniana
Author
(Backeb.) Donald
Chinese genus
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Chinese name
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Primary
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
2 to 8 up to 2 cm long.
Flowers
Approx. 2 cm long, 2,5 cm in diameter, they are produced (unusually) all over the body of the plant expecially near the very tips of the stems differing from other rebutias in that its flowers appear very near the meristem as opposed to the lower, stemside and base locations of those others. As well, on this and a few other ex Weingartia species, one areole can produce up to 4 flowers.
Blooming Season
The flowers are produced in early summer and remain open for five or six days.
Ribs
16 to 18 tuberculate, often spiraling.
Stem
Usually solitary, globose to short cylindrical up to 10 cm wide, 20 cm tall.
Radial Spines
5 to 24 yellowish with brown tips, about 1 cm long.