Eriosyce

This is a very beautiful and peculiar plant. The green body contrasts with the black spines. The creamy white flowers with pink hues are very pretty.

This is an almost spineless plant. If you like deep purple-bodied plants, you simply must get it (if you haven't already).

Fascinating species with flat grey-gree to dark-violet body. The spines are usually very reduced but it is quite variable. Flower greenish-yellow to pink.

The forma "viridis" is very similar to the standard species only differs for the stem colour which is a bright grass green and not a dark tannish-brown. Very nice!

It is a beautiful small geophytic cactus with a dark purple body and very short pectinated spines. The flowers are born on young areoles, and are very attractive, shining orangish with darker midline.

Stiff, needle-like spines and an olive-green to brownish or blackish stem, often covered by a greyish-white waxy coating.

An extremely variable species with bicoloured flowers: petal tips are magenta-violet, while the throat is greenish-white, creating an almost fluorescent contrast. Spines vary greatly between plants, ranging from creamy yellow to dark grey-brown.

Geophytic cactus with solitary stems rising barely above ground level, dull dark green, in the sun often tinged with purple. Spines variable, tannish-brown, dull grey or black, straight to curved. Flowers creamy-white to pink.

A mix of Eriosyce from the Neoporteria group, assorted with various species and seed-grown hybrids. Each plant is one-of-a-kind, featuring unique shapes, spination, and flower colors.

Eriosyce islayensis is a small cactus with very woolly areoles and spreading spines, but quite variable. The flowers are funnelform, yellow , born from a yellowish woolly crown in summer. Ther fruits are club shaped pinkish to red.

Highly distinctive species with long, thin, soft, and flexible spines ranging from white to creamy-yellow. In some specimens, spine color deepens to beige, light brown, or nearly black, giving each plant a unique appearance.

Dark grey green body, stout black and red spines.

Curious clone of Eriosyce prized for its prolific basal pups - rare in this genus. Olive-to-brown stems sport tiny straight spines. The real marvel? Oversized pink blooms, like silk parasols shielding the spiny body.

Forma prolifera, very rare. It branches profusely from the base and forms dense colonies.

Small geophytic cactus with a solitary, partially buried body ranging in color from gray-purple to dark copper. Straight or slightly curved brown to black spines. Flowers in shades from cream-white to soft pink.

Small geophytic cactus with a flattened, dark brown, globular stem and taproot. Features short flattened spines and woolly areoles. Summer blooms in white, pink or yellow.

Eriosyce taltalensis is spiny geophytic cactus with stems rising barely above ground level. The stem is globose or semi-globular dull dark green, in the sun often tinged with purple. The roots are fibrous, arising from a short, conical taproot.

Solitary stem boasting a stunning grey-blue-green hue with purple hints, topped with white wool. Its flowers are subtly hued in green, cream, or pink.

Selection of Eriosyce gerocephala with thin, soft, and flexible spines in pure white to creamy-white. The dense, bright white spination gives the plant a luminous appearance and significant ornamental value.

Eriosyce chilensis v. albiflora is a beautiful cactus with pale green stems cowered with dense whitish-yellow to brownish spines. The flowers are produced in summer, closely packed apically from young areoles, they are flattish, usually creamy white.

Eriosyce aerocarpa FK564 (syn: Eriosyce odieri ssp. glabrescens, Thelocephala nuda, Eriosyce napina) is a beautiful form with very short spines.

This is a greyish-green cactus that grows very flat to the soil. Often it acquires a reddish or brownish-black colour due to sun exposure. The spines are fattened against the tubercles and pectinate yellowish, white or pale coffee coloured

Eriosyce gerocephala, best known as Neoporteria gerocephala is distinguished by thin, soft and flexible cream-white spines. Very nice!

A very characteristic cactus bearing long, slender, soft, and pliable spines in shades from creamy-white to beige or brown.

Mix of Eriosyce from the Horridocactus group, assorted with various species and seed-grown hybrids. Each plant is one-of-a-kind, featuring unique shapes, spination, and flower colors.

A small-growing plant with a low stem, spineless or shortly spiny, in dark purple to nearly black tones. Flat, solitary, mostly underground, and supported by a tuberous root.

Dark grey-brown stem and short spines that vary from brownish to greyish-black in color.

Collected by F.Ritter (FR712) in1958 as Pyrrhocactus saxifragus. Locality Guanillos, Tarapacá, Department of Iquique, Chile

Spines curved upward, greyish brown, flowers yellowish. Syn: Pyrrhocactus setosiflorus v. intermedius.

Pretty pink flowers, whitish base. Fresh green body, brown spines.

Small, low purplish-brown body with yellowish flowers. Spines are short, pressed close to the body, and curved inward.

A beautiful small-growing species with slender, finger-like stems covered in very short, appressed spines in ochre to amber tones, nestled among dense creamy wool. Large creamy-pink flowers display a distinctive silky sheen—a truly unusual hue.

Dark grey-brown body with short spines curved toward the stem, ranging from brownish to grey-black. Flowers are yellowish, adding a soft contrasting note.

Very nice!

Green, pinkish grey to a deep purple body.

Stem dark brown, round to slightly elongated. Spines are somewhat curved upward, grayish-brown. Flowers are creamy yellow, sometimes flushed with red. Syn.: Pyrrhocactus setosiflorus var. intermedius.

Petite variety featuring smaller body and shorter spines compared to other forms.

Bellissimi ibridi robusti con corpo porpora e spine ridotte o assenti. Combinano le caratteristiche di E. occulta, dal portamento basso e appiattito, con la struttura a piccoli tubercoli di E. odieri.

Flattened green stem with spines ranging from amber to ochre and brown. Develops a large, fleshy tuberous root, often showing a distinct constriction at the neck.

A dark grey-brown body with short spines ranging from brownish to dark grey-black. It produces large, bright yellow flowers that stand out vividly against the sombre stem colour.