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.

Beautiful flowers! This plant has a greyish-white waxy coating (Like the famous Copiapoa cinerea) presumably to prevent dessication in it's extremely dry environment.

Fascinating species with flat grey-violet body. The spines are usually very reduced but it is quite variable.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Subterranean Wonder - Tiny cactus very dark stem flattened at soil level and short pectinate spines. The turnip-like root signals its xeric adaptation. An extreme rarity in cultivation. Seldom available commercially.

Grey-brown body, greyish-black spines.

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

This plant is extremely xerophytic, adapted to very dry soils and highly susceptible to overwatering, especially in poorly ventilated spaces.

Dwarf flat body, short spines, brownish epidermis, large pastel flower.

Syn: Pyrrhocactus setosiflorus v. intermedius. Brown globular body, long brownish-red spines, yellow flowers.

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

Spiny dark olive-green to purple body with white woolly depressed apex. Areoles bear flakes of silky white hairs. Pinkish flowers. Potted in round (5.5 cm Ø) or square (6×6 cm) containers.

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

Very nice!

Green, pinkish grey to a deep purple body.

Brown, tubercled body with a deep taproot. Over time, it becomes almost spineless, appearing smooth. In spring, it blooms with yellowish flower, contrasting with its dark body.

A geophytic cactus with a greyish-green color, growing flat against the soil or retracting into the ground during dry periods. It often takes on reddish, purplish, brownish, or nearly blue-black tones when exposed to the sun.

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.