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.

Pianta affascinate con corpo appiattito di colore grigio-violaceo generalmete con poche spine, ma alquanto variabile.

Pianta globulare compatta con fusto marrone-verde scuro e spine spesse ricurve verso l'alto. Fiori larghi fino a 3,5 cm, giallo-verdastri o rosa pallido con venature rosa scuro.

Neochilenia/Chileorebutia mix, various forms in assortment. Variable and beautiful specimens.

Eriosyce subgibbosa is a very variable species. Two-tone flower with magenta-purple petal tips and greenish-white throat, which give the sensation of being fluorescent. Spines from creamy yellow to dark gray-brown, different from plant to plant.

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.

Neoporteria mix, various forms in assortment. Variable and beautiful specimens.

Eriosyce chilensis 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, they are flattish fuchsia red often with white centres.

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.

Dark grey green body, stout black and red spines.

Yellow to honey-yellow spines.

Questo clone di Eriosyce si riconosce facilmente per la copiosa formazione di getti alla base. Strano e inusuale.

Piccolo cactus geofita con fusto globoso appiattito di colore bruno scuro e radice a fittone. Spine corte, appiattite e areole lanose. Produce fiori di colore variabile dal bianco-giallo al rosa.

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.

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

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

Mixed Horridocactus species grown from seed. Very nice selection.

It grows in habitat together with Copiapoa cinerea.

Grey-brown body, greyish-black spines.

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

Questa pianta è estremamente xerofita, adattata a terreni aridi e sensibile agli eccessi d’acqua, soprattutto in ambienti poco ventilati.

Small body, dark green, short taproot, yellow flowers, rare!

Corpo globulare con costolature suddivise in tubercoli ben definiti. Fiori viola.

Corpo verde-oliva scuro tendente al marrone, con spine flessibili e ricurve color marrone chiaro. Fiori gialli striati di rosa.

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

Corpo spinoso da verde-olivascuro a bronzo-violaceo, con apice lanoso bianco depresso. Le areole presentano ciuffi di peli sericei. Fiori rosati. Piante coltivate in vaso tondo (Ø 5,5 cm) o quadrato (6×6 cm).

Corpo piccolo e basso, di colore bruno-violaceo, con fiore giallastro. Spine corte, aderenti e rivolte verso il corpo.

Cresce in una delle zone più aride del mondo, tra rocce e sabbie del "Deserto costiero di Huasco" in Cile. Spettacolare durante il fenomeno del "deserto fiorito", quando la vegetazione esplode in rare fioriture.

Very nice!

Green, pinkish grey to a deep purple body.

Piccola cactacea geofitica dai toni insoliti. Fusto solitario che emerge appena dal terreno, di colore verde scuro opaco screziato di rosa, porpora o arancione. Ogni esemplare è unico, con variegature sempre diverse. Pianta affascinante.