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Lobivia (Soherensia) formosa var. nivalis R581
Santa Victoria - Quebrada del Toro, Salta, Argentina (high mountains
from Jujuy to Mendoza )
Bright strong amber spines
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Cultivation: Lobivia formosa is very easy to grow and cold hardy as low as
-12°C (or less). Need a fertile, well drained soil mix. Water the plants
well and allow them to dry before watering again. During the growing season fertilize them monthly with a
balanced fertilizer
Sun Exposure: Outside
full sun, but during hot summers, the cactus are subject to sun
burning, so grow them in light shade, inside needs bright light, and
some direct sun.. During winter month, put them in a cool luminous place
and encourage them to enter winter dormancy by withholding water and
fertiliser over the winter as they will etiolate, or become thin, due to
lower levels of light. They are susceptible to fungal diseases if
overwatered, but are not nearly as sensitive as many other cacti,
especially in warm weather. If
kept damp through cold periods, they will invariably suffer.
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Family:
Cactaceae
(Cactus
Family)
Scientific name:
Lobivia formosa
(Pfieff.)Dodds
1937
var. nivalis
(Fric) Rausch
Conservation status: Listed in
CITES appendix 2.
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Synonyms: (for Lobivia formosa):
- Echinopsis formosa (Pfeiff.)
Jacobi 1850 ex Salm-Dyck
- Echinocactus formosus Pfeiffer
1837,
- Soehrensia formosa (Pfeiffer)
Backeberg 1959,
- Trichocereus formosus (Pfeiffer)
F. Ritter 1980
- Trichocereus uebelmannianus (Backeberg
& Lembcke) F. Ritter 1980
- Soehrensia oreopepon (Spegazzini)
Backeberg 1959,
- Soehrensia uebelmanniana
Backeberg & Lembcke 1959
- Echinopsis randallii (Cardenas)
H. Friedrich & G. D. Rowley 1974,
- Echinopsis uebelmanniana (Backeberg
& Lembcke) A. E. Hoffmann 1989
- Trichocereus randallii Cardenas
1963
- Helianthocereus randallii
(Cardenas) Backeberg 1966,
- Lobivia rosarioana Rausch 1979
- Lobivia oreopepon Spegazzini 1925
- Lobivia oreopepon Werd.
- Lobivia kieslingii Rausch 1977
- Echinopsis oreopogon.
- Acanthocalycium oreopogon
- Acanthocalycium formosum
Synonyms: (for var. nivalis):
- Soherensia formosa v. nivalis
- Soherensia bruchii v. nivalis
- Trichocereus bruchii v nivalis
- Lobivia
bruchii v. Nivalis
- Echinopsis formosa var. nivalis
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