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Rebutia haefneriana
( Syn: Mediolobivia haefneriana )
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Rebutia haefneriana is a clumping plant with lots of dusky pink to dark orange flowers.   The stigma lobes are greenish, and the anthers are cream coloured.
 

Description: Very small clumping plants,
Stems: Individual heads, globose to flattened globose (sometime short-cylindrical in cultivation), 2-4 cm wide and tall. The colour of the epidermis is dark grey-green or olive-green, with violet tints.
Spines: Short glass-white with darker tips, bristly, awl-shaped to needle-like, radials all straight (or sometimes with one central one).
Flowers: Diurnal, borne on the stems' side, 2,5 to 3 cm in diameter, and dusky pink to dark orange or red.  Stigma lobes are greenish, anthers are cream coloured.
Roots: Tap root:
 

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Cultivation:  It is easy to grow, and recommended for beginners.  It prefers a gritty, porous mix, with a pH slightly on the acidic side.  Full sun to light shade.  Water regularly in summer, but do not over-water (the root system is rot prone), and allow the pot to dry out between waterings.  Keep dry in winter Hardy to -4°C, it will take low temperatures when dry, and requires a winter rest period. This species will occupy a small flower pot comfortably and remain a manageable sized house plant.
Pest and disease:
This plants are subject to mealy-bug attack and to fungus and rot problems, brought about by overwatering and high humidity.

Note: It would appear that in cultivation they grow larger and cluster more vigorously than in habitat.

Propagation:
By seed or offsets.

 

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Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)

Rebutia haefneriana (Culmann) Sida 1997

Scientific name:  Rebutia pygmaea  (R. E. Fries) Britton & Rose 1922

Origin: Oruro,4000m, Bolivia  

Habitat: They grow on steeply sloping ground, where water rarely stands for any length of time

Synonyms
(This species has about 60 synonyms - some of which don't really look like the same species)

  • Mediolobivia haeffneriana Cullmann 1955
  • Rebutia haefneriana (Culmann) Sida 1997
  • Rebutia atrovirens haeffneriana
 






Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and cultivars of Rebutia pygmaea .
(This taxon has lots of synonyms (like most Rebutia), with several controversial varieties and subspecies):

 
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