Lobivia

Among the most beautiful crested cacti, quickly forming clusters draped in snow-white wool. Each specimen's unique undulations create living sculptures of exceptional beauty. Pure botanical artistry!

This variety stands out from all the others for the unusual combination of colors, the petals are creamy-yellow with bright pink to purple red tips. Very elegant and unique.

The plant produces variable blossoms every season, always stunning: shades shift from red to purple, framed by delicate yellow or cream edging for a vibrant, eye-catching display.

The flowers colour range from pure white to dark red, including yellow, orange and violet. Cool and dry winter culture helps bring it into its greatest splendour. Magnificent and very easy to grow.

Selected clone with bright orange flowers. This is a magnificent and very easy to grow plant. Cool and dry winter culture helps bring it into its greatest splendour.

Lobivia shaferi is a very spiny clustering species with many basal and lateral offshoot. No cultivation difficulties! Delicate golden flowers!

Lobivia lateritia var citriflora is a pretty species, with a low thick flat to cylindrical stem. Lght yellow flowers, some almost white.

Beautiful plants with dark purple almost black body. Flowers yellow or orange.

Own root plants, flowering size (Not grafted). It has almost spineless ovoidal stems that branches profusely and grow up to 30 cm tall. It is a heavy bloomer that start flowering when still very young and small.

Long spines, irregularly curved or contorted, differing in color and length—sometimes reaching 20 cm. Polychromatic blooms: white, yellow, orange, pink, or red.

The minuta variety is distinguished by its long, robust spines and magnificent yellow flowers, though occasional orange or red blooms may occur.

Stunning hybrids featuring vividly colored blooms, with petals spanning deep pink, red, and electric purple. Highly variable.

Lobivia sublimiflora (Syn: L. densispina v. sublimiflora, L. tiegeliana v. sublimiflora) is covered with diaphanous, pectinate spines with blacker central spine. The beautiful flowers are very large lustrous salmon-pink to carmine in colour.

Flower variable, yellow-orange to bright red, usually with a white or cream-yellow throat ring. Stem grey-green, olive to brownish-green, bearing heavy, curved spines.

Lobivia pentlandii v. varians has yellow, orange or pink flowers with a paler throat (hence the name "varians", variable). The spines may become extremely long as the plant ages (up to 25 cm long!).

Showy red flowers. In full sun the spines become very long and dense.

Its stem ranges from deep green to purple-black, creating a vivid contrast with the white blooms. A remarkably refined and elegant variety.

Lobivia jajoiana is a very popular small cactus priced for its multicoloured flowers. This is the yellow flowering form. The hymen (or throat ring of the flower) is always of a very dark purple-violet to black.

Flowers in amber-yellow, orange, or reddish tones with darker petal edges. The white hymenium (central ring) contrasts beautifully with the petals and green stigma. Blooms profusely.

Lobivia jajoiana is a very popular small cactus priced for the throat ring of the flower that is always of a very dark purple-violet to black. The var. fleischeriana has orang or red flowers.

Spectacular bicolored flower: brick-red petals with a central orange midline, outer petals gradually brightening to vivid orange-yellow. A dark throat and dense cream stamens complete a vibrant, radiant, and visually striking bloom.

A spectacular flower in vivid red-purple with fluorescent highlights that seem to glow in light. Glossy, multi-layered petals form a dense, compact corolla, while the dark throat accentuates the golden-yellow stamens.

A celebration of yellow! Large flowers with bright yellow, tapered petals and matching yellow filaments and stamens. Only the light green stigma provides a subtle, refreshing contrast.

Very attractive plants with sturdy, long spines and showy yellow flowers that bloom in multiple flushes during the warm season.

Beautiful plants with pectinated cream spines, large yellow flower. Very free flowering.

Mix of Mammillarias, featuring various species, hybrids, and seed-grown cultivars. Each plant is one-of-a-kind, with unique shapes, spination, and flower colors.

Tender pink petals with a creamy heart. Delicate and refined flowers. Very pretty.

This is a selected clone of Lobivia jajoiana. The yellow petals have lilac shaded edges. The hymen (or throat ring of the flower) is always of a very dark purple to black.

Exceptionally vivid, showy flowers with elongated red-orange petals and a brilliant yellow throat create a fiery contrast. Blooms appear abundantly and simultaneously, forming luminous clusters that cover the entire plant.

Flat green body crowned with shiny violet flowers. Thriving in the harsh conditions of the Andes mountains, it remarkably withstands freezing temperatures.

Very dense spination in white and red zones, flowers variable, red to yellow.

Remarkable hybrid boasting spines of outstanding strength and length—combining the robustness of Lobivia ferox with the dramatic elongation of Lobivia longispina. Ideal for enthusiasts of heavily armed cacti.

New Collector's Gem - This remarkable clone generates profusions of finger-like stems clad in ultra-short, comb-like honey and ochre spines. Transforms over time into dense clusters a living sculpture that becomes more impressive each season.

At first solitary, then more or less tufted, globose. Over time it becomes columnar up to a height of 0.5-1 m with a diameter of 20-35 cm. In nature it can reach 2 m in height and 50 cm in diameter.

Rather slow growing with long taproot, greyish-green body, short black spines, pretty yellowish flower with reddish throat.

Lobivia chrysochete var. minutiflora is one of the local or morphological forms of the highly variable Lobivia chrysochete, distinguished by its small flowers that only reach a length of 2.5 cm when fully open.

Long strong spines.

A Lobivia sublimiflora with a dark stem and orange-red flowers, originating from the grassy hills near Volcán, Argentina—a particularly beautiful and striking form.

Growing to large clusters, robust mostly magenta flowers. This might be Cardenas original Lobivia larae. Certainly belongs to Lobivia pentlandii with its rather short flower and big fleshy fruits.

Large, flattened plants bearing short bright red flowers! They become truly impressive when mature, developing a majestic presence and stout spines.